The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-09
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ALEXANDRIA, Aurun Q.

ALEXANDRIA, Ausun 3.
we believe 1t is generally known, that tre fate of
Connec'cu twas poGeHed of lands in weitert America.
uiaer the charter granted that Chem province by
Cha:le; Cd. That during the revolutionary war ma.
ny OF her e'tizens fevere fuerers by the cruel
and detructive policy of the Britiil who 10, fate
lied with the common calamities incident To ,hat IN.
natural and feroeious fate Of focie.y burnt New
London and many other Towns. With III honorab,s
Poiey, policy which ough, more generally to have
oeen i"iowed, The had the injury done her cisi-
gems eliminated, which amounted 70 100000 collars
and applied that number OF acres OF land to heir re-
ne that is TO lay one of and fuafe PRINCIPAL
y to the hat OF the Slnduly Fay was given to each
CITIZEN, tor every dola. it was eitimatel he had d.
'royea oY the mercenary armies Of Britain. Fur.sr
p.,isYr alto well known, that after the D. ace
me lo!c tract of country fal OF this Grant and .x
tending from 1t To the u. States lands in the now
county OF Columbia, in the Fate Of Ohio to a COM
pai'y wei known as the Connecticut land COMPANY
Tor we believe 100000 dollars. Nor is forgotten
that TINS money produced lehifm in thar fate ere
party whiting to divide the whole Of the in:ereft arr;
ing rom this capital among the reverend the clcr
ey oi the tate, the other perhaps belle wing thar .c
,ervants OF the people in every capacit' Mould aore
De PAID by thoe who employ them perhaps ,aua,ei
by ita'e pride, which can hut praife and view.
ing the comparative fze, aud relative importance Of
connecticut iaw no other means of rafting the confe-
quence thereof, and making her Influence felt in the
union, than by bringing forward all the energies of
her citizens hence they contended that the intereG
iA"uid be applied for the eftabhmsnt of Schools 60
thar every child in the ate ihould Re entitled to five
years lchoo!ing as matter of right. This quefiion
a&tated Counet ticut for about we believe years,
when owing more Especially to the exertons Of one
man, it was carried in favour of the fchoos But al
tip the money paid, the Indian title was not Ia
ken oil either of the land fold tie company, or given
to the ilfierers by Brth depiadatons. In 1894, BY
"aines treaty the Indian title ceded to the u S.
to all that part of the county Of Trumbull which is
TO the Eat OF the Cayahoga, conGfing now of Io5
Iownihps Of five miles fquare each-This produced
contsndRg claim between the u. S. and the hc-
ders under the State of Connecticut, which wss not
ettled until 1900, when the Rate Of Conreacp &C.
ded 10 the u s. all her lands wch Of the Penrfyva-
MA line, and the u s. confirmed to the purchaiers &
uierers the land originally belonging to the Rate of
connecticut he county Of Trunbull then commenced
iettlement happy in mid & bengIIant climate happy
III waters filed with innumerable fin, particularly
Nuieainga, the white fin and the ni,lera! (Which
however does not relembe the European PikeD
Happy in as rich foil would viii to cultivate
1t is Gotto be wondered a, that rapid population
fiould cover this beautiful country-It is perhaps
phenomenon unknown before i'll natiaical hiilory
that the county Of Trtmbul which at the end Of the
Ian century did contain a ingle white iuhabtart
mould at the commencement Of this year. have ur-
wards of GOO white inhabitants that in the oouTe
o. the la year there %; families enligrated H.
to IL, exclufive of ole who went 10 live in two osr
hips from which returns were received. IL
ITun1buIi there are now % free fchools crcuI,t.
ing libraries-2f aw mills and II grin mills ar
1900 dollars, fubfcribed for the eflabinnent of
collegc-but although this coultry cleared of
thS l1daN title that to the wet othe Cayshoga was
not, many valuable citizens we've rendered thereby
incapable Of improving heir properly, and the fer-
srs' under bri'i'h rroiligacy continued in fact unrs
Guted--in order to bring this property iuto play,
treaty was to have been held this year at Cleveland
on the Cayahoga, it was however removed TO the
Miami Of the Lake and happily concluded after la
wing been orPoied by the Britifh agents, by every
means ct chieanery, arfce and corruption in their
power. The lands thue acquired to the II. S. are
infinitely vauabe-when the Indians formerly came
to trade with our citizens, the Englr agents would
fix OF the Indian lands and Iiuuggie 70 many goods
as to rure The Of this country les than
10000 dollars annually. IL alfo delirabe TO get
Polieiion now as the indians every day arpreti-
ating more aud more their lands, and in lone parts
we are informed they charge a citizen Of the U. s.
dollar for oroiIing ferry-The country ceded is
from the uouth Of the Cayahoga until you get welt
ward 90 miles from the wetern line Of Pennsylvania
and from he ceilon granted TO the y. s. in 1894
by the Indians rorth Of ~ degrees minutes ncud-
ing the bay Of SandulSy, and uloh Of the ihands ON
Like Erie. q eeiion in favor Of the u. S. is about
10000 aetes Tor which they agree 70 pay s25 dolls
Per abUh ~ ever the Cenlon ~ the lr"lTetors Oh
the Connect grants isfrom 100 900 to 100000
acres fcr ',hch they give 1000 dolls in cath, depo-
Et wi-h TIC prsfident Of the II. s. for tne benef,
of 'he lrdans 2ols 81 dollars and annually pay them
for hccesaing years 1000 dollars PER snnun'. Thus
hes this treaty been concluded, which reHorcs 10 the
od lufcrn warrior. at leaf PorGcn OF bis proper
~ and when we eonfder the inteTefled and ~to
have for years been locking forward to iettle in 81
eoCR:ty there be no heGtstion il believing tist
il ~jl h@ lily fcttled any try ever vas,
thereby adding g" ;he consequence o! The Int Of o.