... western extent of western parts of Virginia western boundary9 In the western lands appeared at first as an enormous advantage to certain States holding the ancient charters but when their titles were quit-claimed to the United States a national domain was created interest in which and ...
...reserved gentlemen upwards of four score years of age Mr Hiram Risden born and raised on the spot and who as a boy saw the fort picket walls and blockhouse defenses still standing Mr Risden's father -Joel Risden-located here coming from Vermont in 1810 This was 319 320 Ohio Arch 320 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications the headquarters of General Harrison during an important period of the 1812 war The defense known as Fort Seneca was ...
... western boundary by the western boundaries extended western tribes which had western line of the Westernwestern Ohio to the United States Government which was in 1820 February 12th ...
...western Territory he was western Territory were western Territory says that there could not have been less than fifteen hundred warriors engaged while it was satisfactorily ascertained that a considerable number of British soldiers and Detroit militia acted with the savages in that engagement Jonathan Alden gives in his MSS autobiography an ...
... reserved the tract of land lying between the Scioto and the little Miami rivers This was to be distributed to her soldiers who had fought during the Revolutionary War North of the Virginia Military Lands lay the Congress Lands At that time the exact dividing line was not known as the relation of the sources of the two rivers had never been ascertained In 1 80 4 Israel Ludlow was employed to survey the land from the source of the Little Miami ...
... western forts each of which for this purpose was assigned to the tribe nearest to it His plan was successful and a terrible massacre followed Forts Mackinac Presqu'il now Erie Sandoski and all the other isolated forts 538 Ohio Arch 538 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications but one fell before the fury of the Indians Detroit alone held out having been prepared for the onslaught by the disclosure of an Indian girl In the call for arms which ...
... THE TOWNS CALLED CHILLICOTHE THE TOWNS CALLED CHILLICOTHE In Volume XI page 230 of the Society's Publications was a valuable article by Prof R W McFarland of Oxford Ohio on the Chillicothes This article led to an interesting discussion in the Chillicothe News-Advertiser of which Mr W H Hunter one of the trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is editor We reprint the articles which speak for themselves The communications by Dr Morgan and Prof McFarland appeared in the ...
...western Ohio Southern western Indiana At the western Indian army were western lands Then came a western Indians objected to this treaty and that of Fort Stanwix in 1784 as having been brought about by intimidation This was the last ...
... western country Over its western forts to the United States in 1796 it was a detachment of soldiers from the Maumee that first raised the Stars and Stripes over Detroit The War of 1 812 opened in the Northwest and the Maumee again resounded to the tramp of contending armies General Hull pressed northward to disgrace and a coward's doom at Detroit General Winchester led his Kentuckians to ...
... western wilderness Brady like Hannibal of old vowed eternal vengeance upon the Indians and soon after his escape he led a bold band of traders and adventurers while strange to relate Girty became chief of several Indian tribes and a dreaded enemy of the white settler Thus the former close comrades of boyhood days became the heads of intensely hostile forces and it is said that they met many times in battle without recognition It has 580 Ohio ...
... western tribes One under Colonel Bouquet marched into southern Ohio The other under Colonel John Bradstreet was sent to relieve Detroit and to chastize Pontiac's immediate allies Thomas Morris now a captain was one of the 49 50 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 50 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY officers accompanying Bradstreet This expedition sailed from Niagara and coasted along the south shore of Lake Erie At ...
... reserved for another time reserve for him at reserve for him and secretly determined that he would never reach Waughcotomoco alive if it was possible to avoid it Their route lay through an unbroken forest abounding in thickets and undergrowth Unbound as he was it would not be impossible to escape from the hands of his conductors and if he ...
...reserve the history of reserved by various records and documents and in much part by oral traditions One historical mention however has remained somewhat obscure to the general inquiring public and Read at the St Clair celebration November 6 1922 Eaton Preble County Ohio ...
...western Ohio were the first western region in possession of the British opening it anew to the assaults of the merciless savages who so readily co-operated with the British But mistakes are inevitable in any war of large dimensions It is only by a process of natural selection that the capable leaders can be found and put in command Our meed of praise to the under officers and to the common ...
... western savages in the War western annals for an event western traders' posts and western division of the B amp O The drive from Coolville a distance of some six miles is through a most picturesque country of hill dale and river for the route lies along the north bank of the Hocking river ...
...reserved wrote Washington if under a full consideration of circumstances it is judged a post of importance and can be maintained without running too great a risk The commander-in-chief was apprehensive its abandonment would give great encouragement to the savages about Detroit-which was his reason for holding it not on account of any opinion of its usefulness as a protection to the border Brodhead found that the state of provisions there was by ...
... 414 Ohio Arch 414 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of their devotion It remains for us to take up the full burden of citizenship and to consecrate our lives to the task of making our country worthy of the sacrifices that have been made by those who in countless numbers have given their lives for its establishment and its preservation With a great price have our privileges of citizenship been purchased Woe ...