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Colt, Judah, extracts from his | Derrickson, Hon. David, 100.
manuscript, etc., 88, 89, 109, 203, 152, 112, 313, 323; a bio- graphical sketch of, 210. Courtright, M., 128, 125, 328.
Compromises effected with the actual settlers, 80.
"Commercial Advertiser," Erie, 158.
. Conneautte Library Company, 153. Cornplanter or O'Beil, 60, 65, 67, 68, 69, 73, 74, 76.
Constellation Lodge, 147.
Constitution of Pennsylvania formed and adopted, 61.
Coffin, Stephen, makes a depo- sition, 28.
Cone-in-Cone, specimens of, 289. Conneaut, signification of name, 197.
"Conneaut Reporter," an article from, 282.
Concord Township, 202; Concerd station, 207; churches, 187.
"Contractor" built at Black Rock, 130.
Congress, list of members of, 101. Congressional districts, 101.
Collectors of the Customs for the Port of Presqu'ile, 110. Colonization Societies, 150.
Coroners, list of for county, 104. Clinton, General, 27, 26, 29. Cleveland, 90, 91.
Cleveland and Erie Railroad, earn- ings of, 127.
Courts and judicial districts, 100. Colson, Rev. Charles, organizes churches in Erie County, 183. Cranesville, 205, 294.
Cranberry, an act concerning, 107.
Croghan, George, 27. Crevecœur Fort built, 21. Custos Moram, 154. Cutler, G. R., 201, 165.
Curtis, R. J., his editorial expe- rience, 156.
Curry, Wm. C., 128, 185, 140.
D'ALLYON, 14. Dallas, A. J., 65.
Denny, Captain Ebenezer, corre- spondence of, 64, 65, 68, 69, 74, 79.
Dearborn, Fort, (Chicago,) 229. Detroit, a colony planted at, 21. De La Salle, 19, 25, 36; character of, by Parkman, 21.
Devil's Back-bone, an account of, 298.
Distributing office at Erie, 99.
Disposition made of government vessels, 276.
Dinwiddie, Governor, 35, 40. Dobbins, Captain Daniel, a his- torical sketch of, 222, 241, 245, 52, 118, 132, 255, 162, 262, 307; letter to Lieutenant. J. D. Elliot, 242; to Paul Hamilton, Secre- tary of the Navy, 244.
Douglass, Major, 117. Dorchester, Lord, 66.
Doolittle, Rev. Giles, 181.
Du Quesne, Fort, 24, 45.
Du Quesne, Governor, 29, 40. Dunkard's Creek, Mason and Dixon's line surveyed to, 57. Dunlap, J. D., 154, 285, 102, 103, 110, 145, 150.
Duel, 274.
EATON, Rev. Johnson, a short bio- graphical sketch of, 75, 149, 177, 178, 183, 313.
Eckford, Henry, 245, 246, 247. Edinboro, a sketch of, 196; Edin- boro "Gem," 159; Museum, 159; Express, 159; Normal School, 166.
Eddy, David, discovers relics of the Griffin, 22.
Education Society, (county, ) 155. Ellicot, Andrew, commissioner to settle northern boundary of Pennsylvania, 59, 88; with General Irvine authorized to lay out Erie, 64, 189; to Gov- ernor Mifflin, 69; attends a treaty at Buffalo Creek, 74.
Elliot, Com. J. D., commanding at Erie, 274, 275; letter to Captain Dobbins, 242.
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Elliot, G. A., 109, 168, 140, 148, 150, 184, 227. Elk Creek, 117, 290, 291. England, claim of, 27.
Erie, Lake, British vessels upon, 24; thirty Frenchmen made a tour of, 25; height of water at different periods, 280; periodi- cal rise and fall of, not sus- tained, 281; singular pheno- menon, 281; Erie County, a part of Westmoreland, 93; of Al- legheny, 94; temporarily of Crawford, 94; Erie County or- ganized, 94; its extent, streams, lakes, soil, etc., 95; original townships, 95; population de- cennially, 97; census items, 97 ; vote of county, 97; taxes, re- ceipts, and expenditures, 98.
Erie, an act to lay out, 77; borough erected, 104; law al- tered, 106; government changed to that of a city, 108; list of burgesses and mayors. 109.
Erie and Waterford Turnpike Company, first election of offi- cers, 112.
Erie Railroad Company, 120.
Erie and Northeast Railroad, 124, 331.
Erie City Railroad, 128; Erie and Pittsburg Railroad, 128; Erie and Waterford Plank road, 128 ; Erie and Wattsburg Plank Road, 128.
Erie Canal incorporated, 118; first officers, 118; passage of the first boat, 118.
Erigas, Eries, Erie-honons, an account of their location and numbers, 10; their wars and extermination, 11, 12, 13; tra- dition of themrecorded by David Eddy; Cusic's account, 11; symbols of, 16; tradition, 300. Exodus Lodge, 147.
"Express," Erie, 159.
FAIRVIEW, its churches, 186; Fairview village, 206.
Falls of Ohio, (Louisville, ) 112.
Farrelly, Patrick, 101.
Female Tract Society, 150. Female Seminary, (Erie,) 164. First settlers of Erie County, 90;
first settled pastor, 174; first court, 305; "first church of Erie," being the United Pres- byterian, 182; First Presby- terian Church" of Erie, 183; first brick house erected in the county, 198.
Field, John, 62.
Finnis, Captain, 131.
Fleming, Wm., 139, 104, 140.
Fires, 319.
Fire companies, 141.
Forster, Colonel Thomas, 143, 315, 112, 109, 110, 153, 117, 183, 142.
Foster, A. E., 169, 164.
Franklin, Venango County, Indian symbols, 17; leaden plate found at, 26; an act to lay out, 77. Franklin, Fort, 68.
Franklin Canal Company, 125; charter annulled, 127; disposed of, 127.
Franklin Literary Society, Erie, 155.
Franklin paper mill, Northeast, 198.
Frazier, John, driven off by the French, 36; is located at Tur- tle Creek, 39.
French claims, 25, 36.
French Creek, a description of, 192; an appropriation at an early day for, 192; rise from its mouth to Meadville, 287.
"Free Press," Girard, 157.
" Frei Presse," Erie, 158. Frontenac, Fort, 21.
Frontenac, Count, 11, 19. Furs, valuable cargoes of, 132; their route to Montreal, 132.
GAME, 308. Garrison, 307. Galissoniere, Marquis of, 26. Gas Company, 140. " Gazette," Erie, 157. Gaines, Colonel, 260.
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Galbraith, Hon. John, 100, 101, | Hays, S., 102, 109, 140, 162.
126, 128, 148, 151, 155; a his- torical sketch of, 229. Galbraith, Wm. A., 828.
Geological survey of the State of Pennsylvania, 284; Geological Society, 154.
German Methodists erect a build- ing, 185. German Evangelical, 185.
George, battle of Fort, 249.
German Beneficial Society, 147.
Girard Township, its churches, 186; a sketch of the borough of. 200.
Gist, Christopher, is sent out by the Ohio company, 34; accom- panies Washington, 34, 39. Gravimotometer, 327.
Graham, Colonel, reviewed the Mason and Dixon line, 57.
Griffin, a description of, 23, 20; probable relics found near Buf- falo, 22. Green Bay, 21.
Green Township, its churches, 187.
Greenfield Township, its churches, 187.
Greeks, contributions to, 153. Grubb, John, 348, 84.
Gunnison, E. D., 139, 164, 103, 184, 149, 141.
HARRISON, General Wm. H., urges the co-operation of Com- modore Perry, 257; concerts a plan with, 260; repairs to Fort George after the battle of Lake Erie, 271.
Hambleton, Purser Samuel, 263, 265.
Hamilton, Governor, 33.
Hamot, P. S. V., a biographical sketch of, 221, 149, 315, 316, 120, 183.
Harvey, H. L., researches of, 50, 157.
"Harlequin," built at Erie by E. Beebe, 130.
Harp and Shamrock Society, 152. Ilalf King, or Tanacharison, 35.
Harmer, Fort, Triangle purchased at treaty of, 60, 76.
Hawley, Rev. Gideon, 169. Harbor Creek Township, its churches, 187.
Harts Town, a quicksand at, 298. Heron, Jas. E., 142, 112, 103.
"Herald," a temperance paper, 158.
Henry, Mr., an English traveler among the Indians, 47.
Himrod, Aaron, 162.
Himrod, Wm., 148.
Hononchiendi, 10.
Hurons, 14. Hutchinson, Hon. M., 100.
Hudson's Bay Company incor- porated, 24. Huron, Lake, 9.
Hunting, 309.
INDIAN County, 53.
Insurance companies, 141.
Industrial Reform School, 231.
Improvements in the mode of con- veyance, 116.
Improvised army bridges, 329.
Inauguration of the Perry statue at Cleveland, 325.
Inventions, 326.
Irvine, Gencral Wm., discovers that Pennsylvania has no harbor on the lake, 59, 307, 333.
Irvine, General Callender, 103, 307.
JACKSON, Smith, 110, 140, 125, 128, 141, 151.
Jail, religious instruction in, 169. Jean, Cœur, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37. Jeskakake, 35.
Jesuit missionaries, 22, 13. Jefferson, 13.
Jolliet, 25.
Johnson, George, 15. Johns, Dr. Wm., 154.
Johnson, Sir Wm., 28, 44, 41; his influence prevents outrages in New York, 53.
Johnson, Colonel, 306. Johnson, J. B., 102, 155, 158.
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Judd, Rev., 306. Judson, Amos, 162, 195, 149. Junction, or Correy in Concord Township, 332.
KANSAS sufferers, 153. Kaskaskie, 43.
Kelso, General, 307, 348.
Kelso, C. W., 109, 110.
Kellogg, J., 135, 140, 110, 183. Keel-boats, 194.
Keystone Mills, 206.
Kentucky militia, 260.
Kelly, Wm., 103, 140, 108, 109, 118, 128, 148, 141, 135, 125, 184. King, Thomas, 193. King, Wilson, 195, 110. King, Alfred, 103, 154.
LA FORCE, 38. Laird, W., 109.
La Prairie village founded, 13.
Lancaster, treaty of, 27. Ladies' Benevolent Society, 151. La Belle Riviere, 26, 30.
La Fayette tarries at Erie, 313. Le Bœuf Township, its churches, 187.
Le Bœuf River, 24.
Le Bœuf, Indian remains at, 17. Le Bœuf, Fort, built by the French, 30; visited by General Wash- ington, 35; described by spies afterward, 44, 78, 41, 42; fired and destroyed, 32; relics, 191; its rank, 189.
Le Bœuf, Fort of, 1795, an act relating to, 190. Le Sambrow, 44. Le Moyne's mission, 10. Lee, Colonel Thomas, 27. Lee, Captain Wm., 129; built the "Good Intent," Packet," 130. Lexington, 206. Lockport, village of, 205. Long Point, 252, 256, 257. Lindsay, Captain, 28. Life boat, the invention of Cap- tain Douglass Ottinger, 327. Lighthouse, the first on the great lakes, 134.
130; "Erie
Liddell, 108, 122, 327. Logstown, 27. Loos, 31. Lowry, M. B., 118, 126. Loss of property on the lake, 136.
Lutheran church, Erie, 184.
Lyceum, Erie, 153; Girard, 155.
Lyon, G. A., 183, 150. Lytle, James, 110, 147.
MAD spirits, 9. Machault, Fort, 41.
Marshall, J. C., 128, 119, 103.
"Mary," built by Thomas Wil- son, 130.
Marquette, 25.
Marlin, Ralph, 102, 112.
Masonic Lodges, 147.
Manchester, village of, 206.
McAllaster, David, 103, 119, 128. McSparren, Clark, 108, 110, 128, 155, 139.
Mackinaw, a trading-house first established at, 21.
Mason and Dixon employed, 56.
Maryland and Virginia dispute the boundary, 55; cost of sur- vey, 58; death of surveyors, 58. McLane, J. W., 104, 141, 143, 144.
McClocklan, 38.
McCord, John, 104, 173, 174, 181. McCurdy, Rev. Elisha, 173, 176, 177.
McMillan, Rev. John, 176.
McNair, Colonel Dunning, 112. Mckinney, Rev. David, 183, 150. McKean Corners, 207; Mckean Township, 187. Mead, General David, 74, 246, 241, 252, 255, 274. Meade, Captain George G., 282. Metcalf, Prescott, 141, 119, 125, 128, 328, 110. Memoranda of Mr. R. B., 313.
Methodist Episcopal church erect- ed in Erie, 184. Mercie, Mons., 29. Medical Society, 154. Memorial of an actual settler, 81. Mingoes, 43.
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Mineral Springs, 259. Mississaqués, 19, 12.
" Michigan," U. S. steamer, 137; advantages or disadvantages of using steam expansively tested upon, 138.
" Mirror," (newspaper, ) 156.
Miles, Wm., anecdote of, 61, 145, 208, 203, 112, 330.
Miles, Judge Jas., 100, 146, 165, 330.
Mifflin, Governor, appoints com- missioners to examine Western rivers, 62, 64, 65, 66. Military companies, 142. Middlebrook church, 171. Militia at Erie in 1813, 275. Misery bay, 278. Mineral waters, 295.
Morang's expedition, 29.
Montour, Andrew, 33. Moore, George, 184, 109. Moorhead, Jas., 150.
Moravian lands, 229; mission, 170. Moravian quarry near Waterford, 292.
Moral and Benevolent Society, 149.
Mrs. P.'s Reminiscences, 309. Murdering town, 39.
NAVAL station at Erie broken up, 277.
National Independence, first cele- bration of, 305.
"Native American," Edinboro, 159.
Neutral nation, 9. Newspapers, 156. Niagara, Fort, 9, 42. Nicholson, John, 62, 65, 107.
Nicholson, Court of Pleas, 107.
" Niagara," built by Porter, Bar- ton & Co., 130.
"Northern Sentinel," (newspa- per,) 156.
"Northeast Guard," (newspaper,) 159.
Northeast, historical sketch of, 198.
Northeast Township, its churches, 187.
Northeast High School, 166. Normal school, 166, 188.
"OBSERVER," (Erie,) 157.
O'Hara, General Jas., 114. Ohio company formed, 33.
Ohio and Redstone Presbyteries, 171.
Ohio River, 44. Odd Fellows, 147.
Oil, or petroleum, receipt of at Erie, 122; oil found in Erie County, 294; refineries, 108, 203; quantities shipped at junction, 322.
Old court house bell, 322. Oliver, Stephen, 323.
Olin, Edgar, 147.
Oildwilder, a burning spring at, 295.
Ottinger, Captain Douglass, 327, 328, 139.
Olmstead, Rev. L. G., on the flora, 299; visits General Wayne's old residence, 302, 154, 164.
Ontario, Lake, 59, 36, 249, 258, 252, 253.
Onondaga, a conference at, 33.
Opposition commenced against the Population Company, 80.
Orton, Rev. Samuel G., 188, 182. Oswego, 24.
PAINE, General, 112. Pageville, 205.
Parkman, his account of the de- struction of Presqu'ile, 48.
Patents on lands issued under conditions in Erie, 77.
Patterson, Rev. R., first settled pastor, 174, 177.
Park Presbyterian church organ- ized, 185.
"Patriot," (newspaper,) 156.
Parsons, Dr. U., a description of the battle of Lake Erie, by, 266, 265, 263, 261, 253, 269, 325.
Penn, William, the charter of, 54. Pennsylvania, western boundary of settled, 58; northern, 58; be- came a member of the Union, 62. Peters, Jas. W., 22.
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Perry, Commodore Oliver, 236; arrives at Erie, 241; leaves for Pittsburg, 246; for Lake Onta- rio to assist Commodore Chaun- cey, 247 ; his letters to Gen. Har- rison and Commodore Chaun- cey, 250; urged by the Secre- tary to the importance of destroying the enemy's squad- ron, 251 ; writes to the Secretary of the Navy and Commodore Chauncey of the concentration of troops at Long Point, 252; a letter by express from General Holmes; letter to Commodore Chauncey, 253; is reinforced, 253; his squadron sails, 257, 258; Perry's order of sailing, 259; receives two letters from the Secretary of the Navy, 261 ; remodels his line, 264; is pro- moted, 270; enthusiastic demon- strations on his journey East, 271; receives the thanks of Con- gress, 272; a gold medal from the President of the United States, 272, 131, 315, 326, 323. Perry square, 308, 316.
Perry monument, 315.
Perry statue, (Cleveland,) 325.
Petuns, 9. Peon, Mons., 32.
Peninsula, two acts concerning, 86, 106.
Peace, treaty of concluded at Ghent, 276.
Philippe, Lonis, sojourns in Erie, 85.
Phelps, Oliver, 211, 213.
Phelps and Gorham, a proposition to purchase the Triangle made to, 59; a tract of land west of their reserve for the Indians, 76, 86.
"Phoenix and Reflector," (news- paper, ) 156.
Philallelia Lodge, 147.
Pittsburg and Erie Railroad, 128.
Pittsburg, prisoners removed to, 270.
Pickering, Timothy, establishes a permanent peace, 76, 213.
Post, Frederick, extract from the journal of, 42.
Poor's History of Railroads, ex- traet from, 331.
Polhemus, Lieutenant, 73.
Poor-house, 106.
Pollock, Captain Jas., 322. Patriot war, 322.
Postmasters, a list of in Erie, 110. Post-offices in the county in 1830 and 1861, 99.
Pontiac, former conduct of, 46; plan for restoring the Indian homes and hunting grounds, 47. Porter, Augustus, describes a journey to Presqu'ile, 86, 213. Presqu'ile, Governor Delancy's opinion of, 24.
Presqu'ile, Triangle purchased, 60, 333.
Presqu'ile, Fort, built by the French, 29; described by spies, 43; stores sent away from, 45; tradition of buried treasures, 45, 309.
Presqu'ile, district of, 110 ; port of, 136; tonnage of shipping owned at, 137; bar at, 284.
Presqu'ile hospital, 154.
Presqu'ile Lodge, (Odd Fellows,) 147; Masons, 146.
Pressly, Rev. Jos., 151, 183.
President Judges, 100.
Prothonotary, and register, and recorder, list of, 103.
Propelling vessels in shoal water, 327.
Prideaux, General, besieges Fort Niagara, 44.
Presbytery of Erie organized, 173. Prices of provisions at different periods, 305.
Provincial marine, 248, 128.
Providence, a disposition to re- cognize a, in the war of 1812, 253.
Protestant Episcopal church of Erie organized, 183.
Prize money, 273. Put-in-Bay, 263.
Publie square planted with trees, 155.
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Public landing secured, 105. Punching and shearing machine invented, 326.
RAILROAD war, 126. Railroad Convention at Fredonia, 120. Ramsey, Mayor, 29.
Ransom, deposition of, 67.
Raquatha, (Buffalo, ) 12.
Reparti, 37, 38.
Rees, Thos., Esq., makes a deposi- tion, 85, 142, 87, 78, 142.
Reed, Colonel Seth, a biographi- cal sketch of, 208, 84, 87, 129.
Reed, R. S., a biographical sketch of, 209, 109, 132, 130, 244, 213, 163, 168, 141, 315, 118.
Reed, General C. M., 101, 140. 153, 210, 118, 119, 125, 128, 184, 321, 328, 148. Reed, Wm. M., 223, 132.
Representatives, list of, 102.
Receipts and expenditures from the canal, 120.
"Republican," Girard, 157.
Reading Room Association, 155.
Reid, Rev. Robert, a historical sketch of, 216, 163, 164, 149, 182, 150. Reid, Jas. C., 103, 163, 164.
Revivals of religion, 188.
Revenue cutters, 139.
Relics, 307.
Reminiscences of an early settler in Fairview, 312.
Ripple marks, 288
Rittenhouse, David, 58.
Route of Erie Canal, 117.
Robinson, secretary, a plan pro- posed to, 23.
Robinson, Lyman, 103, 200.
Robertson murders a friendly Indian, 65. Rogers, Professor H. D., 288.
Roman Catholic church, the first erected in Erie, 185.
Russel, H., extract from journal of, 310, 308. Russel, B., 104, 92.
Rutledge and son murdered, 86. Ryswick, treaty of, 26.
SABBATH Convention, 151; Sab- bath schools, 167; Sabbath ex- ercises, the first in the county, 170.
Sacred Music Society, 155.
Sacramental occasion, the first in the county, 172.
Salt trade in Erie County, 294; some particulars of, 112, 113, 193.
Sanford, G., a biographical sketch , of, 229, 163, 154, 303, 315, 125, .150.
Sandusky Bay, Perry's squadron arrives at, 259.
Sayard, 14.
Savage, L. W., 160, 165.
Saxton, Frederick, surveys lines, 59.
Sad accidents, 320.
School Society, 153.
Schlosser, Fort, 36.
Scouler's woods, Indian at, 18. graves
Scott, A., 104, 110, 119.
Schoolcraft, H. R., 13, 16, 19. School law, 159.
Schools. according to the seventh and eighth census, 160.
School superintendent, 160.
School-houses, 161; schools, Ro- man Catholic, 162.
Septaria, 289.
Selden, George, 149, 150, 164, 152, 183.
Senecas, 12.
Senators, list of, 101.
Shirley, Governor, 23. Shaonons or Satanas, 9.
Shea, 9. Shippen, Hon. H., 100. Shannopin's town, 38.
Shingowauk interprets symbols, 15. Sink-hole, 293.
Sheriffs, list of, 103.
Sill, T. H., a biographical sketch of, 224, 101, 102, 109, 120, 140, 163, 168, 164, 315, 321.
Sioux ordered the surveys of Mason aud Dixon to cease, 57. Sinclair, Com. A., 322.
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Skinner, Stephen, 141, 103. Smith, Wilson, 102, 193, 194. Soil, character of, 292. Speculation, 317. Spencer, J. C., 128, 148, 154, 185, 145.
Skinner, James, 103, 110, 102, 128. Springfield, 207, 18; its churches, 186; West Springfield, 207, 165. Sterrett, Jos. M., 18, 100, 102, 109, 157, 110.
Strong, Captain Martin, reminis- cences, 118, 84, 145, 312, 149. Stanwix, Fort, treaty to extin- guish Indian title to lands in northwestern Pennsylvania, 59. Sturgeonville, village of, 206. Sturgeon, Wm., 206.
St. Mary's church erected, 185. St. Pierre, Legardeur de, 37, 40. Steamboat, the first on Lake Erie,
133; particulars of its first voy- age, 133; its fate, 134; the first steamboat launched at Erie, 135; the first that visited Chi- cago, 135; the number on Lake Erie at several periods, 136. Suspended purchase, 328.
Sulphate of iron, 294; of alu- mina, 294.
Survey of the lakes, 282.
Survivors of the battle of Lake Erie, 325.
Summit of Erie Extension Canal, 287.
Summit Township, its churches, 186.
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Com- pany, 121; name changed, 122. Survey of lands in northwestern Pennsylvania, 334. Sweetbrier, 299.
TATE, Rev., 177. Temple of Honor, 147. Temperance societies, 151, 152. Tiontates, 9. Tibbals, C. M., 104, 110.
Thompson, Hon. Jas., 100, 121. Toradakoin, (French Creek,) 26. Topography of Presqu'ile Bay, 277. Troops to protect surveyors, 78.
Tribe's Hill, 41.
Triangle, sum of purchase, etc., 60, 333.
Tracy, John A., 118, 119, 128, 139, 328, 141.
Travel between Erie and Buffalo, 115.
" True American," (newspaper, ) 158.
Trotter, John, 38. Tradition of Eries, 300. Tuscarora, 11.
UTRECHT, 26. "Unsere Welt," (newspaper, ) 158. Universalist church in Erie or- ganized, 184.
Union Township, its churches, 188. Union Mills, a sketch of, 202. Ungulina suborbicularia, 290. United States Bank bill passed, 318.
VAN BRAAM, 36. Venango, Fort, plan of, 35.
Venango to Niagara, a road from, 24. Venango, Moravian mission in, 170; Indian remains, 17.
Venango Township, its churches, 187.
Vergent flags, 287, 285.
Vergent shales, 288, 285.
Vincent, Judge John, 105, 112, 145, 193, 191, 162, 145. Vincent, B. B., 118, 128, 195, 141, 155, 109. Vosburg, Dr. Jacob, 154. Voting register, 327.
WATERFORD, Indian remains at, 17.
Waterford laid out, 77, 189; erected into a borough, and first officers, 194.
Waterford turnpike, 112; plank- road, 128, 195; churches, 194; schools, 196; factories, 196; building stone near, 291. Waterford Township, its churches. " Waterford Museum," (news- paper, ) 159.
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" Waterford Despatch," (news- paper, ) 159.
Water, to supply Erie with, 106. Water lots, an act to sell, 107. Waterspout, 282.
Wattsburg, a sketch of, 199; plank-road, 128, 200.
Wattsburg Tract Society, 151. Walnut Creek, 17.
Walker, J. H., 315, 118, 128, 102, 103.
Wayne, General Anthony, 131; death of, at Presqu'ile, 91; re- moval of remains, 92; other- wise referred to, 215, 307, 302. Wayne, Colonel Isaac, 93.
Wayne Guards in Cleveland, 143. Wayne Township, its churches, 187.
Washington, George and Augus- tus, 33.
Washington's journal, 35, 39, 193; his visit to Le Bœuf, 35.
"Washington" the first vessel built on the south shore of Lake Erie, 129.
Washington Township, its churches, 187.
Wallace, Dr. J. C., a biographical sketch, 215; otherwise referred to, in 104, 108, 112, 146, 153, 302, 303, 311, 314.
Wallace, Wm., 109, 153, 156. War of 1812, 235.
Warren, an act to lay out, 77. Warrior's Road, 28.
Watts, Wm. M., 103, 118] Walter, Thos. H., 105.
Wesleyan Methodists, 186.
Wesleyville, 207.
Wellsburg, 205.
Western New York, Indian forti- fications in, 15.
Weiser, Conrad, and Lancaster treaty, 27.
Wetmore, J. W., 155; inventions of, 327.
White inhabitants west of Gene- see River, 90.
Wheat, 293, 95.
Whallon, M., 109, 110.
Williams, J. H., 128.
Williams, Jas., 125, 141, 165.
Wilson, Thomas, a biographical sketch of, 220, 101, 108, 109, 163, 103.
Wilkins, General, substance of a letter from, 64; erects block- houses, 66.
Wright, C. B., 140.
YARNALL, Lieutenant, death of, 324. Yates, Judge Jasper, 100.
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