... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and Hist Society P ublications some on board the fleet to take their second position nearer Canada They arrived a little before sunset that day at East Sister Island while General Harrison and Commodore Perry in the Ariel made a reconnoissance of the enemy's coast It was not until the morning of the 27th that they began this last journey across the lake One account says the day was fine and a propitious breeze made their passage a pleasing pastime It was a sublime ...
... Logan against the Shawnee towns on the Scioto led him to conclude that there could be no danger except from predatory bands of savages These he did not fear The work was now pushed forward as rapidly as possible no rest being taken even on Sunday Indian depredations however continued to be reported and to cause uneasiness among the men A soldier one day declared that he had been chased by an Indian That the Indians were near at hand became ...
... settlements of the frontier settlements were others settlement of the Valley There is no time for me to do more than I have done with a few bold strokes to recall to memory the stirring deeds from 1752 to 1787 in which in rapid succession we see the Virginian Cavalier and the Pennsylvanian uniting to expel the chivalry of France from the ...
... NOTEHISTORICAL NOTEHISTORICAL R W M'FARLAND OXFORD OHIO People familiar with the early annals of the West know something of Simon Kenton They know also of the rivalry between him and Leitchman for the hand of a young lady-that Kenton was unsuccessful in his suite-that there was a fight in consequence and that in the first encounter Kenton again lost but in the second by wrapping Leitchman's long hair about a sapling Kenton won and so severely beat his opponent that thinking him fatally injured ...
... Logan Elm Park under the Logan as the destroyer of Logan Elm Mr E O Randall Logan composed of two or Logan Elm now dedicate to Logan whose simple burst
... settlements in the vicinity of the River Raisin were subjected to great annoyances and indignities from the Indians and were threatened with all the evils of savage cruelty Proctor who now commanded in this part of Canada appears to have had none of the soldierly or manly qualities which characterized Brock his predecessor in command He gave full license to his barbarous and savage associates and their outrages alarmed the whole frontier At ...
... settlement was broken up and settlement he left behind in settlements of the United settlement in the old home settlements of whites in the state He died at Bethlehem in eastern Pennsylvania in 1 8 23 His body lies in its honored ...
... County that Chief Nicholas of the Wyandotte tribe lived and he was the brains of the movement which had for its purpose to drive the French from the western country The greatest Indian chief of which we have knowledge was Pontiac who engineered that remarkable movement known as Pontiac's conspiracy which Colonel James Kilbourne 33 Colonel James Kilbourne 33 aimed to break the British power Pontiac was born and lived the greater part of his ...
... settlement or the reason for settlement of this country by settlement or road Under these settlement of the Reserve settlements proceeded but settlements at Cleveland and
... Logan Little Turtle Tarhe Tecumseh and a score of others renowned in war in the chase and in oratory Within the boundaries of our state moreover were enacted some of the most eventful scenes of the American Revolution The British western headquarters were at Detroit the American western headquarters were at Fort Pitt The sparsely located settlers of Ohio and Kentucky were between the two The war was that of infuriated savages spurred on by ...
... settlements was this disaster settlements were being made in settlements In order to deal the savages an effective blow Gen Harmar of the U S Infantry was instructed to lead an army of about 1 200 frontier militia and mounted riflemen against the Maumee villages while Major Hamtramck the commander at Vincennes was sent against the Wabash ...
... Logancounty As he entered he was obliged to run the gauntlet 380 Ohio Arch 380 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications formed by young children armed with switches He passed through this ordeal with little or no injury and was adopted into an Indian family His Indian mother thoroughly washed him with soap and water with herbs in it previous to dressing him into the Indian costume ...
... Logan composed of two or Logan Elm now dedicate to Logan whose simple burst of native eloquence traditionally uttered near where we now stand has placed his name in the fore rank of aboriginal orators but time does not permit and I assume you are all familiar with that story as your chairman has at length related it in Randall and Ryan's ...
... settlement the English by settlements on the Illinois settlement was a fortified settlements It was fondly settlements It was the great settlements began to thicken
... settlements British presents and British influence were too powerful with the fickle Indian tribes the younger portions of which were always but too ready to be enticed into war when the double prospect of glory and plunder was glitteringly held out before them Trusty messengers were still dispatched to the Indian country and treaties appointed with the fond hope of averting the impending storm but all to no purpose It was as much as Cornstalk ...
... settlement was already forming settlements here and there in settlement The first timber settlement was made William settlement In this cabin was settlement was constituted the ...
... County Fair Grounds recently named the Israel Putnam Agricultural Park in honor of Israel Putnam and along the high ground until it reached the old Factor's house which was later changed into a fort and named Fort Stephenson after Colonel Stephenson who was in charge of the troops engaged in making the charge The encampment thus enclosed the low rich ground on which the Indians had from time immemorial grown their crops and through the center ...