Source:
Early History of Cleveland
by Col. Chas. Whittlesey -
Publ. Cleveland, O.
1867
CONTENTS
PRE-ADAMITE
HISTORY - NOT FINISHED
- Geological Foundation - Quaternary, or Drift - 9
- Buried Trees, Branches and Leaves - Lost Rocks - 10
- Chemical Composition - Fresh Water Shells - 11
- Hard Pan - Thickness - Encroachments of the Lake - 12
- Ancient Water Levels - Ancient Shore - Quicksands - 13
- Illustrations, Map and Profile - Explanatory Notes - 14-15
- Land Slips - Stratification of the Draft - 16
- Rate of Encroachment from 1796 to 1842 - 17
- Remains of the Elephant - Valley of the Cuyahoga - 18
- Buried Timber - Fossils of the Drift - The Horse, Beaver & c. - 19
- Alpine and Greenland Glaciers - 20-21
- Ice Action on Lake Michigan and Lake Erie - 22
- Ice Action at Tallmadge, Euclid, Austinton - Dayton - 23
- Ice Action, Fac Similie, Sheboygan, Wisconsin - 24
- Ice Action, Lake Superior - Cause of Glacier Motion - 25 |
PRE-HISTORIC INHABITANTS.
-
FINISHED
12/28/2018
- Ancient Earth Works and Fortifications - 29 -
30
- Ancient Copper Tools in the Ohio Mounds - 31
- Ancient Copper Mines, Implements and Weapons - 32-34
- Ancient Forts, Newburg and Northfield - Plans - 34-39
- Ancient Forts, Medina County, Ohio, at Weymouth and Granger - 40-41
- Ancient Fort near Painesville - 42
- Fortified Hill near Conneaut - Plan - 43
- Resemblance to the Mosque Towns in New Mexico - 45 |
WHITE
MEN NOT RECOGNIZED IN HISTORY.
- Ancient Ax Marks, Canfield, Newburg, Willoughby, Berlin - 48 - 51 |
RACE
OF RED MEN.
- Algonquins and Iroquois as first seen by the
French - 53 - 55
- The Eries and the Andantes - 56
- The French on Lake Erie - 57 - 58
- Destruction of the Eries, Narrative of Black Snake - 59
- They Challenge the Iroquois - The Iroquois Champions - 60 -
61
- The Contest - Iroquois Victorious - 62 - 63
- Revenge of the Eries, and their betrayal - 64 - 65
- They are met by the Iroquois and defeated - 66 - 67
- Total route and destruction of the Eries - 68 - 69
- Sketch of Black Snake - English pledges to the Indians - 70 -
71 |
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF EVENTS
-
FINISHED 6/22/2017
- From 1635 - 1786 - 73 - 76 |
EARLY
MAPS OF THE LAKE COUNTRY
- Champlain's Maps - 1634
- Copy of the Portion - 77 - 80
- Lewis Evans Map, 1755 - Copy of a Portion - 81 - 84
- Location of the Indian Tribes - Huske's and Hutchins' Maps - 85 - 87 |
EXPEDITIONS OF ROGERS, WILKINS AND BRADSTREET
- Major Rogers, 1760
- Meeting with Pontiac - 89 - 91
- Geographical Uncertainties - Confusion as to Rivers
- Historical Error as to the Place of Meeting - Rogers' Journal - Parkman
- Sir Wm. John - 91 - 94
- French Fort at Sandusky - Major Wilkins, 1763 - 95 |
DISASTERS OF WILKINS AND BRADSTREET, BY DR. J. P. KIRTLAND -
- Location of the Shipwreck -
Wilkins Expedition - 97 - 99
- He reaches lake Erie - Major Moncrieffe - Historical Notices - Point aux
Pins - 100 - 101
- Relics of a Wreck at Rocky River - Manner of its Occurrence - Remains of
an old camp at Rocky River - 102 -104
- Broadstreets Expedition and Shipwreck, 1764 - Parkmans account - 105 -
106
- Their Return - Censure of Bradstreet - Sir Wm. Johnson - How the Boats
were Lost - McMahons Beach - 107 - 109
- Remains of Accoutrements and Boats, Gun Flints - Major Israel Putnam -
Their track Homeward - Bradstreet's Death - 110 - 113
- Relics at McMahons Run and Rocky River described - Bayonets, Knives,
Bullets, Cannon Balls, Muskets, Tomahawks, Coin, Surgical Knife,
Spoons, and Skeletons - 114 - 120
- Burial of their dead, Tumulus Containing their Bones - An Indian among
them Conflicting views as to the locality of Wilkins Disaster -
Point aux pins on the North Shore - Major Moncrieffe's Statement
- Quotations from the New Port Mercury, 1763 - 125 - 126
- Lieutenant Gorrell's Journal, 1763 - The Rocky River Relics, probably
Bradstreets |
FIRST
WHITES IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY (FRENCH AND ENGLISH TRADERS)
FINISHED
- James Smith, Mary Campbell, Joseph Du Shattars
Trading House in Brooklyn - Baptiste Fleming, Joseph Burrall -
131 - 133 |
MORAVIANS IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY, 1786 - 7.
- They leave Detroit in 1786 - Arrive at Huron
- Reach the Cuyahoga - Schooners Beaver and Mackinaw - Seat
themselves at Tinkers Creek, or Pilgerruh - Zeisberger and
Heckewelder - 135 - 137
- The Delawares persecute them - They abandon Pilgerruh - 138 - 139
- The Massacre on the Muskingum, 1782 - Their Journey to Petquotting -
Driven from thence to Canada - 140 - 141
- Their return to the Muskingum, 1798 - Missionaries in Ohio, 1761 to 1803
- 142 - 144 |
ORIGIN OF TITLE -
- Early Claims of European
Nations - Title by Possession - French and English - 145 - 147
- Claims of the Plymouth and London Companies - 148
- Conflict of the Colonial claims - 149
- Earl Warwicks deed - Patent of Connecticut - 150 - 151
- Cessions by the Indians - Title by Conquest - 152 - 153
- Old Colonial Difficulties revived - Conflicting Claims - 154 - 155
- The Soldier Pioneers - Early Land Speculations - Various Routes to the
West - 156 - 157
- Conflict of Jurisdiction - Salt Spring Tract - Relinquishment by
Connecticut - 158
- Attempts to sell in 1786 - Propositions for sale, 1787
- Sale to Parsons - 159
- General S. H. Parsons - People on the Reserve resist Taxation - 160 -
161
- Mode and Terms for Sale, 1795
- List of Purchasers - 162 - 164 |
THE
CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY -
- Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages -
Trustees of the Company - The Excess Company - 165 - 166
- Political Rights of the Company - Articles of Association - 167
- The First Directors - Plan of Survey - 168
- Names of the Agents and Surveyors - Mode of Partition - 169
- Six Reserved Townships - Drafts, |
SURVEYS OF 1796 -
- Journal of John Milton Holley
- 171
- From Connecticut to Canandaigua - 172
- General Cleaveland at Canandaigua - 173
- Oswego, Little Sodus, Gerundigut, or Ironduquoit - 174
- Niagara Falls, Chippewa, Buffalo Creek - 175
- Capt. Brant, Red Jacket, Farmers Brother - They hold a Council - 176 -
177
- Buffalo to Presque Isle - Journal of Seth Pease - 178
- Latitude of Buffalo Creek - Cattaraugus - 179
- Cattaraugus to Conneaut - Fourth of July, 1796 - 180
- Journal of Moses Cleveland - The Celebration - 181 - 182
- Holds a Treaty with Paqua - Mutual Speeches and Compliments - 183
- Conneaut Creek in 1796, by Amzi Atwater - Plan - Camp of the
Surveyors - Boats and Store House - 184 - 185
- Instructions of the Directors to Cleaveland, 187 - 188
- List of the Agents, Surveyors, and Men, July, 1796 - 189 |
MODE
OF EXECUTING THE SURVEYS -
- Township Lines - Holleys
Journal - 191 - 192
- Porters, Holley, Pease, Warren and Spafford - They go down the
Pennsylvania Line - 193 - 194
- Their severe Experience - Character of the Country - 195 - 196
- The Parties United - They cross the Shenango River - 197
- Recross the Shenango - They are Wet and Uncomfortable - 198 - 199
- Reach the Mahoning and find Settlers near the line - 200 - 201
- Establish the South-East corner of the Reserve - Commence Running the
first four Meridians - 202
- The Powers given to the Agent - Committee on Partition - 203
- Inducements to Settlers - The Lake Shore Survey - Mode of Equalizaton
and Partition - 204 - 205
- Their Experience on the Meridians - Arrive at the Lake, 206 - 207
- General Cleaveland and Joshua Stow - They start for Cleveland in Boats -
Enter the Cuyahoga - 208 - 209
- Their first Cabin - An old Trading House - Job P. Stiles and his Wife -
210 - 211
- Four Parallels Commenced - Survey of the Lake Shore Continued Westward -
Misfortunes at the Chagrin River - 212 - 213 |
HOLLEYS JOURNAL ON THE PARALLELS -
- From the Pennsylvania Line
Westward - Mistakes the Chagrin for the Cuyahoga River - 215 -
216
- Surveys on Township Lines - Holley reaches Cuyahoga - 217
- Variation of the Compass - Out of Provisions - Start for Conneaut
- Meet the Boats with Stores - 220
- Return to Cleveland - Pursuit of a Bear - Allotment of Cleveland
Township - 221
- Surveys in Mentor - Chagrin River to Cuyahoga - 222
- Capt. Perry - Cleveland 100 Acre Lots Finished - Close of Season - 223
- Amzi Atwater - Biographical Notice By L. V. Bierce of Akron - 225 - 227
- Atwaters Diary and Statement Relating to the Surveys - 228 - 229
- Difficulty with the Employes - Orrin Harmons Statement - Arrangement
made at Cleveland, Sept. 30th, 1796 - 230 - 231
- Settlement Dues in Euclid - Proceedings of the Employes - 232 - 233
- Augustus Porter's Plan of Disposing of the City Lots - 234 |
FALL
OF 1796 AND WINTER FOLLOWING -
- Unfinished Work - 235
- Causes of the the Delay - Dissatisfaction of the Men - 236
- Allotment of Cleveland - Sales of Lots - 237
- Original Plan of the City - Fac Simile of Same - 238 - 239
- Original Streets - First Purchasers of Lots - 240
- Pease's Field Notes and Maps - Original name of the City - Pease's Hotel
- 241
- Disappearance of Original Field Notes and Maps - Departure of the
Surveyors, Oct. 18, 1796 - Holleys Journal - 242
- Journey down the Lake - Settlement by the Canandaigua Company - Grand
River - 143 - 144
- Burning Spring in the Lake k- They reach Conneaut - 245
- Arrive at Erie - Buffalo Creek - Niagara - 246 - 247
- Voyage down Lake Ontario - Genesee River - Gerundigut - Canandaigua -
248
- John Milton Hollely - 249
- Moses Cleaveland, By F. Wadsworth - 250 - 251
- Job P. Stiles and Wife, Edward Paine - 252
- The Settlement in Willoughby - Pease's Journal - 253
- Pease Reaches Home - Meeting of the Directors - 253
- Dissatisfaction of the Stockholders - The Excess Company - Porter's
Computation - 255 |
QUANTITY OF LAND IN THE PURCHASE -
- Porter's Report - Collapse of the Excess Company - 257
- Computations of Leonard Case and Simon Perkins - 258
- Corrected results - Quantity of Arable Land - 259
- Want of a Civil Government - 260
- Barr's MS - Events at Conneaut - Ogontz and Seneca - 261
- James Kingsbury and Family at Conneaut - 262
- Their sufferings - Winter of 1796 - 7
- Kingsburys absence - Mrs. Gan - 263
- Distressing Death of an Infant child - Its Burial - 164 - 265
- A Lucky Shot - Return of the Surveyors, 1797 - 266
- Kingsbury moves to Cleveland - The Old Trading House - Settlers on the
Ridge - 267
- Obituary Notice of Kingsbury, Dec. 15, 1847 - 268 - 273 |
SURVEYING PARTY OF 1797 -
- List of the Party - Seth Pease Principal
Surveyor, - 275
- His Journal - Journey through New York - 277
- Fort Stanwix - Oswego Falls - Canandaigua - 278
- The Land Party to Buffalo - Water Party to Niagara - 280 - 281
- Drowning and Burial of David Eldridge - Other Boats Arrive - 282
- Parties Preparing for the Woods - List of Supplies - 283
- Orders to the Surveying Parties - Pease moves up the Cuyahoga - 284 -
285
- Pack Horse Lost - Magnetic Variation - At the Peninsula - 286
- Arrives at the Upper Head-Quarters - Prepares for the Woods - 287
- Pease and Party reach the Salt Springs and South Line of the Reserve -
288
- Variations of the Compass - Moses Warren's Diary - 289
- Survey of the Portage Path - Meeting with Pease - 290
- Survey of the Out Lots, Cleveland - 291 - 292 |
STATEMENT OF AMZI ATWATER -
- Ascent of the Mohawk - Passage
of Oswego Falls - Takes the Horses adn Cattle from Canandaigua
to Buffalo - Arrives at Conneaut, Reaches Cleveland with
the Animals - Death of Eldridge - Proceeds to Tinkers Creek -
295 - 297
- Indian Visitors at Upper Head-Quarters - They are Importunate for
Whiskey - 298 - 299
- Sickness and Deaths in teh Party - 300 - 301
- Address of L. V. Bierce - Sickness and Death of Bicknell - 302 - 305
- Death of Joseph Tinker - The Sick List at Cleveland - 306 - 307
- Mr. Pease Severely sick - Mr. Warren in Charge - 308 - 309
- Allotment of the Six Townships - Pease's Journal - He leaves the
Cuyahoga Oct. 3d, 1797 - 310 - 311
- Journey to Conneaut - John Young arrives there - 312
- Shipwreck of Tinker, Pearce and Edwards - Murder of George Clark on the
Beaver -313
- Spafford and his Party leave Conneaut, Oct. 25th - Mr. Pease and
his Party, Oct. 31st - 314
- They reach Buffalo - Latitude and Longitude of Cleveland - 315
- No Minerals Discovered on the Reserve by the Surveyors - 316
- The Surveyors Meet at Canandaigua and Report - Proceedings of the Land
Company, January, 1798 - Grants to Mrs. Stiles, Gun and Wife,
and Kingsbury and Wife - 317
- Lorenzo Carter, By Judge Barr - Death of Washburne - Buildings in
Cleveland, 1797 - Early Burials - 318 - 320 |
SKETCHES OF THE SURVEYORS AND PIONEERS -
- Ezekiel Morley, by Alfred
Morley - 322
- Lot Sanford, by A. W. and R. W. Perry - The First Garden - Sanford's
Companions -323 - 325
- Oliver Culber - 326 - 328
- Seth Pease, by Ralph Graner - 329 - 330
- Nathaniel Doan - 331 - 332
- Eliljah Gun - 333
- Letter of Augustus Porter, ,1832 - 334
- Work on the Meridians - Wild Honey - 335
- Strike among the men - Traverse of the Lake Shore - 336
- Survey of Streets and Lots in Cleveland - 337
- Traverse of the Cuyahoga River - 337
- Lorenzo Carter, by Ashbel W. Walworth - 339
- History of Ben, the Negro - 340 - 342
- No one allowed to run away from Cleveland - 343 - 344
- Ancient Mouth of the Cuyahoga - Carter as a Regulator -345 - 346
- Amos Spafford, by H. L. Hosmer - 347
- Peter Manor - Sack of Perrysburg, 1812 - 348 - 349
- Faithful Indian - 350
- Spaffords Losses by the War - 351 - 352 |
THE
YEAR 1798 -
- Proceedings of the Land
Company - 353 - 354
- Sickness - Home Made Remedies - Faithfulness of Seth Doan - Graham Four
- 265 - 356 |
THE
YEAR 1799 -
- Doan's Corners - Newburg -
Early Settlers - 357 |
THE
YEAR 1800 -
- Turhand Kirtland - Erection of
Trumbull County - First Election - 358
- Organization of Cleveland Township - 359
- First Justices and Constables - First School - 360
- Letter of J. A. Ackley - Lorenzo Carter - His Journey to Ohio - 361 -
362
- Letter to James Hillman - Cleveland in 1786 - 363
- Indian Trail - Death of a Pack-horseman - The Salt Springs - Trumbull
County - 364 - 365
- Salt Boilers driven away by Soldiers in 1785
- Murder of Kribs - 366
- Boundaries of Cuyahoga County, and Subsequent Changes - 367 - 369
- View of Cleveland Under the Hill in 1800 - 370 - 371
- Gilman Bryants Letter - The first Distillery - Williams Mill at
Newburg - 372 - 373
- A Pioneer Dance - An Indian Dog Feast - 374 - 375
- Letter of Turhand Kirtland, Cleaveland, July, 1800 - 376
- Settlers Greatly Dissatisfied - Price of City Lots - 377 - 378
- Samuel Huntington Visits Cleveland - His Diary - 379 |
THE
YEAR 1801 - FINISHED 9/21/2019
- Fourth of July Celebration - The first Store -
380 - 381
- Joseph Badger Visits Cleveland - Spaffords Re-Survey of the Streets -
Samuel Huntington and Family - His Political Advancement - 382 -
383 |
THE
YEAR 1802 - FINISHED 9/21/2019
- Blankets made of Hair - First Township
Election - 384 - 385
- An Attack by the Wolves - Tavern Licenses in Cleveland - 386 - 387
- Slow Sales of Lands - Original Owners of Cleveland - 388 |
THE
YEAR 1803 - FINISHED 9/21/2019
- Improved health of the Place -
Whisky business under the Hill - 389 - 390
- Murder of Menompsy, a Medicine Man - He is accused of Mal Practice - 391
- He is Stabbed by Big Son, a half brother of Stigwanish, or Seneca - 3932
- The Chippewas and Ottawas bent upon Revenge - Carter Negotiates - Their
Fury Appeased by Whisky - 393
- Statement of Alonzo Carter - The first Marriage - 494
- Witness to the Death of Menompsy - 395
- The first Warehouse - Drowning of Henry Carter - 396 - 397 |
THE
YEAR 1804 - FINISHED 9/21/2019
- Military Election and
Remonstrance - 398 - 399 |
THE
YEAR 1805 -
- Indian Cession of Lands West
of the Cuyahoga - Letter of Wm. Dean - 400 - 401
- Abram Tappens account of the Treaty - 402 - 403
- Prediction of Gideon Granger - Military Electron and Voters - 404 - 405
|
THE
YEAR 1806 -
- Shipwreck of the Hunter Family and Black Ben
- 407
- Surveys West of the Cuyahoga River - Tappen's Proposition - 408 - 409
- Tappen's Account - Surveyors at Cleveland - South Line of the Reserve
Continued by Seth Pease - 410 - 411
- Excessive drougth - The Fire Lands - Committee on Equalization - 412
- Custom House at Cleveland - First Clearance - 413 - 414 |
THE
YEAR 1807 -
- Judge Huntington and Family - Other Residents,
Buildings, & c., - 414 - 415
- Murder of Nickshaw - Account by General Wadsworth and Judge Huntington -
Senecas Ideas of Justice - 416 - 418
- Edward Paine's Notice of Seneca, alias Stigwanish - 419
- Lottery for the Improvement of the Muskingum Rivers - Huntington Elected
Governor - The Fourth Draft - 420 - 423 |
THE
YEAR 1808 -
- Shipwreck of Plumb, Gilmore,
Gilbert, Spafford and Mary Billinger - Rescue of Plumb - 424 -
425 |
THE
YEAR 1809 -
- Amos Spafford - Description of Cleveland by
Stanley Griswold, United States Senator - 426 - 427
- Brooklyn Township Surveyed - Settles in Newburg, by John Harmon - 428 -
429 |
FROM
1810 TO 1812
- The County Organized - The first County Court
- Foreshadowings of War - Major Jessup - 430 - 431
- Map of Cleveland in 1814, by Spafford and Kelly - 434 - 435
- Trial and Execution of O'Mic, by Elisha Whittlesey - 437 - 442
- Description of Cleveland in 1813, by Stanton Sholes - 442 - 446
- Statement of Mrs. Julianna Long - 446 - 451
- Biographical Notice of John Walworth and Mrs. Walworth - 451 - 454
- Record of the First Settlers, 1796 to 1801 - 454 - 455
- Increase of Population, 1796 to 1866 - 456
- List of Collectors at Cleveland - 457
- Early Lake Craft, 1679 to 1810 - 457 - 460 |
PIONEER RIVER MEN. -
PARTIAL ADDED 9/23/2019
- Early Views of the Importance of the Cuyahoga
River - 461
- First Forwarders, Duncan & Wilson, 1786 - Batteaux Navigation - 462 -
463
- Port of Entry in 1805 - Schooner Zephyr, 1808 - Warehouses are Erected
and Vessels Built - 464 - 465
- The first Canal Boat - 466 - 467
- The Days of Pennsylvania Wagons Ended - 468
- The Village Corporation and Officers - 469 - 470
- Post Masters - Locations of the Post Office - 471 - 472
- Court Houses of 1812 and 1828 - 473 - 474
- Ohio City - Battle of the Bridge - List of Mayors - 475 - 478C |
FLUCTUATIONS OF LEVEL IN LAKE ERIE.- FINISHED 9/22/2019
- Annual Rise and Fall - Sudden
Oscillations - 479 - 481
- General or Secular Fluctuations - History of the Observations - 482 - 483
- Diagram and Explanations - 484 - 485
- Amount of Rise and Fall - Lunar Tide - 486 - 487 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. View of Cleveland, from the West Side, by
Thomas Whelpley, 1833
2. St. Clair Street, from Bank street, looking East.
Whelpley, 1833
4. Euclid Street, looking West, near the Public
Square. Whelpley, 1833.
5. Stockley's Pier, from the Harbor, looking East.
J. Brainard, 1850.
6. Columbus Street Bridge, from Detroit street, 1835.
7. Plan of Cleveland, and Geological Profile,
illustrating the encroachments of the Lake, from 1796 to
1842 - Page 14.
8. Fac Simile of Ice-polished Rocks - Page 24
9. Ancient Fort, Newburg - Page 35
10. Ancient Fort, Northfield, Summit county, Ohio -
Page 37
11. Ancient Fort, Weymouth, Medina county, Ohio - Page
40
12. Ancient Fort, near Conneaut, Ashtabula
county, Ohio - Page 43
13. Portion of Champlain's Map of 1634 - Page 78
14. Portion of Lewis Evans' Map of 1755 - Page 83
15. Mouth of Conneaut Creek, in 1796 - Page 185
16. First Map of Cleveland, Oct. 1796. - Page 239
17. Cleveland under the hill, in 1800 - Page 371
18. Map of Cleveland in 1814 - Page 434
19. Diagram, representing the Fluctuations in Lake
level - Page 484EXPLANATIONS OF THE VIEWS:
1. - CLEVELAND, FROM THE WEST SIDE, - a, Erie House, on
the canal. - b, Old Bethel Church, on the side hill, in line
with the Court House. - c, Mouth of Ohio Canal, in line with
the Stone Church - d, End of Superior Lane, on the River.
e, Mandrake Street. - f, Stone Flouring Mill and Light
House. - g, Mouth of the River.
2. - ST. CLAIR STREET, LOOKING EAST. - a, Court House.
- b, Stone Church. - c, Trinity Church, corner of Seneca
Street. - d, Academy.
3. - PUBLIC SQUARE, LOOKING WEST. - a, Trinity Church. - b,
Governor Wood's Office. - c, Light House. - d, Cleveland
Hotel. - e, Commercial Bank and Market, Bank Street. - l.
Stone Residence of Dr. Long, corner of Superior and Seneca.
4. - EUCLID STREET, LOOKING WEST. - a, Residence of
Hon. J. W. Allen, on Public Square. - b, Stone Church and
Trinity. - c, Court House.
5. - STOCKLEY'S PIER. - a, Light House - b, Ashtabula Rail
Road Shop.
6. - COLUMBUS STREET BRIDGE, from Detroit Street. |
|
