Ohio Annals: Historic Events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in ...

OHIO ANNALS.

HISTORIC EVENTS

IN THE

TUSCARAWAS AND MUSKINGUM VALLEYS,

AND IN OTHER PORTIONS OF

The State of Ohio.

ADVENTURES OF POST, HECKEWELDER AND ZEISBERGER.
LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE KOPHS, MOUND BUILDERS,
RED AND WHITE MEN.

Adventures of Putnam and Heckewelder, founders of the State.

LOCAL HISTORY, GROWTH OF OHIO IN POPULATION, POLITICAL
POWER, WEALTH AND INTELLIGENCE.

IN ONE VOLUME, 367 OCTAVO PAGES, ON TINTED PAPER, ENGLISH CLOTH.

ENTERED, ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1875,

BY C. H. MITCHENER,

IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.

Printed by W. D. BICKHAM, Dayton, Ohio.

INTRODUCTORY.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF EVENTS- A HISTORICAL PANORAMA OF OHIO.

This volume is dedicated to the Press. Passing over the geological and pre-historic portions, and coming down to the historic column, the State of Ohio presents one of the grandest series of panoramic scenes in history.

SCENE I..

Post's cabin in 1761-He gets from the Indians fifty steps square for God's farm-He returns in 1762 with Heckewelder, and enters the cabin singing a hymn.

SCENE II.

Zeisberger preaching to Netawatwes and the Indians, who give him land for curing small-pox, and privilege to establish mission at Big Spring.

SCENE III.

Heckewelder and twenty-two canoes arrive at Schoenbrunn with Indians, and all go to putting up buildings.

SCENE IV.

Simon Girty at Schoenbrunn urging converts to join the English side in revolution.

SCENE V.

Captain White Eyes rebutting Pipe's speech at Goshocking-Heckewelder rides from Fort Pitt to Coshocton and calms the Delawares.

SCENE VI.

Pipe and the Monseys and Wyandots go over to the British-Return to Salem and drive off missionaries and Indians to Sandusky.

SCENE VII.

Zeisberger and Heckewelder taken to Detroit and tried for treason, while Indians return to valley for corn.

Girty over on Monongahela urging the borderers to go and kill the Indians and burn their towns-March of Williamson to Gnadenhutten with his men-Murder of ninety-six Indians.

SCENE IX.

Girty at Sandusky urging Indian warriors to revenge the death of their kindred -Warriors start on their raids to the border.

SCENE X.

Organizing of Crawford's rangers, and march towards Sandusky-Stop at Schoenbrunn-Crawford in a dream sees Ann Charity and her skeletonsHis march onward-Indian towns abandoned---Indians attack and defeat his army-Crawford captured and burned-Army back at SchoenbrunnWilliamson in his dream sees Ann Charity on her return pass Schoenbrunn with her skeletons, guarded with warriors carrying the scalps of Crawford's men-Her appearance at Gnaden hutten-Buries skeletons and scalpsAnn disappears-Great Spirit moves up and down the valley-The ruins for fifty miles-Four hundred Indians repass the Big Spring-God and Mannitto appear; after cursing the valley, dry up the spring and disappear to fight it out on another line.

SCENE XI.

Zeisberger and converts in the wilderness among the snows and dangers for seventeen years.

SCENE XII.

Putnam and his men land at Marietta; settlement thereat-Indian treatyBrandt and his two hundred warriors at Duncan's falls-He is visited by Louisa St. Clair, who conducts him to the governor's house--Seeks her to wife Is repulsed by the governor, and returns to his camp crazed in love.

SCENE XIII.

Harmar marches to the Maumee-His defeat-St. Clair renews the fight-His defeat-Indians around Marietta, at the forts, and declare no white man shall plant corn in Ohio-Scenes at Marietta-Wayne comes-Marches to the Maumee, and his victory-Return of peace--Ohio settled by white men,

LAST SCENE.

Death and burial of Putnam and Heckewelder-Tableaux of the great State covered by three million of inhabitants-Owning twenty-three hundred million dollars of property-Paying twenty-three million dollars taxes--Riding on five thousand miles of their own railroad, within her borders-Supporting twelve thousand common schools, two hundred colleges and academies-Three hundred and fifty newspapers and periodicals printed in the State, with two million readers.

In conclusion the editor asks the commendation of the press, by inserting this summary in their papers.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Theory of the geological structure-A molten mass-Sea of fire-Sulphurous gas-Crust

and Crevices-Air and Moisture-The first rain enters the crevices-Explosions-

Upheavals Continents - Oceans-Mollusks-Fishes-Plants-Reptiles-Animals-

Man-Plains and bottoms-Hills and Mountains-Names-The water-shed of Ohio--

Legends of the Kophs and Israelites. Pages 1-16.

CHAPTER II,

Story of the cave-dwellers-Mound builders in Stark, Tuscarawas, Coshocton, Muskingum,

Morgan and Washington-Forts and mounds in Licking and other localities-Legend

of the Northmen, Welshmen, &c.-La Salle at the Muskingum two hundred years