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Expansion, colonial, of Connecti- cut, 23 et seq., 53, 60, 62 ; a per- sistent dream of, realized, 211.
Fairchild, James H., 200. Fearing, Paul, 247, 297.
Federalists, from New England at
Marietta, 235; downfall of, in West complicated with move- ment for Ohio statehood, 238 et seq. ; pass a bill for erection of Ohio as a small State, 242; and a bill for removal of capital from Chillicothe to Cincinnati, 243 ; riot precipitated by these measures and St. Clair's un- popularity, 244; plans of, for State presented to Congress, 247 ; scheme of, defeated in Con- gress, 249 ; ludicrous objections of, to Ohio statehood, 251, 252; have only one official in first State government, 259.
Finney, Rev. Charles G., 200.
" Fire Lands," 138, 139, 166, 167 ; Foraker, J. B., 300, 302. Ford, Seabury, 194, 301. Forsythe, General J. W., 281. Fort Harmar, 227.
Fort Penn, 97, 100.
" Forty Fort," built in Wyoming by Connecticut settlers, 69; Wyoming men muster at, 90.
Foster, Charles, 291, 294, 302. Franklin, Colonel John, 112, 120. French in Ohio, 272.
Fullerton, A. J., 304.
Gallatin, Albert, service of, to Ohio in internal improvements, 259-260, 262.
Garfield, James A., 192, 195, 198, 272, 281, 286, 288, 289, 291, 299, 310.
Garrard, General K, 281. Garrett, Major John, 91, 92, 93. Geer, Rezin, 91.
Germans in Ohio, 272.
Gertrude of Wyoming, 103. Giddings, Joshua R., mentioned, 174, 178, 180; birth and parent- age of, 181; succeeds Whittle- sey in Congress, 184; declares against slavery in Republican platform, 184 ; character of, 185- 188 ; grave of, in Jefferson, 188 ; mentioned, 270, 275.
Governors, powers of Ohio's, lim- ited, 256, 257 ; first of, 258; list of Ohio's, 300 et seq. Granger, General Robert S., 281. Granger, Gideon, 141. Grant, General U. S., 273, 280, 291. 292, 293. Greenville, treaty of, 138.
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Griffin, General Charles, 281. Griswold, Harley, 191. Griswold, Stanley, 297.
Hallam, Henry, on Puritanism, 6. Halstead, Murat, 268.
Hamer, Thomas L., 266. Hammond, Charles S., 268. Hanna, M. A., 191, 300. Harmon, Judson, 295.
Harrison, Benjamin, 290, 294.
Harrison, William Henry, 238; nativity of, 265 ; mentioned, 291, 297, 298.
Hartford, Conn., first settlement of, 14. Harvey, Thomas W., 202-203.
Hatton, Frank, 294.
Hayes, Rutherford B., 271, 281, 289, 291, 294, 302.
Hay, John, 206. Haydn, Rev. H. C., 197. Hendricks, Thomas A., 291. Hewitt, Dethic, 91. Hickok, Laurens P., 198.
Hinsdale, Burke A., 198, 205. Hiram College, 198.
Hitchcock, Peter, 191. Hoadley, George, 270, 302.
Hooker, Rev. Thomas, settles in Hartford, Conn., 14; grave of, 14 ; inspires first written Ameri- can Constitution, 16, 22, 46, 178.
Howells, W. D., 204, 304. Hudson, David, 160.
Hume, David, on Puritanism, 5, 6. Huntington, General Jedediah, 223.
Huntington, Samuel (Governor of Connecticut), 37, 39.
Huntington, Samuel (Governor of Ohio), 149-151; attacked by wolves, 156; second elected Governor of Ohio, 194; one of first judges of Supreme Court of Ohio, 259 ; mentioned, 270, 300. Hutchins, John, 191.
Indians, sell lands to Connecticut settlers, 63, 66; massacre set- tlers at Wyoming (1762), 68; repudiate sale of lands, 69 ; con- centrate at Tioga to move against Wyoming 81; descend on Wyoming, 89 ; in battle, 93; torture and kill captives, 95; release title to Ohio lands, 138 ; meet Connecticut emigrants, 144; the battles with St. Clair and Wayne, 231.
Irish, the, in Ohio, 273.
Jeffersonian Democracy, nucleus of Western, at Chillicothe, 234; rise of, complicated with state- hood of Ohio, 238 et seq .; op- poses Federalist measures, 243 ; antagonism of, to latter reaches riot, 244; takes active measures to control Ohio's formation, 245, 246 ; victory of, in Congress on Ohio statehood, 249, 250 ; con- trols first Ohio convention, 252; fills all State offices save one, 258, 259.
Jefferson, Thomas, urges settle- ment of Connecticut-Pennsyl- vania land claims, 111 ; and or- dinance for the Northwest Ter- ritory, 224; interested in creation of Ohio as a State, 234, 243 ; sees
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need of additional electoral votes, 246; attitude of, toward St. Clair, 248 ; removes St. Clair from office, 252-253.
Jefferson (town of), 183, 187-188. Jenkins's Fort, 90.
Jennings, Rev. I., 202.
Jewett, Hugh J., 268.
Johnson, Sir William, 80.
Johnson, Tom L., 191. Jones, Sir William, quoted, 213.
Keep, " Father " John, 200, 274.
Keifer, General J. W., 281.
Kelley, Alfred, 208, 270. Kennan, George, 206.
Kentucky, contributions of, to Ohio, 268.
Kingsbury, Colonel James, 147- 148, 149. Kirker, Thomas, 300. Kirtland, Jared P., 208.
Ladd, Rev. George T., 201, 205. Lake Erie College, 200. Lee, General John S., 281. Lewis, Alfred Henry, 206. Longworth, Nicholas, 267. Looker, Othniel, 300.
Lowell, James Russell, quoted, 2, 170. Lueas, Robert, 265, 301. Lundy, Benjamin, 267, 275. Lytle, General William H., 26€, 281, 304.
McArthur, Duncan, 271, 300. Macaulay, T. B., on Puritanism, 5. McClellan, General George B., 282. McCook, General A. McD., 281. McCook, General Daniel, 281.
McCook, General Robert L., 281. McCooks, "the fighting," 267, 273, 281.
McDowell, Irvin, 268, 273, 281.
MacGahan, J. A., 273.
McKarrican, William, 91. McKinley, William, 192, 267, 291, 295, 303, 310.
McLean, General N. C., 281. McLean, John, 267, 292, 293. McMillan, William, 297. McPherson, General J. B., 272, 273, 281.
Marietta, mentioned, 31 ; first set- tlers arrive at, 226, 227-228; Federal government organized at, 229-230.
Marshall, John, services of, to Western Reserve, 153.
Maryland, her " pioneer thought," 222; contributions of, to Ohio, 265, 268.
Mason, General J. S., 281.
Massachusetts. noble history of, 3 ; agency of, in giving law to the West, 235 ; contributions of men to Ohio, 270.
Massie, Nathaniel, 233. Mather (clerical family), 141.
Mathews, Samuel H., inscription, iii.
Matthews, Stanley J., 292, 299. Medill, William, 301. Meigs, Return J., 269, 292, 297, 300.
Mentor, home of Garfield, 151. Miller, Rear-Admiral J. N., 284. Miller, W. H. H., 290, 295. Mitehell, General John G., 281.
Mitchell, General O. M., 282. Monroe, James, 191.
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Montour, Catharine, influential with Indians descending on Wyoming, 87, 88 ; in battle of Wyoming, 92 ; tomahawks six- teen captives, 95.
Morris, Thomas, 276, 277, 298. Morrow, Jeremiah, 266, 297, 300.
Nash, George K., 303. Natchez, Miss., a Connecticut set- tlement, 27.
Newberry, J. S., 208.
New England, Ohio Land Com- pany of, 223 ; how composed, 225 ; virtually dictates passage of Ordinance of 1787, 226 ; con- tributions of, to Ohio, 269-271.
New Jersey, contributions of, to Ohio, 265, 267.
New York, contributions of, to Ohio, 265, 271.
Noble, John W., 290, 295.
Northaway, Stephen A., 191.
North Carolina, contributions of, to Ohio, 268.
Northwest Territory, 229; first officials of, 230 ; population of, in 1790, 231 ; government of, ad- vanced to second phase, 237 ; plans for division of, 241-243. Noyes, Edward F., 302.
Oberlin, 174, 175, 199-200. Ochs, Adolph S., 305. Ogden, Amos, 69, 70, 73.
Ohio, a complicated study, 215; the product of a happy conjunc- tion of causes, 217, 218 ; its set- tlement projected by patriots under the counsel of Washing- ton, 218; the " Ordinance of
Freedom " the first favoring cause of the State's prosperity, 219 ; not a sporadic growth, 219 ; the ordinance an agency for " selection," of people, 220-221 ; history of the ordinance, 222 et seq .; Rev. Manasseh Cutler and the Ordinance of 1787, 223- 224 ; Washington upon the set- tlement of, at Marietta. 225 ; first settlement of, 226, et seq. ; sig- nificance of "Buckeye," 228; settlement of Cincinnati, 229 ; government of Territory organ- ized at Marietta, 229-230 ; St. Clair's and Wayne's campaigns against the Indians, 231 ; great accessions to population of, in 1796, 232-233 ; Virginia Mili- tary District, 232; Chillicothe settled, 233; Virginians cred- ited with giving Ohio state- hood, 234, 235 ; statehood not achieved at a stroke, 236 ; state- hood linked with rise of Jeffer- sonian Democracy, 237 ; state- hood hastened by animosity to St. Clair, 238-240 ; and by ad- vance of Territorial government to second form, 241 ; smallness of the State proposed by Fed- eralists, 242, 243 ; riotous dem- onstrations caused by statehood agitation, 244 ; Worthington goes to Washington in interests of State creation, 245 ; struggle for statehood wholly one of parti- zan politics, 246 ; the battle in Washington, 247; and in the Territory, 248 ; Federalist plan for State rejected by Congress,
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249 ; "Enabling Act " passes Congress for admission of State, 249 ; tables completely turncd against Federalists, 250; grounds of Federalists' protest, 251-252 ; St. Clair dismissed from office by President Jefferson, 253; frce- soil provision of Ordinance of 1787 attacked in constitutional convention, 253; but signally and successfully defended by Ephraim Cutler, 254-255; first constitution's authorship, 255- 256; limitation of executive's power, 256-257 ; admission of State unique, 257; various dates of State's origin, 258 ; Al- bert Gallatin's service to Ohio, 259-260, 262; ascendency of State analyzed, 261 et seq. ; causes of growth, 261-262 ; settlement from all of the States, 263 ; con- tributions from leading ones, 265 et seq. ; contributions from New England. 269-271; nation- alities represented in popula- tion, 272-273 ; War of 1812 as cause of State's growth, 273-274 ; earnestness of political convic- tions, 274 ; prominence of South- ern antislavery men, 274-277 ; progress of population, 278; the State in war of the rebellion, 279 et seq. ; generals of, 280 et seq. ; civilians prominent in war pc- riod, 284 et seq. ; prominence of Ohioans in post-bellum civil affairs, 287 et seq .; Ohioans at inauguration of Garfield, 288- 289 ; great number of Ohio-born Congressmen in service, 290 ;
disguised Ohioans in Harrison's Cabinet, 290 ; remarkable roster of Ohioans in national offices, 291 et seq .; same arranged by administrations, 292 et seq. ; Senators, 296; Governors, 300; literature and authors, 303; journalists, 305; artists, 306; scientists, 306 ; résumé of causcs of Ohio's prestige, 307 et seq .; vote of State, how cast, 308; as an "October State," 309; long terms of Senators and Repre- sentatives, 310-311 ; population, 312-314; Ohio's contributions to the building of other States, 313 ; State motto, 315; conclu- sion, 316.
Opdyke, General Emerson, 195,281. Opper, Frederick, 206.
Ordinance of 1787, the, as the first cause of Ohio's favorable foun- dation, 219; establishes “ free- dom forever " northwest of the Ohio, 219 ; becomes more valu- able to Ohio as an agency for selecting its population, 220; history of its formation and en- actment, 222 et seq .; why it passed, 223 ; Manasseh Cutler's authorship of, 224; virtually dictated by land purchasers, 226; integrity of, attacked in Ohio's first convention, 253; but successfully defended by Ephraim Cutler, 254-255 ; prin- ciples of, advanced by South- ern men in Ohio, 274-277.
Paine, Eleazar A., 195. Paine family, 151.
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Paine, General Edward, 149. Paine, Halbert E., 195. Painesville, founded, 151.
Parsons, General Samuel Holden, 148, 230.
Payne, Henry B., 191, 299.
" Pennamite Wars," allusion to, 56 ; keynote of, 64; real begin- ning of, 69; Ogden arrests " Yankee " settlers, 70; Captain Lazarus Stewart assists colo- nists, 71 ; first blood flows, 72; Wyoming colony wiped out, 73 ; Connecticut supports her colo- nists and extends government over them, 74; become compli- cated with Revolution, 75 ; Plunkett's expedition, 75-77 ; connection of, with Revolution, 79 ; reopening of, under new conditions, 111 ; Patterson's ex- ploits in, 112-114 ; civil war and new State threatened, 115-116 ; Timothy Pickering's diplomacy, 118 ; progress of "new State " idea, 119-120 ; Compromise Act, 120-121 ; results of war to Pennsylvania, 122, 123 ; a final result of, is gaining of " Western Reserve " by Connecticut, 124- 125.
Pendleton, George H., 299.
Pennsylvania, charter of, ex- plained, 61; Connecticut set- tlers in, 54, 57; prepares to re- sist Connecticut invasion, 66; first " Yankee " settlers in, 67 ; attitude of, to Wyoming, 106; title to Wyoming lands vested in, 108 ; takes measures against Wyoming settlers, 111-114; re-
luctantly concedes individual title to Connecticut men at Wyoming, 118, 119 ; results to, of "Pennamite War," 122; votes for grant to Connecticut from Western lands, 135; con- tributions of, to Ohio, 265, 266. Perkins, Joseph, 208.
Perry, Oliver. Hazard, victory of, 154.
Phelps, Oliver, 141.
Piatt, General A. S., 281. Piatts, the, 267.
Pickering, Timothy, as diploniat in Wyoming troubles, 117-118 ; arrested by Connecticut men, 120, 243.
Politics: new Western Democracy forms nucleus at Chillicothe, 234 ; Federalists from New Eng- land in Ohio, 235 ; Ohio comes naturally by predilection for, 236; war of Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans over statehood for Ohio, 238 et seq .; partizan measures of Ohio Fed- eralists, 242, 243 ; Jeffersonians plan Ohio as a partizan State, 246; Thomas Worthington vis- its national capital, 247 ; battle for statehood given additional heat by opposition to St. Clair, 248 et seq. ; Federalist plans for State defeated, 249; pro and con of statehood agitation, 251- 252; Jeffersonians fill all State offices but one, 258-259 ; ear- nestness in, a cause of develop- ment of State power, 274 ; South- ern antislavery leaders prom- inent in Ohio, 274-277 ; election
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of Brough, over Vallandigham, 284 ; prominenee of Ohio in na- tional eivil affairs, 287 et seq .; roster of officials in Federal and State serviee for one hun- dred years, 291 et seq .; eauses of politieal prestige of State, 307 ; vote of State sinee 1824, 308 ; Ohio an "October State," 309 ; long terms of office an element of strength, 308, 309, 310. (See Jeffersonian Demoe- raey, Federalists, ete.)
Potts, General B. F., 281. Powers, Hiram, 306. Pugh, Achilles, 266, 275.
Pugh, George E., 299.
Puritanism, seamy side of, 4-5; British historians on, 5-7 ; atti- tude of, toward literature, 8-9 ; progressive eharaeter of, in Ameriea, 11, 20-21 ; relaxes in West, 31-32 ; and “ coolness of judgment," 35; outcome of, in Connectieut, 45 ; in the West- ern Reserve, 169, 171 ; progres- sive nature of, in the West, 172 et seq. ; mingled with patriotism forms eode of moral aggression in Western Reserve, 177; idea of, put in foree by Giddings and Wade, 178 et seq.
Putnam, General Israel, 37. 43.
Putnam, General Rufus, 223, 226.
" Queen Esther." (See Montour, Catharine.)
Rankin, John, 276. Ranney, Rufus P., 194. Ransom, Samuel, 91.
Rebellion, War of, Conneetieut in,
39 et seq. ; Ohio in, 279 et seq. Reid, Whitelaw, 273, 305. Reilly, General J. W., 195, 282. Republicans. (See Jeffersonian Demoeraey, Polities, ete.) Revolutionary War, Connecticut in, 35 et seq .; Wyoming's rank in, 102; Ohio pioneers officers in, 225, 226.
Rhodes, James Ford, 205. Riee, Harvey, 202.
Riddle, Albert Gallatin, 191, 203. Robinson, General J. S., 282. Roosevelt, Theodore, on Ohio's first constitution, 256.
Rosecrans, General W. S., 267, 273, 281.
Root, Joseph M., 191. Ruggles, James M. (note), 296. Runkle, General B. P., 282. Rusk, Jeremiah M., 290, 295. Russell, A. P., 304.
St. Clair, General Arthur, as Gov- ernor of the Northwest Terri- tory, 230 ; defeat of, by Indians, 231; unpopularity of, 238; ani- mosity toward him hastens formation of State, 238 et seq .; death of, 241; riotous demon- stration against, 244 ; denouneed by Jeffersonians as an aristo- erat and tyrant, 248 ; makes in- judicious speech to Legislature, 252; removed from office by President Jefferson. 253 ; shad- ow of, falls on Ohio's constitu- tion, 257.
Sargent, Winthrop, 230. Sehenek, General Robert C., 281.
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Scotch-Irish, the, in Ohio, 273. Senators of United States from Ohio, 296.
" Seven Ranges," 233.
" Shades of Death," flight of Wy- oming settlers through, 98.
Shannon, Wilson, 273, 300.
Shaw, Albert, 305.
Sheridan, General P. H., 273, 280, 283, 289.
Sherman, John, 270, 271, 286, 289, 291, 292, 294, 295; long term of, 299 (note), 311.
Sherman, General William T., 289, 292, 294.
Sill, General Joshua, 282.
Six Nations, lands of, purchased, 63 ; prepare to descend on Wy- oming, 78, 79, 80, 81, 89, 90, 93.
Slavery, prohibited in Northwest Territory by Ordinance of 1787, 219-221; limited plan of, pro- posed for Ohio, 253 ; but de- feated in convention by Ephra- im Cutler, 254, 255; vote on, in Ohio convention, 254. (See Antislavery.)
Sloan, John, 191.
Sloane, William M., 304.
Slough, General John P., 282.
Smith, General W. S., 282. Smith, John, 297. Spalding, Rufus P., 191. Sparks, Edwin E., 305. Spencer, Platt R., 207. Sproat, Colonel Ebenezer, 228.
Stanberry, Henry, 271, 293.
Stanley, General David S., 281. Stanton, Edwin M., 268, 286, 291, 292, 293.
Statistics : of Western Reserve's growth, 153, 210; of Cleve- land's growth, 208; of Ohio's progress in population, 278, 312 ; of population contributed to other States, 313-314 (note) ; and of those received from other States and nations, 314 (note).
Steedman, General Jacob D., 273, 282
Stewart, Lazarus, 71, 91.
Stone, Amasa, 209.
Storrs, Charles B., 47, 174, 178, 274.
" Sufferers' Lands." (See "Fire Lands.")
Susquehanna Company, the, 63, 65.
Swan, Joseph R., 271.
Swayne, General John Wager, 281.
Swayne, Noah H., 265, 292. Symmes, John Cleves, 229, 230, 267.
Taft, Alphonso, 294.
Tappan, Benjamin, 298.
Taylor, Ezra B., 191.
Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, burned to death, 67-68.
Thomas, Edith, 204.
Thurman, Allen G., 266, 267, 291, 299.
Thwing, Rev. Charles F., 197.
Tiffin, Edward, first Governor of Ohio, 258, 272, 297, 300.
Tioga, Indians concentrate at, 81- 83.
Tod, David, 194, 270, 284, 286, 301. Tories, expelled from Wyoming, 79 ; with British and Indians in
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attack on Wyoming, 81-82; in England, affected by Wyoming massacre, 102.
Tourgee, Albion W., 205.
" Trenton Decree," 108 et seq.
Trimble, Allen, 265, 300. Trimble, William, 298.
Trumbull County organized, 152. Trumbull, Jonathan, 36, 37, 132.
" Underground Railroad," 175, 199.
Upson, William H., 191.
Vallandigham, Clement L., 194, 284.
Vance, Joseph, 266, 301.
Van De Veer, General F., 282. Varnum, James M., 230. Venable, W. H., 304.
Vermont, immigrants from, to Ohio, 271.
Vinton, Samuel F., 271.
Virginia, Congressmen of, op- posed to granting Connecticut's Western Reserve, but vote for, 136 ; reserves military lands in Ohio, 232; her people dominate early Ohio, 233 et seq. ; settlers from, give Ohio its statehood, 234 et seq. ; contributions from, to Ohio, 265-266 ; antislavery leaders from, in Ohio, 275-276.
Wade, Benjamin F., mentioned, 164, 178, 180 ; birth and parent- age of, 182-183 ; in United States Senate, 185 ; character of, 185-188 ; grave of, in Jefferson, 188 ; mentioned, 265, 270, 285, 291, 299, 311.
Wade, Edward, 183, 191. Wade, General M. S., 282. Wade, J. H., 209.
Waite, Morrison R., 270, 289, 292. Ward, J. Q. A., 306.
Ware, Eugene F., quoted, 213. Warner, General W., 282.
War of 1812, effects of, on Ohio, 273.
Warren, first seat of justice in Western Reserve, 152. " Warrior's Path," 99.
Washington, George, moves for avenging of Wyoming, 105 ; op- posed to grant of Western Re- serve, 136 ; counsels settlement of Ohio, 218; upon the West, 225 ; upon Arthur St. Clair, 240. Wayne, General Anthony, chas- tises Indians and makes treaty of Greenville, 138.
Weitzel, General Godfrey, 281.
Western Reserve College (and University), mentioned, 159, 160, 174, 178 ; organized at Hud- son, 196 ; removed to Cleveland, 197, 198.
Western Reserve, mentioned, 28, 110 ; gained by Connecticut through conditions at Wyo- ming, 124-125 ; triumph of Con- necticut in, 129 et seq .; Con- necticut cedes claim to Western lands, 131-132; a "reserve " stipulated, 132; reasons for same, 133 ; based on Wyoming, 134; Washington opposed to grant of, 136; Virginia Con- gressmen originally oppose, but finally vote for, 136; reasons therefor, 137; Indian title to,
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secured, 138 ; the " Fire Lands " set apart, 138-139 ; sale of lands in, 139 et seq. ; personnel of pur- chasers, 140; General Moses Cleaveland, 143-144 ; the sur- veyors, 144; Fourth of July, 1796, at Conneaut, " the Plymouth of the West," 144-146; surveyors at site of Cleveland, 146-147 ; first residents, 147 et seq. ; local gov- ernment established, 152 ; John Marshall's great service to, 153 ; Perry's victory, 154 ; benefited by opening of Erie Canal, 154 , and by Ohio Canal, 155; safe- ty and peacefulness of life in, 155-157 ; as a conservation of Connecticut, 158 et seq. ; first preacher in, 158 ; first school in, 159, 160; its local character "Johnny Appleseed," 161-163 ; irreligion and whisky drink- ing in, 163-164 ; pioneer teachers of, paid in whisky, 164: Con- necticut names in, 165-166 ; map of, 167 ; amount and division of lands in, 166-168 ; counties of, 168 ; distinctness of, as a Con- necticut colony, 169; force of heredity in, 170; Puritanism modified in, 171-173 ; progres- sion and radicalism of, 172-177 ; Mormonism given short shrift in, 176 ; Puritanism influences politics in, 177; rise of anti- slavery, 177 et seq. ; called “ a State separate from Ohio," 179 ; Giddings and Wade, 180 et seq .; John Brown, 189 ; contributions of, to national service, 190 et seq .; James A. Garfield, 192;
William Mckinley, 192 ; con- tributions to civil roster of State, 193-195 ; governors from, 194; civil-war generals from, 195; education, 196 ; "Yale of the West " at Hudson, 196 ; University of, in Cleveland, 197, 198 ; Hiram and Wooster Col- leges, 198 ; Oberlin, 199-200 ; Lake Erie College, 200; reflex tide among educators, 200-201 ; the common schools, 201-203 ; literature and authors, 203 et seq. ; growth of Cleveland, 208; commercial importance of Cleveland, 208, 209 ; comparison of, with several States, 210 ; con- clusion, 211 : mentioned, 232, 233, 265, 269.
Whittlesey, Asaph, 191.
Whittlesey, Charles, 208. Whittlesey, Elisha, 184, 191. Wilkesbarre, first settlement of, 67 ; the town named, 74.
Wilmot, David, author of " Pro- viso," 122, 191, 192.
Windom, William, 290, 294.
Winsor, Justin, quoted, 27. Wintermoot's Fort, 90.
Wolcott, Governor, on Connecti- cut colonists in Pennsylvania, 64 ; writes constitution for new " Yankee " State in Pennsyl- vania, 119.
Wolcutt, General C. C., 282.
Wood Reuben, 194, 271, 301. Woods, General C. R., 282. Woods, General W. B., 282, 292. Woolsey, Sarah C., 205.
Woolson, Constance F., 205.
Worthington, Thomas, chief pro-
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moter of Ohio's statehood, 244- 245 ; goes to Washington in its interest, 245; his labor there, 247 ; mentioned, 265, 297, 300.
Wright, G. Frederick, 206, 208. Wyoming, as " Windsor of the West," 24, 27, 57 ; first settled, 67 ; first massacre at, 68 ; great growth of, 75; Indian hostility to, 78 ; signs of danger at, in- crease, 80; Indians advance upon, 89, 90 ; battle of, 192 et seq. ; massacre begins, 94; cap- tive inhabitants tortured and killed, 95 ; total losses in battle and massacre of, 96 ; flight from, 96-98 ; far-reaching effects of battle, 101 et seq. ; ranked with Lexington and Concord in significance, 102; attention of world drawn to, 103, 104;
settlers return to, 105; Con- necticut and Pennsylvania claims to lands of, left to adju- dication, 106; commissioners appointed, 107 ; lands of, vested in Pennsylvania, 108; Wyo- ming men acquiesce, 110: as nucleus of proposed new State, 116 ; lands of, finally confirmed to " Yankee " settlers, 122; con- test for results in Connecticut gaining the " Western Reserve," 124-125, 134-136.
" Yale of the West." (See West- ern Reserve College.) Young, John, founds Youngs- town, 151-152. Young, Thomas L., 302. Youngstown founded, 151.
Zanes, the, 267.
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