TABLE OF CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY.
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CHAPTER I. |
| Topography - The Great Lakes, and the
Country of the Northwest Territory |
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CHAPTER II.
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Joliet and Marquette's Voyage
- They leave Mackinaw May 17, 1673
- They proceed, by way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin, as far as the mouth
of the Arkansas
- Return by way of the Illinois and Chicago Creek
- Father Marquette's journal, descriptive of the journey and the country
through which they traveled
- Biographical sketches of Marquette and Joliet |
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CHAPTER III.
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La Salle's voyage
- Biographical sketch of La Salle
- His concessions and titles of nobility
- Preparations for his explorations
- Sketch of Father Hennepin and the merit of his writings
- La Salle reaches the Niagara River in December, 1678, builds the ship
Griffin, and proceeds up Lake Erie, and reaches Mackinaw
in August, 1679 |
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CHAPTER IV.
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La Salle's voyage continued
- Mackinaw the headquarters of the Indian trade
- The Griffin starts back to Niagara River with a cargo of furs, and is
lost upon the Lake
- La Salle resumes his voyage in birch canoes, south along the west shore
of Lake Michigan, and around its southern extremity to
the mouth of the St. Joseph, where he erects Fort Miamis |
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CHAPTER V.
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The several rivers called the Miamis
- La Salle's route down the Illinois
- The Kankakee Marshes
- The French and Indian names of the Kankakees and Des Plaines
- "Fort Crevecoeur"
- La Salle goes back to Canada
- Destruction of his fors by deserters
- His return to Fort Miamis, and the successful prosecution of his
exploration to the mouth of the Mississippi
- The whole valley of the great river taken possession of in the name of
the king of France. |
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CHAPTER VI.
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- The Miamis
- The Miami, Piankeshaw, and Wea bands
- They are kindred to the Illinois, originally from the west of the
Mississippi
- Their superiority and their military disposition
- Their subdivisions and various names
- Their trade and difficulties with the French and the English
- Their migrations
- They are upon the Maumee and Wabash
- Their villages
- From their position between the French and English they suffer at the
hands of both
- They defeat the Iroquois
- They trade with the English, and incur the anger of the French
- Their bravery
- Their decline
- Destructive effects of intemperance
- Cession of their lands in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
- Their removal westward, and present condition |
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CHAPTER VII.
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The
Shawnees and Delawares
- Originally east of the Alleghany Mountains
- Are subdued and driven out by the Oroquois
- Marquette finds the Shawnees on the Tennessee in 1673
- At one time in Florida
- In 1744 they are in Ohio
- They war on the American settlements
- Their villages on the Big and Little Miamis, the St. Marys, the
Auglaize, Maumee, and Wabash
- The Delawares
- Made women of by the Iroquois
- Their country on White River, Indiana,, and eastward, defined
- Become friendly to the United States after Wayne's victory at Maumee
Rapids, in 1794
- They, with the Shawnees, sent west of the Mississippi
- They furnish soldiers in the war for the Union
- Adopting ways of the white people |
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CHAPTER VIII.
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The Indians
- Their implements, utensils, fortifications, mounds, manners, and customs |
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CHAPTER IX.
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The war for the fur
trade
- Former abundance of wild animals and water fowl in the Northwest
- The buffalo; their range, their numbers, and final disappearance
- Value of hte fur trade;
- its importance to Canada
- The coureurs de bois; their food and peculiarities
- Goods for Indian trade
- The distant part of which the far trade was carried, and the manner in
which it was conducted
- Competition between French and English for control of the fur trade
- It results in broils
- French traders killed on the Vermillion
- The French and Indians attack Fort Pickawillany
- War |
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CHAPTER X.
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The War for the empire
- English claims to the Northwest
- Deeds from the Iroquois to a large part of the country
- Military expeditions of Major Grant, Mons. Aubry, and M. de Ligneris
- Aubry attempts to retake Fort Du Quesne
- His expedition up the Wabash
- Goes to the relief of Fort Niagara
- Is defeated by Sir William Johnson
- The fall of Quebec and Montreal
- Surrender of the Northwest to Great Britain
- The territory west of the Mississippi ceded to Spain |
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CHAPTER XI.
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General Clark's conquest
of the Illinois
- The Revolutionary War
- Indian depredations upon the settlements of Kentucky
- The savages are supplied with arms and ammunition from the English posts
at Detroit, Vincennes, and Kaskaskia
- General Clark applies to Governor Henry, of Virginia, for aid in an
enterprise to capture Kaskaskia and Vincennes
- Sketch of General Clark
- His manuscript memoir of his march to the Illinois
- He captures Kaskaskia
- The surrender of Vincennes
- He treats with the Indians, who agree to quit their warfare on the Big
Knife
- Governor Hamilton, of Detroit, recaptures Vincennes
- Clark's march to Vincennes
- He retakes Vincennes, and makes the English forces prisoners of war
- Captain Helm surprises a convoy of English boats at the mouth of the
Vermillion River
- Organization of the Northwest Territory into Illinois County of Virginia
- Clark holds the Northwest until the conclusion of the Revolutionary War
- For this reason only it became a part of the United States |
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CHAPTER XII.
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The title of Virginia,
and her deed of cession.
- Probable number and characteristics of the population in 1787
- Organization of the Ohio Land Company
- The first settlement under the ordinance of 1787
- Survey and grants of the public lands
- Treaties made with the Indians
- First officers of the Territory
- The second grade of Territorial government
- Early laws of the Territory
- Local courts and court officers
- Organization of counties
- Early Territorial villages and towns
- Territorial officers
- The Indian tribes of the Upper Ohio
- Titles to Ohio
- By whom held
- When and how acquired and relinquished
- Early time white men in Ohio
- The earliest English military expeditions on Lake Erie
- Moravian missionary stations
- Subsequent military movements upon Ohio soil
- Colonel Bradstreet's expedition
- Colonel Bouquet's expedition
- An act of the British Parliament
- Colonel McDonald's expedition
- Lord Dunmore's war
- Organization of Illinois County
- Expedition of General McIntosh
- Erection of Fort Laurens, in 1778
- General Daniel Broadhead's expedition
- Colonel Archibald Lochry's expedition
- Colonel Williamson's expedition
- Colonel Crawford's Sandusky campaign
- General George Rogers Clark's expedition
- Colonel Logan's expedition
- First treaties establishing boundaries
- The first white child born in Ohio
- Organization of the second grade of Territorial government
- Members of the Territorial Legislature of 1799-1800
- First Connell and House of Representatives |
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CHAPTER XIII.
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Admission of Ohio into the Union
- Political History
- Early laws of Ohio |
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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY
INTRODUCTION. |
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POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY. |
Virginia
- Virginia military survey
- Early settlements of the Ohio Valley
- Early surveying, and surveyors
- First survey in Fayette County
- Numbering of surveys
- First settlement upon the Virginia reservation
- Capture of Andrew Ellison
- Life in the woods |
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INDIAN WARS
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| From their origin to the Treaty of
Greenville with Incidents |
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MISCELLANEOUS
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| Organization and Boundary |
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The Pioneer
- FINISHED 7/18/2018 |
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Early Settlers
- FINISHED 7/18/2018
- Allen, Adam
- Creamer, George
- DeWitt, John
- Durham, Rafe
- Fent, Philip
- Fullerton, Thomas
- Green, Thomas
- Harrison, Batteal, Gen.
- Hays, James
- Jamison, Jacob
- Kirkpatrick, James
- Moor, Philip
- Popejoy, John
- Rankin, Jacob A.
- Robinson, William, Sr.
- Rowe, Jesse
- Sanderson, James
- Steward, Hugh
- Stewart, James
- Strope, Henry
- Waddle, Samuel
(See
biographical index) |
242 |
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Old settlers
- FINISHED 7/18/2018 |
255 |
Prominent Physicians
- FINISHED 7/18/2018
- McGara, Thomas
- Baldridge, Dr.
- Hinton, Benjamin
- Hinton, James
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HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PIONEERS.
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Defenses
- Health
- Weddings
- Settling a young couple
- Putting up the house
- House warming
- Military debts
- Thefts
- Characteristics
- Disputes
- Morality
- Tattling |
260 |
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ORIGINAL TOWNSHIPS.
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Original Townships
- FINISHED 7/18/2018 |
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PRESENT TOWNSHIPS.
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| Date of organization and boundary |
273 |
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MILLS AND MILLING
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Block and Pestle
- Corn Cracker |
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MISCELLANEOUS
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| Taverns -
FINISHED 7/18/2018 |
283 |
| Race of John Edgington |
285 |
| War of 1812 |
286 |
| Batteal Harrison at Fort Meigs |
292 |
| Josiah Hunt |
294 |
| Effects of the war of 1812 |
297 |
| The Old Muster |
299 |
| Sharp Shins or Cut Money |
303 |
| Pioneer Girls |
305 |
| Corn Husking |
307 |
| Game and Hunters |
308 |
| The Old School House |
312 |
| Early Mails |
314 |
| Pigeon Roosts |
315 |
Judiciary
- Courts and Court Houses
- First Court House
- New Court House
- Jails |
316 |
County Infirmary
- Carder Infirmary |
325 |
| Peter Carder |
330 |
| Counterfeiting |
331 |
| The Funk Fight |
334 |
| The first man sent to the penitentiary |
338 |
| Execution of William G. W. Smith, with a
sketch of his life |
341 |
Sanitary
- Milk Sickness
- Symptoms
- Treatment |
350 |
| Drainage |
353 |
Stock Sales
- Horsetrading |
356 |
| The first Railroad |
359 |
Geology of Fayette County
- Paving stones of Washington |
361 |
| Fayette County in the Rebellion |
383 |
| Fayette County in the Legislature |
447 |
| Fayette County officials |
451 |
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UNION TOWNSHIP
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Early Settlers
- Washington
- Early Business
- Tanneries
- Blacksmiths
- General features
- Old times
- The pioneer house
- Council proceedings
- Fire Engine
- Township reminiscences
- Churches
- Schools
- Secret Organizations
- The crusade
- The press
- Woolen machines |
458 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
583 |
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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
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Early settlement
- Official
- Churches
- Secret societies
- Industrial and Commercial
- Railroads
- Bonds
- Miscellaneous
- Schools
- Jeffersonville |
638 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
669 |
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JASPER TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlers
- Schools
- Churches
- Towns
- Post offices, etc. |
708 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
725 |
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CONCORD TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlement
- Churches
- Schools
- Incidents
- Mills
- Staunton |
737 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
745 |
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GREEN TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlement
- Schools
- Churches
- Buena Vista
- Officers
- Distilleries
- Thievis
- Incidents, etc. |
763 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
773 |
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PERRY TOWNSHIP.
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Early
- settlements
- Churches
- Blacksmiths
- Mills
- Stores
- Sunday-schools
- Martinsburg
- Secret Societies
- Nursery
- Officers |
776 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
794 |
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WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlement
- Taverns
- Indian reminiscences
- Good Hope
- Churches
- Rock Mills |
826 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
842 |
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MARION TOWNSHIP.
- FINISHED 7/18/2018
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Early settlement
- Churches
- Sabbath-schools
- Schools
- Mills
- Official, etc. |
877 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
894 |
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MADISON TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlement
- Churches
- Schools
- Secret organizations
- Stores
- Mills, etc. |
916 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
934 |
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PAINT TOWNSHIP.
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Early settlement
- Incidents
- Educational
- Churches
- Secret Organizations In
- the war with Garfield
- Bloomingbury
- Slavery
- The liquor question
- Towns |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
993 |
| Summary |
1024 |
ADDENDA. |
| Union Township |
1027 |
| Jefferson Township |
1034 |
| Jasper Township |
1035 |
| Concord Township |
1036 |
| Errata |
1039 |
