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HISTORYU
OF
THE UPPER
VALLEY MAUMEE VA
1889
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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
VALLEY
OF THE
UPPER MAUMEE RIVER
WITH HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ALLEN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. THE STORY OF ITS PROGRESS FROM SAVAGERY TO CIVILIZATION.
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VOLUME I.
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INDEX TO VOLUME I.
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GENERAL HISTORY.
Page.
Page.
Aboit township.
285
Harlan 851
Academie
210
Harmar's campaign.
81
Adams township. 205 Harmar's Ford, battle .. 35,85
Allen, Col. John.
133
Harrison, Gov. W. H.
110, 113, 116, 120, 122, 126, 139, 143, 153,158, 163.
Heller's Corners, battle near. 84
Big Leg, murder of.
186
Hesse Cassel
432
Bondie, Antoine 134
Border warfare
74
Bouquet, Gen.
.54, 65
British expedition against Fort Wayne . 146
British occupation. 54
Canal, land office. 201
Cedar Creek township 331
Cedarville ..
333
Centerville .
422
Churches in the township.
456
Church, Lutheran, in
465
Emanuel's, The
471
Gar Creek.
472
Marion
Martin's
New Haven 472
St. John's (Fort Wayne) 472
St. John's (Hoagland) . 472
St. Paul's 471 censes of. 188
St. Peter's.
471
Zion's
Clark, Gen. George R. 69
Cold and drought 196
Commanders at Ft. Wayne,
106, 164
Concordia college
472
Coureurs de Bois
42
Drainage 285
Early explorations
Edwardsburg 388
Eel River township.
300
Expeditions from Fort Wayne
142,154
Fallen Timber, battle of. 103
Farm settlement 201 early history 37
Fort Dearhorn massacre. 130 treaties with 197
Fort Defiance ..
101
Fort Meigs, siege of.
151,159
Fort Miami (old)
52,103
Fort, the French
52,108
Fort Miami, capture of 60 against 148
Fort Recovery
100
Monroe township.
405
Fort Stephenson, siege of
160
Monroeville ..
406
Fort Wayne ...
106,141,143
Game, early
202
Northwest Territory
71, 109
campaign of ..
95
Gamelin, journal of.
77
Old Fort, residents at.
180
Wayne township
205
rebuilding of
183
Wells, Captain ..
.102, 129,
131
White Pigeon, expedition to .. 156
Glacial action
171
Peace of Ghent ....
163
Woodburn
387
Peltier, Louis, reminiscenses
of. ..
191-195
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Perry township
312
Pleasant township
447
Pontiac, conspiracy of.
56
death of
68
Portage to Wabash. 47, 49,53,55, 108 21
Prehistoric remains.
Prophet, The ..
112, 115, 126
Regimental Buttons ..
165
Relief of Fort Wayne
140
Residents, early,
at
Fort
Wayne .
186
Indians, distribution of
23
Richardville, Chief.
165
Riley, Capt. James.
184
Intrigues of British
89,100
Introduction
19
River Raisin, battle of.
149
Jackson township.
396
Royal Americans, The
54
Jefferson township. 400 Schools in Allen county 480
Johnston, Stephen, killing of. 135
Kekionga ..
67
LaBalme, expedition of. 70
Lake township
291
Land cession disputes ... 73,99,122 Land office. 198
La Salle, journeys of. 45
at Kekionga.
Logan, Capt.
137, 139, 147
Lutheran church in Allen Co .. 465 McCulloch, Hugh, reminis-
Madison township.
421
Mails, early .
183, 185
431
Massillon
126
420
Maumee, first map of.
44
Maumee township
387
Maumee Valley Monumental Association vi Traders, early 134, 183
Maysville
351
42
Metea
134
of Greenville
107, 163
«ambuscade of.
141
at Fort Wayne
110,
119
Miami, fort, on Maumee
106
at Vincennes
122
massacre at.
153
with Miamis
197
Miamis, description of
24 30
Urbana.
333
principal chiefs.
30
Wabash-Erie trough
171
Wallen
210
Wars-
Miamis and Iroquois .. 38, 51, 53
Indians and English.
56
Revolutionary.
68
Federal and Indian.
81
of 1812.
127
Washington, observations of .. 72
interest in the west
95
Washington township.
209
178
Sheldon
448
Tecumseh
104
confederacy of.
109
at Fort Wayne
in war of 1812.
.129, 153,
159
Tippecanoe, battle of.
126
Townships, formation of.
205
Treaties, early
73
87
St. Joseph township.
185
Shawnee run ..
Siege of Fort Wayne ..
132
350
Springfield township.
483
township.
491
Scipio township.
882
179
Settlement and development. 202 Settlers, customs of. 156
47 Shane, Anthony
472 471 Leo .. 333
Trinity 471 471 Maples 401
Middletown .. .
433
Milan township.
390
Mills, early
201
Mississinewa,
expedition
Girty, Simon.
89
Godefroi, Francis
62,212
Hardin, Col. John
76,83,98
Geology and physical geogra- phy .. 171 village at the. 179. 196 Oliver, Wm., adventures of ... 137 Williamsport 433
Annals of the township. 205
Arcola 292
Besancon . 401
Hoagland
422
Huntertown.
314
Indiana, territory of. 110
monroeville
491
private and church.
481
public ..
Allen county
St. Clair's campaign . 211
Strata, geologic ..
Marion township.
Morris, Capt., at Kekionga
62
Fur trade
111,161,129
New Haven ..
207
Wayne, Gen. Anthony.
167
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INDEX TO VOLUME I.
PERSONAL HISTORY.
Page.
Page
Page.
Allen, Thomas
384
Doty, Solomon.
395
Hauk, Samuel. 199
Alligear, Jolın D
415
Douglass, Albert.
337
Hayes, H. F.
410
Amstutz, John.
348
Douglass, John 336
Hayes, John .. 410
Anderson, A. H
414 Downing, J. B 220
Hellwarth, Michael. 918
Andrews, Rapin, and sons
320
Driesbach, Isaac
363
Henderson, G. W. 334
Antrup, Henry E.
270
Driesbach, Levi
364
Henry, Henry.
377
Argo, M. E ..
427
Driver, David D.
428
Herin. D. E. O. 340
Ashton, Amhrose
388
Duly. Solomon
328
Bacon, Henry
343
Dunten, H. F
315
Hettenger. F.manuel.
379
Bair, Simon
338
Dunten, Thomas.
814
Hilbert. Isaac. 381
Baldwin, Timothy
398
Dupeyron, John B.
405
Hillegass, Jacob, 324
Bates, Alfred H.
288
Edsall, William S.
187
Hoffman, George W., sr. 378
Bauman. William.
380
Ehle, William:
391
Hoffman. G. W
379
Beams, Henry W
344
Esterline, W. J.
290
Hollopeter, Cyrus.
354
Beckman, Edward.
253
Evard, Clement.
400
Hollopeter, John W
339
Beckman, Fred
439
Evard, James.
274
Hollopeter, Matthias
339
Beckman. N. F. 440
Fairfield, Charles W
213
Hollopeter, William C .. 341
Beninghoff, William 385
Finan, Edward
414
Holmes, John W 312
Benward, John S 308
Fitch Nathaniel. and sous.
316
Holman; Joseph. 200
Berning, Charles W 435
Fleming, T. H
257
Holmes, Joshua. 216
Betz, Samuel. 373
Fletter, James M.
273
Holmes. Roland 217
Bez, Rev. C. G.
479
Fox, August.
350
Hood, J. W.
3.8
Bird, Oehmig
257
Franke, F. W
424
Houk, Hiram.
373
Bleke, Frederick
268
Freese, Franklin
409
Houser, Charles.
430
Bleke, William .. 255
Friedt, Jacob.
372
Howey, William C. 346
Blume. Martin
278
Fry. John W 372
Howe. Estes. 355
Boœuf, Octave
Foote, H. B
384
Hull, Adam. 301
Bobde, Henry
279
Fulkerson, David L. 340
Hunt, Col. John E. 180
Boston, Alexander
365
Furguson, Matthew 258
Hursh, John W. 329
Brandeberry, Abraham
417
Gavin, James, 497
293
Jackson, Phannel .W 323
Breman, Charles J ..
414
Gibson, David.
411
Jamison, O. E. 412
Brooks, W. B
394
Gillett, Charles M.
337
Jeffries. Adam 266
Brudi, Carl L ..
210
Geiseking, F. W. 255
Jones, Jasper W. 396
Brudi, Gottleib
240
Gloyd, George B., and son 317
Jones, Thomas .. 419
Brudi, Joseph.
210
Goutrey, George L. 212
212
Johnson, F. A. 885
Brueck, Philip
261
Goeglein, George.
275
Johnston, John R.
302
Bullard, George
286
Goeglein, Jacob.
274
Johnston, Joseph .. 303
Bullerman, Fred.
269
Goeglein, John.
275
Juengel, Rev. Henry 474
Butts, B. S.
206
Goheen, Wm.
293
Juergens, Louis ... 271
478
Challenger, F. C ..
283
Greenawalt, Jesse.
376
Kariger. Samuel.
254
Challenger, E. D ..
283
Greenwell, C. L.
310
Keim, Daniel 299
Gresley, John.
113
Kell. Geo. V 811
Kell, Jacob
325
Chase, Levi ..
307
Griffin, A. C
320
Kell, Solomon. 825
299
Clem, Noah.
416
Grodrian, Frederick, and sons,
Kern, Caspar
215
Cline, John .. 398
126,427
Colter. Jacob. 299
Gronauer, Joseph.
402
Comparet, Charles W
195 Grosjean, John ..
294
Comparet, Francis.
195
Grosjean, Edward.
253
Knapp, John R.
386
Corbaley, John A
412
Grosjean, John B.
253
Knisely, Daniel.
364
Corey, John N.
289
Gross, Rev. Charles
474
212
Covington, Thomas .. 290
Gruber, Christian.
353
Koester, Christian, sr
268
Crozier, S. H.
424
Gump, George.
327
Kramer, Charles 275
Cummins, Henry.
366
Haiffley, George,
370
Kronmuller, George.
296
Curtice, John F. 201
Hake, John, and sons 435
Lacroix, Louis 277
Dailey, Samuel 341
Hall, Alvin ... 892
La Fontaine. Francis 36
Dannenfelser. Conrad.
282
Hall, Nelson B. 352
Hamilton, William A .. 285 Lake. Curtis C
399
Daugharty, Alfred. 256
Hamm, Adam .. 347
287
Landın, John. 278
Dever, John. . 346
Harper, Edward. 402
Landin. Michael. 278
Diederich, Rev. H. W. 477
Harrod family. 436
Lane, Chester T. 493
Dorsey, George. 383
Harter, William H. 376
Lapp, Valentine. 282
Dorsey, Robert 383 Hathaway, Stephen.
306
Larimore, Thomas 298
195
Klein, Rev. F. A
478
Klopfenstein, Michael.
3.45
Crall, Milton. 379
Grubb. Ira I.
359
Kohlmeier, A. F.
Cummins, Joseph D.
367 Haiflev. . John B 371
Kucher, Rev. Johu J 475
Lahmeyer, John P. 271
Darroch, A. M.
289
Lake, George P. 353
Delagrange, Constant. 326
Harper, Johu.
476
Kammeyer, Frederick 255
Cartwright, Samuel. 286
Grayless, Geo. W.
295
Kampe, Rev. Gustav
Chapman, Jonathan
250
Chapman, Sol. C.
328
Grier, Joseph H.
917
Chausse, Aime
279
Griffith, John.
419
Brower, George, sr.
428
Gillieron, Louis 200
Jones, Benjamin 295
Johnson, Amariah 381
Bruick, John H.
261
Godfroy. Francis
304
Houser, John H.
256
Boulton, Henry 362
Gable, F. L. 428
Hyndman, Nelson. 305
Irwin, John S. 492
Brandeberry, G. W
418
Gearin, Cornelius
Holder, Chichester
415
Bauserman, W. H.
426
Eloph, Henry.
291
Henderson, James A
366
Ashley, George L
261
Dryer, Charles R 494
Herrick, D. G. N. 301
Herrick, Horace .. 365
Archer, John.
252
Driver, Adam 365
Black, John T 281
Freeman. Robert L
Butts, W. W 296
Gotsch, Rev. Geo. Theo
Keller, Sebastian.
Kiser, Peter
Kochlinger, Johu H.
INDEX TO VOLUME I.
Page.
Page.
Page.
Lasselle, Gen. Hyacinth. 179
Pfeiffer, John C.
254
Stellhorn, J. H. 218
Lawrence, Oliver .. 220
Poinsett, John S 252
Stephenson, John D 416
Lemon, John S 380
Price, Moses B 388
Stevick, Jacob 349
Leonard, Nelson 257
Price, Richard 360
Stickney, Maj. B. F. 182
Lewis, Maj. Samuel. 201
Little, H. A. 390
Rapp, John 298
Stirling, W. R. 297
Little Turtle. 30
Redelsheimer, D. S 408
Stock, Rev. S. F. C. F 475
Lochner, John 347
Reemer. W. H
249
Strass, Morris 412
Lomas, Charles 283
Reichelderfer, Charles. 359
Loveland, H. W 217
Reichelderfer, Jacob. 357
Suttenfield, William 182
McCarty, John. 309
Reichelderfer, John D 356
Swaidner, John 375
McCombs, James.
329
Reichelderfer, Louis. 358
Swift, Dr. C. F 375
Taylor, Alfred M. 262
Taylor, Johu 400
McCrory, James 345
McDermut, Wilson E. 492
McKay, David.
258 307
Richards, Smith
374
Tipton, Gen. John.
198
McLain, Nelson ....
432
Richardville, Jean Baptiste. Ridenour, E. B
33
Todd, Eli
425
MeNabb, William J.
319
Madden, W. W
297
Robinson, J. L
423
Trease, George W
313
Martin, David
411
Rockhill, Edward
993
Tryon, John M
420
Masson, John B
326
Rockhill, William.
293
Matthews, Samuel
310
Rodenbeck, Diederich
241
Mercer, Jacob.
441 318
Metcalf, M. V.
327
Rogers, Lamort M
221
Meyer, Fred. A.
266
Rogers, Orrin D. O
229
Meyer, Frederick, sr
265
Rose, Christian F
264
Mever, H. C. W
272
Rose, Christiau H.
264
Meyer, J. H. F. B
267
Roussey, Francis
404
Miller, Michael
Sapp, Absalom.
371
Wagner, Peter. 215
Moellering, Charles F 218
Mooney, Julius C. 808
Moore, Latham
380
Moore, William A. 359
Schaick, Christian
269
Waters, Martin. 385
Moritz, John M.
492
Schoene, John R.
290
Moudy, John W.
341
Moudy, Martin L
342
Muller, W. M
335
Myers, John.
265
Neff, P. J. 123
Shoaff, W. S.
306 805
Notestine, Daniel.
333
Notestine, Jacob
333
Notestine, Peter,
333
Siemon, Rev. Otto.
477
Notestine, Uriah
260
Simmers, D. W
291
Nuttle, A. D.
391
Small, Joseph, and family
438
Oberholtzer, W. O
Smith, Jarvis ... 300
444
Worden, Ezra. 356
Parker, Christian
Snyder, Authony
370 Young. Henry. 267
Parker, James D
265
Snyder, George R
364
Young, Julius. 267
Parnin, Eugene 328
Somers, Joseph 429
Zeimmer, Martin 363
Parnin, Francis 398
Spencer, Col. John. 200
Peltier, James 181
Spindler, William A. 391
Peltier, Louis 181
Spindler, W. S. 395
Pepe, August, 405
Pernot, Constant. 397
Peters, John.
369 | Starr, Gilbert, and sons. 368
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page.
Page.
Bell, R. C.
144
Hettler, C. F.
368
Randall, F. P. 80
Boltz, Ferd. F.
384
Jones, Jasper W.
400
Robertson, R. S. 48
Dawson, R. J ..
160
MeClellan, C. A. O
112
Dougall, Allen H.
461
McDonald, R. T ..
301
Rogers, L. M 208
Foster, D. N.
272
Niezer, J. b. 416
Shirley. Robert B. 336
Godfroy, G. L. 176
O'Connor, Bernard 432
Harper, Edward 240 Peltier, J. C. 418
Wayne, Anthony ..... Frontispiece
272
Miller, H. F. C
416 311
Mills, Samuel.
Sarazin, August
270
Sauder, Jacob.
3.12
Warner; George W 386
Warner, Samuel. 323
Waters, John. 259
More. Lucas. 254
Schepelmann, Henry.
389
Wayne, Gen. Anthony 16%.
Wells, Delphine B. 496
Welsheimer, Luderick 208
West, F. C 331
Wetzel, William 253
Shoaff, D. M.
392
Wheeler. Schuyler 820
Whitaker, Col. J. W .. 222
Nettelhorst, Louis 335
Shoaff, W. W
Whiteleather, James F. 496
Whitney, Mrs. Elmira .. 403
Whittern, Charles. 420
Wiegmann, Henry 276
Wiese, Christian 241
Wilkinson, John 216
Willbur, George W 393
Wood, Albert ... 315
Omo, Frederick Paff, Aaron
368 360 338 259
Snider, Philip.
140 Wyckoff. Mrs. Nancy . 399
Parker, John R 413
Snyder, Nicholas 949
Zeimmer, John 362
Zeis, Christopher. 371
Zeis, Lewis. 377
Zimmerman, Samnel 311
Sprankel, John 287
Zollinger, Henry C ... 243
Squires, L D. 382
Zurbuch, F. J.
218
Treace, Henry A
330
Markle, Ephraim.
362
Robinson, Warren
448
Trease, W. W.
Turner, H. K. 445
Tustison. Oliver 246
Rodenbeck, Henry
244
Valentine, Jackson. 303
Merkel, Charles
Rogers, John ..
221
Vaudalah, James, and sons 319
VanZile, David 350
Viberg, C. H
348
Vollmer, Friedrich.
Vonderau, H. G. 2280
Vonderau, Jacob 280
Roy, Florentin 326
Sauer, Rev. H. G.
473
Schafer, Gottlieb ..
393
Sharp, Carrie B.
Sheehan, John.
495 416
Shirley, Robert B
389
Shordon. George.
263
Shordon, William.
263
Nushaum, George W 366
Simon, Solomon. 318
Smitley, Jacob, and family.
418
Tracy, William
291
Ringwalt, William H . 351
410
Tillman, John. 403
McMaken. Henry C
214
Reichelderfer, William A 358
McCoy, G. W.
399 215
Repp, Peter .. 378
Reuille, Adolphe. 404
Tecumseh . 111
Tielker, Conrad 219
McKee, Thomas L.
Reuille, James 418
Reuille, Jules H
Surfus, John 319
McConnel, John
Rapp, George. 219
Stirlen, Alexander 399
Page.
Robinson, J. M. 480
Voirol, Florant. 397
Waltke, William. 271
THE MAUMEE VALLEY MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION.
This patriotic association had its origin through the action of the " Pioneer association of the Maumee valley," at its annual meeting held in 1885, on the battlefield of " Fallen Timber."
A committee was then and there appointed to take into consideration and devise ways and means to secure the possession and control, and to protect and commemorate the most important historical points, such as battlefields and forts, in the Maumee valley.
The result of the deliberations of the committee, was the incorpora- tion, under the laws of Ohio, of the Maumee valley monumental associa- tion.
The incorporators were all residents of Ohio, and were: D. W. H. Howard, of Fulton county; Asher Cook, of Wood county ; William Baker, R. B. Mitchell, Samuel M. Young, R. C. Lemmon, Mavor Brigham, Henry Bennett, Richard Mott, John C. Lee, Foster R. Warren and John R. Osborn, of Lucas county.
The articles of incorporation were filed in the office of the secretary of state of Ohio, on the 28th day of July, 1885. Prior to this formal organization, however, the incorporators had perfected an organization by the election of a board of directors, and through an executive com- mittee consisting of D. W. H. Howard, Asher Cook, and J. C. Lee, presented a memorial to congress, which resulted in an appropriation for a survey of the various historical localities, which survey has been under the charge of Gen. O. M. Poe, of the engineer corps, U. S. army, who has rendered to congress an exhaustive report of the survey of all the historic grounds of the valley, as well as Put-in-Bay, and recommends their purchase, improvement, and marking by substantial monuments, at an estimated cost of $65,000.
Originally the membership was restricted to residents of the valley, · but that rule has been abrogated, and any person interested may become a member on the payment of $1.
Much of the success of the association thus far is due to the patriot- ism, zeal and energy of Gen. John C. Lee, of Toledo, its able, earnest and efficient secretary.
The first annual meeting of the association was held on the battlefield of Fallen Timber, Lucas county, Ohio, August 20, 1885. The board of directors there elected were Hon. Richard Mott, Samuel M. Young, of Toledo, Ohio; Hon. Asher Cook, of Perrysburgh, Ohio; Chief Justice M. R. Waite, Hon. Thomas Dunlap, of Toledo, Ohio; Mr. Joel Foot, of Wood county, Ohio; Hon. Reuben C. Lemmon, Foster R. Warren,
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THE MAUMEE VALLEY MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION.
esq., Col. D. W. H. Howard, of Fulton county, Ohio; Reuben B. Mitchell and Daniel F. Cook, of Lucas county; Peter Mangus of Defi- ance county; John C. Lee, of Toledo; J. Austin Scott, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Hon. S. H. Cately, of Fulton county.
At a meeting of the board of directors on the 28th of August, 1885, Chief Justice M. R. Waite was elected president; Col. D. W. H. How- ard, first vice president; Hon Richard Mott, second vice president; Hon. Asher Cook, third vice president; Foster R. Warren, treasurer; John C. Lee, secretary. Executive committee : Col. D. W. H. Howard, Hon. Asher Cook and John C. Lee.
The same persons constituted the board of directors and officers during the two succeeding years. In 1888, Hon. Richard Mott having deceased as well as Chief Justice Waite, five members of the board were elected at the annual meeting in Fort Wayne, the terms of regu- larly expiring members being filled by the re-election of the same mem- bers, and the vacancies from death, by the election of Lieut. Gov. Robert S. Robertson and Hon. Franklin P. Randall of Fort Wayne.
At the meeting of the board of directors on the 28th of August, the directorship to which Peter Mangus had been elected was declared va- cant by reason of his having failed to appear and accept the office, and President R. B. Hayes was elected to fill that vacancy. At the same time officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, R. B. Hayes; first vice president, Robert S. Robertson; second vice president, Samuel H. Cateley; third vice president, D. W. H. Howard; secretary, J. C. Lee; treasurer, Reuben B. Mitchell; executive com- mittee, D. W. H. Howard, Asher Cook and J. C. Lee.
At the annual meeting held August 8th, 1889, on Old Fort Defiance, the three out-going members of the board of directors were re-elected, and since that time there has been no meeting of the board of directors for the election of officers for the ensuing year. This meeting will be held at no distant day.
The prominent points sought to be protected, and marked by monu- ments, are :
I. Fort Miami, seven miles from Toledo on the north bank of the Maumee (Miami of the Lakes), established in 1680 as a military and trading post by an expedition sent out by Frontenac, then French gov- ernor of Canada, but abandoned after a few years of occupation. Re- occupied in 1785 by Glencoe, British governor of Canada, as a military post, it fell into the hands of Gen. Wayne, August 20, 1794. In pur- suance of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States, it was abandoned in 1795, and was again occupied by the British in 1813, and became memorable for the massacre of Col. Dudley's soldiers when made prisoners by the forces of Proctor and Tecumseh.
2. Fort Defiance, erected by Gen. Wayne in August, 1794, at the confluence of the Auglaize and the Maumee.
3. " Fallen Timber," the site of the famous battle of Wayne with the Indians under " Turkey Foot," August 16, 1794.
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4. Fort Industry, built by Wayne at the mouth of Swan creek, now the site of the city of Toledo, after the battle of " Fallen Timber."
5. Fort Wayne, at the head of the Maumee, built by Wayne in 1794.
6. Fort Meigs, built by Gen. Harrison in February, 1813, on the southwest bank of the Maumee ten miles above Toledo, and besieged by Proctor and Tecumseh for several days in May, and again in July, of that year.
7. Put-in-Bay, where the dead of Perry's memorable naval battle are buried.
It is hoped that ere long, through the instrumentality of this society, all these historic spots will be owned by the United States, and marked with appropriate monuments, to perpetuate the memory of the heroic deeds of the pioneer soldiers of America on the western frontier, and to preserve them as sacred spots which may not only serve as memorials of valor, but be forever object lessons in patriotism for the generations to come.
TO THE READER.
In the preparation of this work the biographical sketches are usually arranged in connection with those parts of the general history to which they seem most appropriately to belong. This does not in any instance imply that these sketches were written by the person whose name may appear at the head of such chapter. In fact they were not written by the writers of the various portions of the work who have composed the chapters on the general history. The biographical sketches were com- piled almost exclusively by a corps of men trained for that particular work. The large number of these which the book contains, needs no apology when the most enlightened sense of our civilization has ap- proved the growing custom of publishing biographies of living persons, and thereby rendering the facts of history secure while the witnesses are yet able to judge of their accuracy.
THE PUBLISHERS.
THE VALLEY
OF
THE UPPER MAUMEE RIVER.
By COL. ROBERT S. ROBERTSON.
INTRODUCTION.
In preparing a history of the Valley of the Upper Maumee, it is no part of the plan to give a full account of the early discoveries upon the vast territory which was opened to the inspection of the world by Columbus, or of the travels and explorations of those hardy adventurers, who, led either by curiosity, or the search for wealth and honors, became the pioneers of civilization in the new world, but rather to be restricted to those explorations and events which connect themselves with the opening and settlement of this region of our country.
It is said that history repeats itself, and that this is true, is illustrated in many ways, and in none more vividly than in the explorations in Africa now passing under the observation of the living. We read of the adventures of a Livingstone and a Stanley, giving no thought to the fact that they are repeating the adventures of La Salle and others, and opening to civilization and settlement that hitherto unknown continent, just as La Salle and his compeers opened a path through the unknown wilds of America.
Then, as now, men were induced to undergo the fatigues and perils which are the lot of explorers, by motives of widely various character. Love of adventure may have been the impulse with some, but with most of them, it was search for wealth, for power, and for fame; wealth by obtaining new possessions, or trading in the products of the newly discovered countries; power, by becoming the leaders and governors in. the new states or empires to be formed; and fame for themselves and posterity, by reason of the rank or honors they hoped to attain in the conquest and government of the new world they aided in opening, set- tling and placing among the nations of the world. Such were the powerful inducements which led men then as now, to abandon home, the advantages of civilization, and everything dear to civilized man, to be- come the companions of savages, to traverse an unbroken country through forest and marsh, enduring fatigue and the terrors of disease, as well as dangers to them before unknown and not even to be imagined.
The first explorers of America were men cast in heroic mold, whether he were the traveler for adventure and discovery, the trader in search of peltries and furs, the seeker for gold, the seeker for the fountain of youth, or the priest and devotee who hoped to save souls for the king- dom of heaven.
We see the noble-born cavalier leaving the ball-rooms and salons of London and Paris, to become the explorer of America, the inmate of
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Indian huts, in order to survey a new state which he may claim for his sovereign, and perchance become its governor.
We. see the speculative trader, sent, perhaps, to represent some pow- erful trading company, enduring the same privations, in order to amass new wealth. We see the adventurer, seeking the El Dorado whose sands are golden, and whose dew drops congeal and become diamonds, incur all the dangers of savage life, that he may suddenly acquire great treasure; and in their train, we see the cowled and hooded priest, willing to die or endure the tortures of the fagot and the stake, that he may claim for his sovereign the souls of the heathen he encounters, and for himself a heavenly crown.
The example of each and all of these hardy adventurers and brave explorers is instructive, and has left an impress upon the centuries which will not soon be effaced. The grandeur and nobility of soul they exhib- ited when confronted by the most appalling dangers, and in the presence of a living terrible death, are well worthy of study and emulation, but their story has no place in a work like this, except as it connects itself with the record of the Maumee Valley, and that is what it is aimed to collate in this effort at local history.
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