... DEFIANCE IN HISTORY DEFIANCE IN HISTORY By FRANCIS PHELPS WEISENBURGER Today we stand in the heart of the historic Maumee Valley Long before any written records chronicled the story of the region French traders moved up and down the river in the long journey between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin To the French the site of Defiance was known as Au Glaize or Grand Glaize Among the Indians it was the site of the Tu-en-da-wie village of the Wyandots and the En-sa-woc-sa of the Shawnees1 ...
... REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR ARCHER BUTLER HULBERT WRITES A 5000 PRIZE BOOK Forty-Niners The Chronicle of the California Trail By Archer Butler Hulbert Boston Little Brown amp Company 1931 pp 340 Price 350 The past six years have witnessed a growing interest in the winning of the far West the overland journeys to the Pacific Coast--to Oregon and California in the days of the ox-team and the Conestoga wagon Perhaps the most colorful of the migrations to ...
... THE CENTENARY OF SANDUSKY COUNTY THE CENTENARY O F SANDUSKY COUNTY BY BASIL MEEK Read at the centennial celebration of Sandusky county August 2 1920 Sandusky county has a wonderfully interesting history but only a few of the more important facts will be attempted to be given by me on this occasion of its centenary of years The time allotted will necessarily preclude the mention of many of the romantic incidents in its aboriginal and early civil and military history Reference to these is hereby ...
... LOGAN TECUMSEH THE SHAWANO INDIANS LOGAN TECUMSEH THE SHAWANO INDIANS BY WARREN K MOOREHEAD Mr Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen I esteem it both an honor and a privilege to appear before you and speak briefly upon the lives of two great characters Logan and Tecumseh and also tell you a little concerning the Shawano Indians commonly called the Shawnees whose villages were in this part of our State We are assembled on a very historic spot historic not merely because the cabin of the earliest ...
... TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING O F THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY May 13 1910 The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at 230 P M Friday May 13 191O The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr T B Bowers Columbus Mr H E ...
... REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF MOUNDS AND EARTHWORKS OF OHIO HAVING been appointed by the Ohio Arch ae ological and Historial Society Chairman of a Committee to consider the necessity and the means of preserving the prehistoric mounds and earthworks of Ohio I arranged last summer to spend a week in company with Judge C C Baldwin of Cleveland in making a tour of inspection which should enable us to supplement investigations which we had previously made ...
... FORT ST FORT ST CLAIR CELEBRATION OF ST CLAIR DAY No history of the Northwest Territory would be complete without conspicuous reference to what is now Preble County Ohio Through its primeval forests General Arthur St Clair in the autumn of 1791 marched on his ill-fated expedition to disastrous defeat by the Indians near the present site of Fort Recovery to return later in disorderly retreat Over the same route General Anthony Wayne advanced with his legions by careful stages in October 1793 to ...
... 314 Ohio Arch 314 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications THE REV JOHN HECKEWELDER BORN AT BEDFORD ENG MARCH 12 1743 DIED AT BETHLEHEM PA JANUARY 2 1 1823 AGED 80 YEARS LESS 50 DAYS BY THE REV WM H RICE VICE PRESIDENT MORAVIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY LIFE MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LIFE MEMBER OF THE OHIO ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY One hundred years ago to-day September 29 1898 Rev John Heckewelder then a man about fifty-five years old moved into the First House of ...
... TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 18 1896 TO FEBRUARY 1 1897 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E 0 RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1 897 291 292 To His Excellency Asa S To His Excellency Asa S Bushnell Governor of Ohio SIRI have the honor to submit herewith the twelfth annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year from February 19 1896 to February 1 1897 This ...
... JOSIAH HARMAR AND HIS INDIAN EXPEDITION JOSIAH HARMAR AND HIS INDIAN EXPEDITION By HOWARD H PECKHAM When the Revolutionary War ended the new United States of America faced a problem that is acutely familiar to us today Nobody wanted to remain in the Army or Navy At the conclusion of the Revolution there were probably 20000 to 30000 men under arms The single unifying aim of the war -- independence from Great Britain - - appeared to have been won at least on the battlefield Acknowledgement of ...
... Editorialana Editoria l ana 101 self-deluded It became his monomania He was more Simplician than Charlatan though a curious mixture of both The Ohio legislature in 1850 enacted the Homestead Exemption Law-granting homestead of certain value or a certain amount of property exempt from the reach of creditors Allen it was claimed was instrumental in securing the passage of this law but that is only another of the Allen myths There is no evidence that he had anything to do with it Indeed he is not ...
... THE BIRTHPLACE OF LITTLE TURTLE THE BIRTHPLACE OF LITTLE TURTLE BY CALVIN YOUNG It may not be improper to acquaint the reader with what is to be found in the following pages -the design of which is to add some new facts to the history of Little Turtle a distinguished Chieftain of the Miami tribe to portray some new historical sidelights that have heretofore never been published and to revise and enlarge on a former article written by myself on the birthplace of the above named chieftain ...
... SKETCH OF CORNSTALK SKETCH OF CORNSTALK 1759-1777 The following sketch of Cornstalk is from the Draper MSS Border Forays 3 D Chap XVIII in the possession of the Wisconsin Historical Society Madison Wisconsin It is herewith published for the first time through the courtesy of Dr Reuben GoldThwaites Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society-EDITOR The early history of Cornstalk1 is involved in obscurity During those eventful years of Indian attack and massacre between 1754 and 1763 there can ...
... JONATHAN ALDER JONATHAN ALDER COL WM CURRY The tales of adventure and bloodshed related by the early pioneers of Ohio of their dangers and hardships have been familiar to me since boyhood Among others of whom I heard many harrowing stories related by my father and other pioneers was of Jonathan Alder who was at one time a resident of Union county Ohio and a noted pioneer and frontiersman Like Captain Samuel Davis the famous Indian fighter he was taken captive by the Indians and the latter part ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Beginnings of the U S Army 1783-1812 By James Ripley Jacobs Princeton New Jersey Princeton University Press 1947 497p including bibliography and index 500 This handsomely bound beautifully printed and heavily footnoted volume relates in considerable detail and in extremely readable form the military history of the United States from the end of hostilities with Britain in 1783 to their outbreak again in 1812 It is the first of several volumes that will carry the ...
... THE WESTERN INDIANS IN THE REVOLUTION THE WESTERN INDIANS IN THE REVOLUTION WALLACE NOTESTEIN This paper was awarded the annual prize offered to Ohioans by the Ohio Sons of the Revolution for an historical essay February 1905 The assigned subject that year was the Western Indians in the Revolution The writer aimed only at a clear and concise treatment of the Indian War in the West of which so far as he is aware there is no brief recent account The discussion of Gov Hamilton's responsibility ...
... Address of Governor McKinley Address of Governor McKinley 207 ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR McKINLEY DELIVERED AT GREENVILLE OHIO AUGUST 8 1895 INTRODUCTION BY J R KNOX - The people of Ohio like to see their Governor the soldiers of the army like to see their old comrade everybody wants to see McKinley and I have the pleasure now fellow citizens of presenting to you Governor McKinley of Ohio who will now address you Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen Your president has said that the people of Ohio want ...
... TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MARCH 2 1909 The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Law Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at two p m March 2 1909 The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Mr E H Archer Columbus Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr Martin B ...
... THE WYANDOT CHIEF LEATHER LIPS THE WYANDOT CHIEF LEATHER LIPS HIS TRIAL AND EXECUTION BY WM L CURRY Away back in the thirties of the 19th century a literary magazine of high order called The Hesperian of the West was published in Columbus Ohio In fact it is the only literary periodical that ever was published in the Capital City of Ohio In the publication of this magazine William D Gallagher and Otway Curry both men of high literary attainments were associated together as editors Poems from ...
... TARHE THE WYANDOT CHIEF TARHE THE WYANDOT CHIEF AND THE HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE LR CHAS E SLOCUM DEFIANCE It is the desire of this writing to add somewhat to the mention of Tarhe the Wyandot Aborigine1 Chief and to the mention of the character of the Aborigines that appeared in the last number of the QUARTERLY although this addition shows their character different from that there mentioned Tarhe grew to adult life in very troublous times He was reared to savagery and to inebriety like ...