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THE TOLEDO PUBLIC
LIBRARY
REFERENCE BOOK
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Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
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FORT WAYNE MARBLE WORKS
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P. S. UNDERHILL,
(Successor to A. J. Mershon and Jas. Humphery, aud late managing partner of LaDow, Underhill & Co., Piqua, Ohio.)
North side of Main Street, third corner from Public Square, rear of Works nearly opposite Taylor's Warehouse,
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
The proprietor would respectfully announce to the citizens of Toledo and surrounding country. that he has pur chased of A. J. Mershon and James Humphrey, their entire interests in the Marble Works formerly condneted by them, and has added a large and elegant assortment of
American and Italian Marble,
And is now prepared to furnish customers with any description of Cemeterial Work, from the smallest and plainest Slab, to the most magnificent Monument.
MONUMENTS, GENOTAPIS, TOMBSTONES, MANTLES,
POSTS, CABINET AND COUNTER SLABS,
will be kept constantly on hand or made to order on short notice. Also, a large and choice collection of new and beautiful DESIGNS, from which selections can be made.
BUSTS, MEDALLIONS, URNS, VASES,
and every description of ornamental carving, done in a manner not to be excelled. Especial attention is bestowed upon the monumental department. Ambrotypes inserted in a durable manner, if desired.
From an experience of over 12 years, both in conducting the business and as a practical workman, and keeping none but the best of Sculptors, the proprietor feels warranted in pledging entire satisfaction to all who may favor him with their custom. The public are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens, especially those who have lost friends. Our work will speak for itself.
Orders from a distance are respectfully solicited and will receive prompt attention.
REFER TO
L. T. Thayer, .
. Toledo.
Charles Baird,
C. Ralston,.
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Dr. H. Burritt, .
Edward Bissell,
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Hon. Charles A. Noble,
Clark Blodgett,
T. E. Wing, Esq.,
. Perrysburg. Maumee City. Monroe.
1858.
MATTHEW BROWN, F. J. KING.
Late BROWN & KING.
H. S. WALBRIDGE, Late BUCKINGHAM & Co.
BUCKINGHAM'S ELEVATORS
BUCKINGHAM &CO
MUTUALINS.CO
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BROWN, WALBRIDGE & KING STORAGE, orwarding and Commission MERCHANTS.
Receive Produce per Canal and Rail Road, For Sale Here or Shipment. DEALERS IN GRAIN, FLOUR, SALT, FISH & WATER LIME STEAM ELEVATORS, FOOT OF MADISON STREET, TOLEDO, OHIO.
HOSMER & HARRIS'
TOLEDO DIRECTORY.
CONTAINING :
EARLY HISTORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY,
NAMES OF THE CITIZENS,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
CITY STATISTICS,
AND A SKETCH OF THE
CANAL AND RAIL ROAD FACILITIES OF TOLEDO,
With much other Information, Convenient for Reference.
PUBLE
COMPILED BY H. L. HOSMEE .AND W. H. HARRIS,
PUBLISHERS, TOLEDO, OHIO.
PRINTED BY RILEY & CO., COMMERCIAL OFFICE, TIMPANY'S BLOCK. 1858.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, BY HOSMER & HARRIS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Northern District of Ohio.
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TO THE READER.
That there are many mistakes in this Volume, and that many whose names have been overlooked, will have occasion to complain of its want of completeness, we shall not pretend to deny. Our only apology is, that we were both novices, and have learned from experience, to do better the next time .- With all its imperfections, we lay the work before our subscri- bers, bespeaking for it their indulgence. It has been a long time in press-and a variety of causes have delayed its earlier publication.
As a directory, it will serve as an argument in favor of num- bering the streets, if nothing more-and when that is done, we may be induced to furnish our citizens with a more complete volume. This one, so far as that portion of it, which is direct- ory in its character is concerned, we are well aware cannot from the nature of things be entirely satisfactory. We have ap- proached as near precision as circumstances would admit, and for want of numbers to designate places of business and abode, have given blocks, leaving the enquirer to complete the search for himself. This was all that could be done-but since the completion of this part of the work, our City Council have had the subject of numbering the streets under consideration. Like
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every improvement in the history of a new city, this will have its turn.
The names of our German population, although corrected by a competent German proof-reader, may not all have been spelled correctly, and will therefore be more readily found, by adopting the pronunciation as a guide.
This Book, for want of adequate patronage will prove a bill of expense to its proprietors. The price which they have been obliged to ask for it, will not appear exorbitant when it is un- derstood, that the number of subscribers all told does not reach two hundred and twenty. The expense of printing, binding, maps and paper, exceeds the amount derivable from the sub- scription-and the advertisements, as may be seen at a glance, are not sufficiently numerous or extensive greatly to enhance this amount-leaving, indeed, but small compensation for the , time and care which have been employed in the preparation of the work for the press.
But we do not wish to tire with excuses or apologies ; such as it is, the book is now laid before the public, and we leave them to judge, whether it is calculated to advance the interests of our young and growing city. If so, and if our subscribers, (who are really the persons to complain,) if they are satisfied, we certainly have no complaint to make, of any discourage- ments, that have attended our labors in getting the volume before the public.
HEZ. L. HOSMER. WILLIAM H. HARRIS.
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NAMES Too late for Insertion in Proper Place ; ALSO, ALTERATIONS, CORRECTIONS, &C.
Alcott Mrs. T. h Superior between Walnut & Locust N. side. Anderson Wm. H. grocer, Cherry bet Summit and Superior, east side, h Ostrich Alley bet Cherry & Walnut, north side. Ashley Eli M. clerk, boards with J. M. Ashley.
Atwill Wm. H. mason, bds Superior b Locust and Walnut.
Backus Abner L. member board public works, h north-east cor Summit and Bush.
Barr Mrs. Elizabeth E. teacher Lagrange street School, boards Superior between Locust and Walnut, north side.
Bashare Milo & Co., Bakers, Summit bet Monroe & Perry N. S. Baker & Collins, attorneys, Office Timpany block.
Bergen & Andrews, physicians, N E cor Summit & Cherry sts. Besazk J. H. cutter for J. M. Wagar, bds Huron bet Monroe and Washington, south side.
Bissell Frederick, boards Thayer's American.
Bivins E. painter, shop Summit bet Jefferson and Monroe N. S.
Blanchard Samuel, County Treasurer, office Court House, resi- dence Tremainsville.
Bloomfield I. T. baggage master, M S R R, bds C. K Bennett.
Boggis James H. book-keeper, bds at Kingsbury House.
Boyd James A. printer, Commercial office, h Erie bet Cherry and Orange, N side.
Brand R. & Co. grocers, Summit bet Monroe & Washington, N. S.
Brown T. Jefferson, proprietor of Kingsbury House.
Bullock B. E. conductor, bds at Kingsbury House.
Burdick Leander, boards W. S. Isherwood's.
Campbell John, printer, Blade office, boards Erie bet Jefferson and Madison sts.
Chaddock G., M. D., office Breed's bl'k, bds G. W. Cobleigh's. Chapin E., Express Agent, boards Jefferson bet Superior and Huron, west side.
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Clark Peleg T., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, bds at Mrs. Curtis, Erie st.
Cobb John E. clerk in Auditor's office, boards on Superior bet Adams and Madison, north side.
Cole Otis, clerk in Gen'l Freight office, M S R R, bds 3d door on Superior below Cherry st.
Collins D. A. conductor, bds on Madison bet Summit and St. Clair, east side.
Comstock James M. forwarding merchant, h Jefferson bet Summit and St Clair, east side.
Cook John, mason, bds Superior b Walnut and Locust, N side. Crane C. A. farmer, across river on plank road, 3 miles east from river.
Crittenden Henry, (Fifield & Co.) Madison bet Summit and St. Clair, east side.
Curtis S. S. Justice of the Peace, h Yondota.
Curtis Charles, clerk at Joel Nye's Book Store, bds at S S Curtis, across river.
Dakin George B. book-keeper, h Summit bet Elm & Lagrange.
Darling Mrs S. Huron bet Jefferson and Monroe, east side.
Davis Geo W., R R, h Superior bet Chestnut and Elm.
Day M. W. (Berry D. & Co.) h 11th, bet Illinois and Ind. Av. Dennett Charles R. Deputy Collector of the Port, h Dorr st., near corporation line.
Deveau James, Sec'y Toledo Ins. Co., h Summit bet Elm and Chestnut, north side.
Dunn Garrett, Summit bet Buffalo & Ash, north side.
Eaton John Jr. Superintendent of Schools, Office High School building, bds at Mrs R H Johnson's.
Eaton F. & Co. dry-goods merchants, Baker's block, Summit st.
Eaton F. (F Eaton & Co,) bds Mrs R H Johnson's.
Eaton Miss C. teacher in High School, bds Mrs R H Johnson's Fields H. barber, Summit bet Madison and Adams, south side. Fitts Bowen & Co. Water bet Jefferson and Madison, S side. Foley Thomas, bds C A Rowsey.
Foster, (Bishop & Co.,) bds with Geo Bishop.
French & Daniels, attorneys, office Wall's block Summit bet Oak and Adams, north side.
Fuller John L. (Price & Fuller) attorney, bds Collins House.
Gavin John, clerk, cor Summit & Madison st.
Gilchrist Catharine E. boarding house, Erie bet Monroe and Jefferson, south side.
Glidden Henry A. attorney at law, office Moore's block, h Huron bet Cherry and Orange sts.
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Graham Geo. W. clerk Kingsbury House.
Graves C. P. writing teacher in the several schools, room Gard- ner's block.
Green Benj. clerk, T W & WR Rticket office, boards at H. D. Kingsbury's.
Hansen & Schneitzler, grocers, Summit bet Cherry & Walnut, north side.
Harris A. C. farmer, Washington Township, plank-road, above Tremainsville.
Haynes Geo. R. attorney, office Moore's block, Summit bet Monroe and Jefferson, north side, bds S. A. Raymonds.
Herrick Calvin, marine insurance inspector, Bush bet Huron and Erie, west side.
Hobart George H. h N E cor of Huron and Walnut sts.
Holloway Elijah, (J. T. Smith & Co.) bds on Summit bet Ash and Buffalo, north side.
Hunt Lewis Cass, (Keeler H. & Co.) bds Charles W. Cheesbro. Hunt J. E. Jr. clerk, Post Office, h Broadway bet Cushing and Clayton, north side.
Hitchcock Baily, resident Engineer of T W & W R R., bds Superior bet Madison and Jefferson.
Jones & Doyle, att'ys., office, N E cor Summit and Monroe sts. Joy Benjamin, farmer, Sylvania, on M S & N IR R.
Kirk George W. merchant, Summit, bet Jefferson and Monroe, north side.
Klauser F. J. physician, N E cor Cherry and Michigan sts. Lemmon Reuben C. (Commager & L.) attorney at law, h Superior bet Adams and Oak, north side.
Lyman Joseph S. (Rogers & L.) bds with Mr. Rogers.
Lyons M. clerk in Recorder's Office, bds Thomas Brophy's. Miller John, painter, Monroe bet Summit and St Clair, E side. Millard & Co., Brewery, River bet Elm and Olive.
McCaron William, Ontario, bet Cherry and Orange, S side.
McCadden Gosford P., farmer, Washington Township, plank road above Tremainsville.
Mathias L., Music Teacher, bds Washington House.
Marston John B., Civil Engineer, h St Clair bet Monroe and Jefferson, south side.
Moe S. B., Agent for N Y & ER R., bds at H. D. Kingsbury's.
Mountain Rhoads, baggage-master, T W & W R R., bds at Kingsbury House.
Monahan Patrick, writing in Clerk's Office, Court-House, bds on Illinois bet 11th and 12th sts.
Moulton J. (Walterhouse, M. & Co.) boards J. W. Kelsey's
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Nye D. H. book-seller, Timpany's block, h Washington Town ship, plank-road above Tremainsville.
Nye E. Dwight, attorney, office Timpany block, h Tremainsville. O'Connor Father Wm., h N E cor Cherry and Superior.
O'Connor M. C. clerk, boards at H. D. Kingsbury's.
Oven William E. clerk C & T R R, bds Erie bet Monroe and Jefferson, south side.
Page Wm A. bridge and turn-table contractor, h Huron bet Lafayette and Washington, north side.
Parks J H. carpenter, Ontario bet Cherry and Walnut, N side. Pearse R. & Co., feed store, S W cor of Adams and Summit.
Phelps Orlin, h Ontario bet Bush and Magnolia.
Platt Rev. E. F. Pastor Baptist Church, h Chestnut bet Sum- mit and Superior, east side.
Platt E. S. law student, bds with E. F. Platt.
Reeve N. lumber yard, Water bet Adams and Cherry.
Ruggles Gould G. baggage-master T W & W R R, bds Kings- bury House.
Sedley Father Charles, h N E cor Cherry and Superior.
Sickingen R. book-binder, Summit b Cherry and Walnut, N. side
Smith & Nash, Editors Daily Times, office N E cor of Monroe and St Clair.
Smith Harvey T. (S. & Nash) Editor Times, bds Collins House. Smith J. L. & Co. saw-mill, river bet Buffalo and Bay sts.
Stevens L. B. carpenter, h N W cor Huron and Washington. Stewart T. C. (S. & Co.) dry-goods merchant, Summit bet Adams and Madison, bds at Thayer's American.
Stickney Two, Bush bet Huron and Erie, east side.
Strong James, forwarder, h Cherry st., east side, one mile be- yond Indiana Road.
Thayer Lyman T. proprietor of Thayer's American.
Thurston Wm H. freight agent T & C R R, h Illinois bet 11th and 13th, north side.
Tourtillott Geo R. clerk in Auditor's Office, h N E cor Adams and Ontario.
Truax P. B. (West & Truax) h SE cor of Illinois and 11th.
Waltz D. F. Teacher on Piano Forte.
Watrous Dudley, conductor, bds Kingsbury House.
West A. B., Principal Grammar School, h Erie bet Orange and Cherry, north side.
West O. H. clerk, bds Summit bet Jefferson & Madison, N side. Woodruff E. J., Yondota, farmer.
Young & Ray, attorneys, office Duell block Summit bet Mon- roe and Jefferson, north side.
HISTORY.
Previous to the decisive battle of Gen. Wayne in 1794, the Maumee Valley was the favorite home of the Indian. Here, for ages he had lived unmolested-roaming through forests and beside streams that invited and rewarded his pursuits-in possession of a soil which yielded abundantly to his careless tillage and cultivation. Here, were the graves of his ancestors for many generations, and the spots consecrated in his affec- tions by recollections and events, which rendered them as dear to him as life itself. Here, he had often lighted the council fire, and listened to the indignant denunciations of his brethren against the pale faces. Here, forces had been organized for predatory and offensive warfare, and the fearful war whoop and hideous scalp dance had often proclaimed how successful had been their bloody enterprise. This beautiful valley was to the Indian enchanted ground. He never left it for the briefest period without regret, or returned to it without delight. The gurgling of the river as it broke into rapids over the rifted rocks-the soughing of the wind through the mighty forests- the drumming of the partridge at mid-day, and the prolonged midnight howl of the wolf were sweeter music to his ears, than any he ever listened to elsewhere. Here, the Indian maidens were more beautiful, and the gallants of the sterner sex more manly and daring. Mighty nations, not unlike in number and prowess the mighty nations of old, rose, flourished and fell here, amid the scenes which had witnessed their combats, and
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the remnants which had struggled for their supremacy. The world contained no other spot around which the Ottawas and Miamis had gathered so many endearments-no other, indeed, which even, for purposes of enterprise or ambition, they were willing to exchange for it. Not only were they contented- they were delighted to dwell amid the varied scenery of River, Rock and Island, and like the Arcadian shepherds, they re- fused, until refusal was unavailing, to abandon it to their ene- mies. Mournful and melancholy is the story of their decay- full of sadness and gloom the reflections it suggests to the mind which sorrows for their fate-sorrows, while it cannot aid, nor find aught in the exchange to regret.
For a long period before the battle of 1794, traders from Canada, and refugees, had taken up an abode with the Indians of this valley-and at their instigation much of the border massacre occurred, which led to the various ill-fated expedi- tions of Dunmore, Crawford, Harmer and St. Clair, and to the final and terribly retributive onslaught of Gen. Wayne. Simon Girty, the noted renegade, abandoned the house he had long occupied, above Napoleon, and fled to Canada before the inva- ding army. An Indian agent, no less celebrated, one Colonel McKee, to whom, at that time and afterwards, in 1812, we were indebted for many of the bloodiest depredations of the savages, dwelt near the present site of Maumee city, where his barns, stores, and other property were destroyed by our indignant soldiery. A strong fortress-Fort Miami-had been erected by the Canadian Governor, Simcoe, a short time before the battle, fifty miles within the recognized boundary between the possessions of Great Britain and the United States, and was at the time under the command of a testy Scotch Major, by the name of Campbell.
The March of Gen. Wayne into the Indian country had been so stealthy, that it won for him the name of the Black Snake. He had not only advanced by an obscure and difficult route, but had attempted to divert the attention of the Indians by
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clearing out two roads in the direction of their country and taking neither. His generalship, however, did not escape the vigilance of the famous Miami Chief, Little Turtle, who, when Wayne entered the valley of the Maumee, was prepared with Miamis, Wyandots, Pottawatamies, Delawares, Shawnese, Chippewas, Ottawas and Senecas, to the number of two thou- sand, to give him battle. The Continental Legion under Gen. Wayne was of about equal strength, exclusive of eleven hun- dred mounted Kentuckians under Gen. Scott. As soon as he came so near the savages as to render a battle unavoidable, except by friendly negotiation, Wayne sent to them an envoy of peace, whom they received with every demonstration of hos- tility, and would have slain, but that some of their warriors were prisoners in the American camp. The battle was not de- layed-and it resulted in the loss of one hundred and seven Americans, and in the total rout of the Indians. Their loss, never accurately known, was supposed to exceed a thousand.
A council was held by the several Chiefs the night preceding the engagement, at which, Little Turtle recommended the ac- ceptance of the terms of peace offered by Gen. Wayne. "We have beaten the enemy," said he, " twice under separate com- manders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps. The night and the day are alike to him, and during all the time that he has been marching upon our villages, not- withstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him. Think well of it. There is something whispers me it would be prudent to listen to the offers of peace." He was reproached with cowardice. Stung to the quick, he said no more, but took part in the battle, per- forming his duty with wonted bravery.
Major Campbell addressed a note to Gen. Wayne the day after the battle, expressing surprise at the appearance of an American force within gun-shot of his batteries, and desiring to be informed in what light he should regard such audacity.
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Wayne, in his reply, says " that the most full and satisfactory answer was announced the day before from the muzzle of his small arms, in an action with a horde of savages in the vicinity of the Fort, and which terminated gloriously to the American arms. But," he adds, "had it continued until the Indians were driven under the influence of the Fort and guns mentioned, they would not much have impeded the progress of the victo- rious army under my command, as no such post was established at the commencement of the present war between the Indians and the United States." Campbell rejoined, complaining that armed Americans should come within pistol-shot of his works, and threatened hostilities should such insults to his Majesty's flag be continued. Wayne reconnoitered the Fort closely in every direction, and found it to be a strong, regular work, with two bastions mounting eight pieces of artillery on the rear face, and four upon the front, facing the river. He then wrote to the British commander, disclaiming any desire to resort to hostile measures, but denouncing the erection of the Fort, as an act of decided aggression towards the United States, and requiring his instant departure from our territory. Campbell answered that he should only leave when commanded to by those under whom he served, and again warned the American General not to approach within reach of his guns. The only notice Wayne took of this last letter, was to cause everything of a combustible nature, for miles around the Fort, to be set on fire, and all the corn fields and vegetable patches to be destroyed. This failed to provoke the wary Scot into any more decided acts of hostility, than the utterance of a few threats and oaths. Restricted by his instructions from attacking any British posts he might find within the American lines, unless they first assumed a belligerent attitude, Wayne chafed for a pretext to pay his respects to the Briton. It is reported that on one occasion, he ordered one of his grenadiers to descend the bank in front of the Fort, and bring a pail of water from the river.
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"Why, General," replied the soldier, "were I to do so, they would shoot me from the Fort."
"That's the very thing I want them to do, John," replied Mad Anthony, "let them kill you, and we'll massacre every soul of 'em."
The American army returned to the camp Grand Glaize, where Wayne, on his downward march, had constructed Fort Defiance, after a stay of three days at the foot of the rapids. The whole Indian country along the Maumee and Auglaize rivers, which Wayne wrote "appeared like one continued village for many miles," was laid waste, and forts erected to protect it against the Indians. On being informed of the defeat of the Indians, Governor Simcoe hastened from Niagara to Fort Miami, accompanied by Capt. Brant, the great chief of the Six Nations, and held a council with the Indians on the 30th September, 1794. They had already intimated a desire to Wayne, to negotiate a peace, but the arch counsels of Simcoe and Brant caused them to hesitate, and for a while the prospect was fair for another campaign of active hostilities. In the meantime, however, the difficulties between the United States and Great Britain were adjusted by Jay's Treaty, so that the Indians were forsaken by their British allies. Wayne's victory had quieted the restlessness of the Six Nations, who refused any further calls for assistance to their western brethren, and at this critical juncture the Treaty of Greenville was concluded, and the long and destructive war, which, for so many years had desolated the frontier, was brought to a satisfactory termination. Capt. Brant, in a speech made not long afterwards, said : "The Indians, convinced by those in the Miami Fort, and other circumstances, that they were mistaken in their expectations of any assistance from Great Britain, did not longer oppose the Americans with their wonted unanimity. The consequence was that Gen. Wayne, by the peaceable language he held to them, induced them to hold a treaty at his own head-quarters, in which he concluded a peace entirely on his own terms."
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A small stockade, known by the name of Fort Industry, was built near the junction of Swan Creek and the Maumee, immediately after the treaty of Greenville. It was garrisoned until 1808 by about 150 men, merely to guard the territory ceded to the United States, against Indian depredations.
Such was the valley of the lower Maumee until after the battle of 1794. What it was for some years after that event may be gathered from the following extracts, from one of Judge Burnet's letters to the Ohio Historical Society :
"My yearly trips to Detroit from 1796 to 1802 made it necessary to pass through some of the Indian towns, and convenient to visit many of them. Of course I had frequent opportunities of seeing thousands of them in their villages and at their hunting camps, and of forming an acquaintance with some of their distinguished Chiefs. I have eat and slept in their towns and partaken of their hospitality, which had no limit but that of their contracted means.
" In journeying more recently through the State, in discharg- ing my judicial duties, I sometimes passed over the ground on which I had seen towns filled with happy families of that devoted race, without perceiving the smallest trace of what had once been there. All their ancient settlements on the route to Fort Defiance, and from thence to the foot of the rapids, had been broken up and deserted. The battle ground of Gen. Wayne, which I had often seen in the rude state in which it was when the decisive action of 1794 was fought, was so altered and changed that I could not recognize it, and not an indication remained of the very extensive Indian settlements which I had formerly seen there. It seemed almost impossible that in so short a period, such an astonishing change could have taken place."
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