History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 2

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650

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INDEX. 1249-1968

XIV

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAITS.

NAME.

PAGE.

NAME. L'AGE.

Aderhold, Joseph S.

1177

Hess, Peter. 1095

Albright, Chester E., M. D)

951

Houston, Levi . 53%

Allen, Robert P

295.

Howard, William 745

Barto, John G 1221

Beck, John B. 259

393

Beede, Alexander

853

Blair, Horace H.

835

Bonnell, Michael

1239

Innes, Robert. 637

Bowman, Benjamin C.

195

Boyer, J. H.

843

Brown, James V.

213

Johnson, N. C. 627

Kahler, A. J 987

Kahler, John

1005

Burrows, S. H

655

Kiess, Josepł 1159

Koch, August 519

Campbell, E. B 249

Carpenter, Jesse B 1077

Lawler, C. M. 421

Lawshe, Abraham 51

Coryell, Tunison 25

Lawshe, Robert H. 1041

Clapp, Daniel. 943

Lawshe, John 375

Crawford, John I 925

Lentz, George W 115

Croll, George W

691

Lewis, Julius. 1203

Lipp, John. 1105

Luppert, George.

529

Decker, Henry 583

DuFonr, W. M., M. D. 799

Elliot, W. G

465

McCormick, Seth T. 763

Engler, John

1123

Eves, George S

817

Meginness, John F.

Fague, Abner 997

Fague, John MI 1033

Mendenhall, Samuel

547

Fisher, Mahlon 123

Miller, J. J. 1167

Millspaugh, Thomas 447

Millspaugh, John HI 457

Milnor, J. W. 1185

Mingle, S. Q. 879

Gamble, John A 69

267

Opp, John Philip

663

Gninter, John L. 889

Otto, John A. 735

Hall, John B 150

Packer, William F 79

Harris, C. R

907

Painter, William P. I 475

Heilman, John

578

Parsons, Anson V.

Hepburn, James II

601

Parsons, Henry C. 331

Hermance, A. D

807

Paulhamus, John 609

Huber, Milton 871

Hughes, Thomas 1149

Beeber, J. Artley

Hull, A. P., M. D 108%

Humes, Samuel. 321

Johnson, Henry. 753

Bryan, Samnel

1118

Bubb, George

385

Cummin, Hugh Hart 277

Cummings, Charles J 897

Lyon, Thomas, M. D 303

Lyon, Charles L., M. D 313

Mahaffey, Lindsey 727

McCormick, Henry Clay 339

Melick, H. B. 915

Metzger, John J. 285

Follmer, Adam. 565

Foresman, Seth T 439

Frantz, Daniel G 1131

Frantz, Peter. 673

Gamble, James.

Corson, Jacob F 1195

Howell, William M., M. D 619

CONTENTS.

NAME. PAGE.

Perkins, James H

357

Stewart, Charles

241

Philips, D. C.

969

Stolz, George.

555

Stuempfle, David. 825

Poust, Daniel H

1069

Sweeley, William 933

Rakestraw, J. W 1023

Taylor, George W 1213

Randall, O. H 681

Thomas, James. 781

Reeder, Peter

979

Tinsman, Garret

141

Rhoads, A. S., D. D. S

403

Rhoads, Hiram R.

411

Turner, Rev. William

483

Richter, August, M. D

589

Ritter, Thomas J

961

Rowley, E. A.

367

Ryan, John R. T

771

Rynearson, John

1059

Weaver, Samuel 1015

Sallade, Jacob 717

White, John 105

Sander, J. M 645

Williams, Samnel N 231

Slate, George 349

Smith, John

709

Sprague, William E.

861

Wood, Robert. 1231

Steck, Daniel.

511

Stevens, Rev. Joseph, D. D

493

Youngman, George W.

177

Trump, E. D. 591

Updegraff, Abraham

Watson, Oliver. 87

Weaver, William. 501

Wilson, Samuel 429

Wood, Joseph 1051

MAP OF LYCOMING COUNTY.

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HISTORY OF

LYCOMING COUNTY,

CHAPTER I.

ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION.

ORIGINAL EXTENT OF THE TERRITORY OUT OF WHICH LYCOMING WAS FORMED-THE ANDASTES AND WHO THEY WERE-THEIR EXTINCTION-REMAINS OF FORTIFICATIONS NEAR MUNCY-INDIAN MOUND-LANDS PURCHASED FROM THE INDIANS-WHAT THE PENNS PAID-APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST WHITE MEN-WEISER'S JOURNEY UP LYCOM- ING CREEK-ADVENT OF THE MORAVIANS AND THEIR TRIALS-MADAME MONTOUR AND FRENCH MARGARET.

THE territory embraced within the limits of Lycoming county originally be- longed to Berks, which was erected March 11, 1752. Twenty years later Northumberland was formed out of Berks, and twenty-three years after this, Lycoming came into existence. At that time it covered a region vast enough in its proportions to constitute a State, and three-fourths of its territory was prac- tically an unknown wilderness.

Penn supposed he had purchased a portion of this territory as early as 1696, but, dissatisfaction arising among the Indians, another deal was made in 1736. Then followed the purchases of 1758 and 1768, which covered about three-fourths of Pennsylvania. Out of this territory many counties have been formed.

The West Branch valley of the Susquehanna, known for its beauty, richness of soil, and variety of scenery, was originally covered with heavy timber, save cleared spots near the mouths of its principal tributaries, which were used by the aborigines for agricultural purposes. The mountains were wooded from base to summit with pine and hemlock, whose evergreen foliage imparted a somber appearance to the scene. Owing to the heavy forests which covered both valley and mountain, the streams were larger than they are to-day. After the denudation of these forests by what we practically term the "advancing tide of civilization," the volume of water in river, creek, and rivulet gradually decreased, because a supply to keep them at. a regular stage is no longer held by the mosses, decaying wood, and other absorb- ents; and sudden and destructive floods are of more frequent occurrence.

For years there has been much discussion among writers regarding the aborigi-

HISTORY OF LYCOMING COUNTY.

mal inhabitants of the valley. Several have contended that a superior race once dwelt here, and they have been called Andastes. Works. evidently intended for defensive purposes, have been pointed to as evidences of the existence of a people possessing a higher order of intelligence than those who were found here by the whites. This theory, for it is nothing else, has long prevailed, and the question has often been asked, "Who were the Andastes?"'

The Indians were commonly known among the white people by the names Iroquois, Mengwe, and Five Nations. At the period when the whites first became acquainted with this territory, the Iroquois proper extended through central New York from the Hudson river to the Genesee, aud comprised five distinct nations confederated together, which, beginning on the east, were known as Mohawks, Oueidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. West of them were the Hurons, the Neutral Nation, and the Eries ; on the south were the Andastes, on the Susque- hanna, and the Delawares on the river which bears their name; on the east the various Algonquin tribes, which inhabited the district now known as New England.

As early as 1620 the tribe called Andastes dwelt in the valley of the Susque- hanna. but little is known of them. They are spoken of by different writers under various names, the most frequent of which are Susquehannocks, Minquas, and Conestogas.

In 1750, a Cayuga chieftain informed David Zeisberger that a strange tribe of Indians. whom the Cayugas called Tehotachse, but which were neither Iroquois nor Delawares, formerly inhabited the Susquehanna valley, and were expelled by the Cayugas. As further proof of their existence it may be cited that in a letter written by Capt. Joseph Brant, the noted Indian warrior, to Col. Timothy Pickering, relative to the Iroquois claim to the northern part of Pennsylvania, and dated at Niagara, December 30, 1794, he says : "The whole Five Nations have an equal right one with another, the country having been obtained by their joint exertions in war with a powerful nation formerly living southward of Buffalo creek, called Eries, and another nation then living at Tioga Point [now Athens], so that by our successes all the country between that and the Mississippi became the joint prop- erty of the Five Nations. All other nations inhabiting this great tract of country were allowed to settle by the Five Nations." That the Andastes are the people referred to by both Zeisberger and Brant there is little doubt. From the evidences of their existence we are warranted in concluding that they were the most populous and powerful of all the Algonquin tribes. That they inhabited both the North and West Branch valleys of the Susquehanna, and that their villages were scattered along both rivers. as well as the main stream to its mouth, is conclusive. And that they were the most warlike of all the eastern nations, there is little doubt, and carried their conquests over the tribes of New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. For nearly a century they waged almost an unceasing war with the Iroquois, by which the whole valley of the Susquehanna was stained with blood. It was this fierce and warlike people who probably constructed the mounds and fortifications, the crumbling ruins of which were distinctly visible a hundred years ago. They were the builders, probably, of the earthworks which once existed on the bluff uear the mouth of Wolf run, which were visited and described by Conrad Weiser in his first journey up the West Branch in 1737.

ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION.

He informs us that the " fortification was on a height and was surrounded by a deep ditch. The earth was thrown up in the shape of a wall, about nine or ten feet high and as many broad. But it is now in decay, as from appearance it had been deserted beyond the memory of man." This defensive work was undoubtedly very powerful when first constructed. Its ruins showed it to have been curved at the extremities so as to extend to the edge of the cliff, which was very steep and probably twenty feet high. At the base now flows a stream known as Wolf run. On the eastern side or approach the ground was level for a long distance. There was a ditch on the east side from which the earth was taken to form the embankment. It is believed this work was surrounded by palisades, and that it possessed gates made of timber. When Conrad Weiser saw it in 1737 it was so old that the timber had succumbed to the ravages of time. Not a vestige of this ruin now remains to mark its site, and the Philadelphia and Reading railroad was excavated through the bluff on which it stood.

The builders of this fortification probably constructed the mound which the whites found on an open plain not far from the north bank of the river near what is now Hall's station on the railroad. Nearly a hundred years ago this mound attracted much attention and was often visited by antiquarians. It was symmetrical in form, and on account of its antiquity was regarded as a prominent landmark. Those who have left descriptions, or indulged in speculations concerning it, say that it "was probably not more than seven and a half feet high," which would require a base diameter of about thirty feet. The mound was visited in 1839 by O. S. Fowler, the phrenologist, who was in search of crania. He was accompanied by J. Roan Barr, and several other gentlemen, of Muncy. At that time the mound, according to the recollections of Mr. Barr, was "from three to five feet high." Many bones and fragments were found after digging, but only one nearly perfect skull was secured, which Mr. Fowler carried away.

The mound was undoubtedly a place of burial, and on account of the great number of crumbling bones, implements of war, and trinkets, found in its soil, a large number of bodies had been deposited there.

Samuel Wallis, who became the owner of the ground in 1769, and soon after- wards engaged in farming, always called the open space, in which this prehistoric sepulchre stood, his "Indian grave field." The early settlers, unable to account for its existence, regarded it as a curiosity. Some writers have ascribed great age to it, but it is believed to be less than 300 years old. Gernerd, a local anti- quarian of Muncy, stoutly maintains that it was of comparatively recent origin. It might have been erected by the last tribe of Indians inhabiting this valley previous to its conquest by the Five Nations; but how long they were engaged in building it we know not. He bases his theory of modern origin on the fact that an iron toma- hawk, evidently made by white men, was found in the mound among the relics disinterred by the vandals who desecrated it. This is no evidence of recent origin, for how easy would it have been for modern Indians to have buried this implement in the soft loam of which the mound was composed long after it had been built by the descendants of those whose ashes commingled with its soil. The assertion, too, that modern, though rude, clay pipes were found there may be disposed of in the same way.

HISTORY OF LYCOMING COUNTY.

It may be five hundred years old and it may be less than three. The same may be said of the crumbling earthworks seen by Conrad Weiser near the mouth of Wolf run in 1737. And the fact that nearly all trace of the mound has disappeared is not strange, when we consider that grave robbers were digging in its side for more than fifty years, and that the plowshare of civilization has been at work leveling its sides for at least a century. Is it not strange, after the work of these destruct- ive agencies, that its exact location can be pointed out at all ?

The site of this burial place of the Andastes, or Susquehannocks, is nearly obliterated, and in a few years it will be wiped out entirely. It is only marked now by a slight rise in the ground, on which a few gnarled locust trees are growing. But it is still worthy of a visit, on account of its strange and weird associations, by those who love to ponder over the memories of the extinct people whose asbes have served to enrich the soil of Wallis's "Indian grave field"-no matter whether they lived a thousand years ago, or only three hundred.

The story of the decline and final extirpation of this once fierce and warlike people is a sad one. Parkman informs us that prior to 1600 the Susquehannocks and the Mohawks came into collision and the former nearly exterminated their enemy in a war which lasted ten years.

Soon after this the power of the Andastes began to wane, and their prestige rapidly departed. As early as 1650 they were so hard pressed by the tribes of the Five Nations from the north that they abandoned their towns on the North Branch above Wyoming, as well as on the West Branch, and slowly retired down the river. Continual wars for years had resulted in so thin- ning their ranks that they were no longer the powerful nation of yore; and they were so hunted by their fierce and relentless enemies that the legislature of Maryland in 1661 authorized the Governor to aid them with the provincial forces.

The war soon degenerated into one of mutual inroads, in which the spirit of vindictiveness was the controlling factor, when the former, greatly reduced by pes- tilence and famine, so rapidly melted away before the superior numbers of their untiring and implacable foes, that in 1672 they could muster only 300 warriors, and extermination stared them in the face.

In 1675, Colden and other writers inform us, the tribe was completely over- thrown and dispersed. Too proud to submit as vassals of the Iroquois, and too weak to contend against them in the field, they forsook the Susquehanna and took up a position on the western borders of Maryland, where for many years they kept up a savage border war with the whites. A remnant of this once valiant tribe, now called Conestogas, continued to subsist along the Susquehanna for nearly a hundred years after their prestige had departed. Charged with theft and other crimes, they were forced, to escape the vengeance of the whites, to seek safety in the jail at Lancaster. There the Paxtang Boys, as a band of lynchers, found them on Sunday afternoon, December 27, 1763, and there the last Andaste miserably perished !

After the Iroquois had succeeded in driving the Andastes from the Susquehanna region, they next made war on the Lenni Lenape and soon succeeded in subduing them. The Delawares were allowed, after their capitulation, to stay in their old homes ; and eventually they were permitted to occupy the country of the Andastes. It was shared with the Shawanese and Tuscaroras. The confederation, with their

ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION.

conquered subjects, the Delawares and Shawanese, used the country in common, mainly for hunting and fishing purposes. The term Lenni Lenape, as applied to these people, was general in its application and embraced a number of tribes, quite distinct in their character, yet speaking the same language and meeting around the same council fire. These tribes embraced in their subdivisions the Unamis, or Turtle tribes ; the Unalachtos, or Turkeys, and the Monseys, or Wolf tribes. The former occupied the country along the coast between the sea and the Kittatinny or Blue mountains. They were generally known among the whites as the Delaware Indians. The Monsey, or Wolf tribe, the most active and warlike of the whole, occupied the mountainous country between the Kittatinny mountains and the sources of the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers.

The Indians remained here as occupants of the soil until the encroachments of the whites compelled them, about the year 1750, to gradually vacate the West Branch and seek new places of abode west of the Ohio river. But it was with great reluctance that they departed, and they frequently returned to linger around the graves of their ancestors. It was while making these incursions that they com- mitted many deeds of atrocity, because their vindictive feelings were aroused on finding their favorite hunting grounds occupied by pale faced strangers. The Mon- seys, noted for their fierce and warlike character, were the principal occupants of the territory now embraced within the confines of Lycoming county.

Notwithstanding the aborigines of this valley, like all others of their class, were called savages, they were withal a noble race when in their primitive condition, and by some writers they have been styled the "Romans of the New World."

LAND PURCHASES AND TREATIES.

The Indian confederation, known as the Six Nations, having acquired the lands formerly occupied by the Andastes or Susquehannocks, supposed they had control of them. But in this they were mistaken. Thomas Dongan, Governor of the Prov- ince of New York, thinking that he possessed control over all the lands lying south of his Province because he had nominally purchased them of certain chiefs, pro- ceeded to lease them to William Penn. This lease, which is a curious document, as well as the first instrument relating to this portion of Pennsylvania, was executed, January 12, 1696. It may be found in Vol. I, Pennsylvania Archives, pp. 121, 122.

William Penn purchased the lands for £100, and the deed was made January 13, 1696. The wording of the deed is almost an exact copy of the article, and Thomas Dongan receipted for £100, the consideration named therein, in the presence of the same witnesses.

The Indians occupying these lands were then induced to confirm the sale to Penn, "in consideration of a parcel of English goods," by signing a deed relin- quishing all claims to the same.

It appears that dissatisfaction still existed among the Indians regarding the transfer, for on the 1st of April, 1701, an article of agreement between William Penn and representatives of the Susquehannah Indians was drawn and signed, in which the sale was confirmed.

Nothing further regarding this great purchase occurred until thirty-five years later, when, owing to dissatisfaction again breaking out, a council was called at

HISTORY OF LYCOMING COUNTY.

Philadelphia to consider the matter and restore good feeling if possible. The Six Nations always disputed the authority of those who made the original transfers, claiming that by right of conquest they alone were entitled to make contracts, although they had tacitly acquiesced. There was a large attendance at this council, and after much parleying the chiefs signed a pre-emption deed releasing all claims to the Susquehanna lands in consideration of a certain lot of goods. As this deed is one of the most curious made by the Penns, during their many transactions with the original occupants of the soil, the consideration mentioned is given herewith:

Now know ye, that in consideration of, the premises afs'd, and of the several Quantities of Goods herein mentioned, viz: 500 pounds of powder, 600 pounds of Lead, 45 Guns, 60 Strowd water match Coats, 100 Blankets, 100 duffle match coats, 200 yards of half-thick, 100 shirts, 40 hatts, 40 pair of Shoes and Buckles, 40 pair of Stockings, 100 hatchets, 500 Knives, 100 houghs, 60 Kettles, 100 Tobacco tongs, 100 Scissors, 500 awl blades, 120 Combs, 2000 needles, 1000 Flints, 24 Looking Glasses, 2 pounds of vermillion, and 100 Tin pots, besides 25 Gallons of Rum, 200 pounds of Tobacco, 1000 Pipes, and 24 dozen of Gartering, by the said Propri- etaries, Johu Penn, Thomas Penn and Rich'd Penn, well and truly paid and delivered.

The chiefs representing the Five Nations were then named in the deed, followed by those of the other tribes, all expressing "themselves to be fully satisfied, con- tented, and paid, and thereof do acquit and forever discharge the said Proprietaries, their heirs, successors, and assigns by these presents."

This deed, which is very long, is signed by seventeen witnesses on behalf of the Penns, and among them appears the name of Conrad Weiser, the famous interpre- ter and guide. On behalf of the Indians appear the names (unpronounceable) of eight Onondaga chiefs, six Senecas, four Oneidas, two Tuscaroras, and three Cayugas.

The territory of Lycoming county lies within the bounds of the district speci- fied in this instrument. The deed is dated June 7, 1737, forty-one years after William Penn's transaction with Dongan. A manuscript copy, beautifully engrossed, is in the possession of Howard R. Wallis, of Muncy. It was made for his great- grandfather, Samuel Wallis, who was an extensive land speculator, and was found among his papers. It is over one hundred and eighteen years old and is one of the rarest instruments of writing in existence in this county.

After the execution and sealing of this pre-emption deed, the representatives of the Six Nations then signed a release of the lands in dispute, thereby making the line of transfer complete. All of the foregoing instruments may be found in Vol. I, Pennsylvania Archives, pp. 494-499, where they may be consulted by the curious.

APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST WHITE MAN.

It can not be stated with any certainty when the first white man appeared in this valley. The story of Etienne Brulé, as related by Parkman, is somewhat indefinite. Brulé was interpreter and guide to Champlain, the French Governor of Canada. In the summer of 1615 a French expedition was sent against the Iroquois. The Hurons, who were friendly, informed them that there was a powerful tribe living south, who were willing to send 500 warriors to aid in the war against the Iroquois. Brulé, hearing of this, sought permission from Champlain to take twelve Indians and visit the Andastes to urge them to hasten forward the reinforcements.

ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION.

The request was granted and the intrepid Frenchman started on his perilous mission. Just where he struck the head waters of the Susquehanna is unknown, but there is no doubt that he descended that river. Some writers are of opinion that he was at the fortification on Wolf run, near Muncy. If such was the case, he was undoubtedly the first white man to visit this section.

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History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 2

Author: edited by John F. Meginness Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1650

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650