... Miami tribes settled on the rivers of that name and the Delawares on the rivers of Eastern Ohio they held sway over a little empire of their own At first their Long House or capitol was situated on the west bank of the Scioto river at its confluence with the Ohio but they were driven by floods to locate this council house directly opposite in Kentucky The Shawnees were of Algonquin stock the ...
... Little Turtle while Capt Little Turtle were Little Turtle and two Little Turtle heard of Little Turtle the chief of Little Turtle Upon the very first discharge the unfortunate
... MiamiLittle Turtle Miamitown in 1790 he Miamis on their way to Miamis river ascending towards Fort Wayne much harrassed by the musketoes amp greatly incommoded by the quantity 2 of goods in the boat 3 Arrived at Fort Wayne about 12 ...
... Miami and Wabash Indians upon Kentucky and other parts of the frontiers together with their associates-a banditti formed of Shawanese and outcast Cherokees amounting in all to about 120029 At any rate three expeditions were sent o ut to subdue these tribes-General Harmar General St Clair and General Wayne-the last being the only one that proved successful and the only one we are interested in for this study A detailed account of this ...
... THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VIEWS ON SLAVERY THOMAS JEFFERSON'S VIEWS ON SLAVERY BY C B GALBREATII To one who has read the works of Thomas Jefferson it would seem that there should be no question in regard to his views of slavery Because such question has been raised reiterated and made a matter of public record and because his attitude has been thus questioned by many prominent in the early history of Ohio it may not be out of place to review here the testimony offered in regard to the real views that ...
... Miami and Scioto River Miami University Oxford Ohio from 1870 to 1872 since which date Mr Tallmadge has been actively engaged in business in the City of Columbus of later years attaining a large acquaintance as an Adjuster of Claims for Street and Interurban Tractions as well as for many large industries in Central Ohio Married May Hedges at Pittsburg Two sons resulted from this union the ...
... Miami for twenty years after Cornwallis' bands played The world's turned upside down at Yorktown The world looked for a partition of our west among the powers in 1780 as confidently as the partition of the great hulk China is expected by many today And indeed we escaped such montrous catastrophe by a narrower margin than is commonly known Spanish agents among high Kentuckians were looked upon with favor and their plan of joining Kentucky to ...
... Miamis he had a right to expect the same treatment as had been accorded the Ohio Company Accordingly the one-thirty-sixth reservation was made for the schools and one township set aside for the University It is only fair to say we today are the guests of that University for which such provision was made The lands granted for education up to this time were made by the Congress under the Articles of Confederation The new government did not seem ...
... THE TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON CENTENARY IN FRANKTHE TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON CENTENARY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY On the 9th day of June 1904 a reception was given by Mr and Mrs Henry C Taylor at their country place Westcrest situated on the National Road west bank of Big Walnut creek in Truro township to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the family history in Franklin County The invitation issued to the guests on this occasion was in the following form 1804 TAYLOR-LIVINGSTON 1904 MR AND MRS HENRY C ...
... Little river one of the Little river The stream was so uncommonly low that bateaux could not have floated but for the fact that some distance below a beaver dam kept up the water This they cut through to give a passage to their boats and having taken in the lading at the landing they passed them all He further says This carrying place is free from obstructions but what the carelessness and ...
... Miami river Columbia Ohio When passing near Fort Hamilton the Indians attacked some of the garrison working in the timber and captured two of them From these they learned that a company of from fifty to one hundred mounted Kentucky riflemen escorting a brigade of pack-horses and under command of Captain John Adair were on the way to Ft Jefferson and would pass on the return trip at a certain time Accordingly they lay in ambush along the trail ...
... Miami towns on the upper Miami River where a small advance detachment had been sent I do not believe Washington Irving's exculpatory descriptive denunciation of the soldiers assembled there further than 446 Ohio Arch 446 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications that they were through no fault of theirs or of their officers untrained for campaigning or for war and that they were not well ...
... ANNE BAILEY ANNE BAILEY VIRGIL A LEWIS Mr Lewis is the State Historian of West Virginia the author of The History of West Virginia and many valuable publications concerning the early historical events in the Ohio Valley All that was earthly of Anne Bailey the Pioneer Heroine of the Great Kanawha Valley that has not crumbled to dust has been removed to Point Pleasant and re-interred in Tu-EndieWei Park It is therefore now time to eliminate from the story of her wonderful career and life of ...
... Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association 183 Records of the Synod of Pittsburgh 1802-1832 Centenary Memorial Volume of Presbyterianism in Western Pennsylvania Papers by Darlington and Veech History of Pittsburgh by N B Craig 1851 History of Pittsburgh by Sarah H Killikelly 1906 History of Pittsburgh by Erasmus Wilson 1898 EARLY RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY BY C L MARTZOLFF OHIO UNIVERSITY The dominant note in the ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 66 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1957 The Removal of the Wyandots from Ohio By CARL G KLOPFENSTEIN The history of the removal of the Woodland Indians of the eastern half of the United States to new homes in the West in the 1830's and 1840's under the auspices of the United States government was a significant phase of the westward movement of the white man across the continent--if only for the fact that it was one solution employed in ...
... Miami when the little band of pioneers were massacred at this place On the edge of this great territory small parties of bold men watched and toiled waiting for the time when British agents would cease to send the savage on his errands of murder The first seven years of the settlement along this border was as has already been said a continuation of the Revolutionary War which began at ...
... Little Auglaize which Little Auglaize and may have left behind some cannon balls and these may have been the ones lost Owing to this peculiar geographical position the region being bounded by the rivers was the peaceful and happy hunting grounds of the Indians History and tradition informs us that many Indians kept their families within this region making it their permanent home feeling that ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS JOSEPH BADGER THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO THE WESTERN RESERVE BY BYRON R LONG A preliminary word to the writing of this document is not unlike that which I wrote to the last article furnished for publication in this historical record In the sketch of Isaac N Walter printed in the April number of 1915 I dwelt at some length on the story of the Christian denomination with which he labored for many years as a minister My own personal connection ...
... 256 Ohio Arch 256 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications ADDRESS OF HON SAMUEL H DOYLE DELIVERED AT GREENVILLE OHIO AUGUST 3 1895 Ladies and Gentlemen I come to you from the adjoining State to join with you in this celebration We have a common interest in this historic event with you I will detain you but a few minutes We have been together and associated together in four of the great important events that have touched the Northwest When Wolfe met the French at Quebec this territory was ...
... Miami Rivers in the Virginia Military Land District In some of his first attempts Mr Sullivant was driven back by the Indians but finally having formed and equipped a larger surveying party at Limestone now Maysville Kentucky he bade farewell to his friends and with a stout heart equal to any fate turned his back upon civilization and the settlements and striking out through the wilderness arrived in due time upon the Scioto and commenced his ...