Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-03-25
MAUMEI: CITY.

It is well known to most of those who will
read this article that the place mentioned at
its head, stands at the foot of the Rapids Of
the Maumee River, and opposite the town of
perrysburgh. Maumee City, or Maumee, as
it has long been called is the Oldest town upon
the Maumee River, having been inhabited long
before Perrysburg, Toledo, or Manhattan
wore OF ar known r,a-i. 20 tir'ug iIr
deed had there never been spirit abroad in
the earth, known as the fever Of speculation,
it is very doubtful, if a part at least, of the
ubuve named pllces would have had an exis-
tence. At the time when that grasping and
energetic nation, the French, conceived the
magnificent project of monopolizing to them
selves the trade of those tribes Of Indians
who then inhabited the whole Of the great
valleys of the Ohio, and Mississippi rivers,
and in the furtherlnce of their undertaking
cstal he'd a Gordon of poets military and ira
ding, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico,
Maumee became one of those important posts,
having been chosen for its accessible position
from the Lake, as well as for it's proximity to
numerous tribes of Indians who resided upon
the fertile bottoms of the Manmee river, and
its tributary STRAINS. To this post came the
llrge trading vessels of the French, mixing
their customary visits for the purpose of car
rying away the rich cargoes of f'urs and pei
tries, and of supplying the residents of the
fort with their necessary stores, both for de-
fence and trade, and to this pl,oe they came,
because on account of the rapdty and sill-
lowncss Of the river they were unable to go
higher while, at the same time the channel
TO Maumee has always been sufficient for the
vessels used fur the navigation Of Lake Erie,
and the adjacent waters.
Under the capitul,t ,tion at Montreal in the
year 1860, this important post, together with
several others was ceded by the French to
Great Britain, and Mlumee became military
and trading post belonging tothe British Gov
ernment, and was, as such, attacked and tl-
ken by the Indians under Pontiac. in May in
the year 1862, and retaken by the British un-
der Gen. Bradstreet, during the same year.
The American Revolution terminated in the
recognition Of the independence Of the United
States, ut which time it was undoubtedly ex-
pected that the British garrisons would have
been removed from within the lines. This
seems, however, to have been but partially the
the case, form 1890, We find the Fort at
Maumee garrsoned by company of British
soldiers. The Importance Of this post seems
to have been well understood by all parties
whohlve ever striven for, or held possession
Of it. Situated at the head Of navigation OF
the finest stream Of the north west-opcning
large and laxuriantly fertile country, capa-
bic Of sustaining dense population--being
the military centre of the whole surrounding
country, It's choice seems to have been dicta-
ted by consummate judgment, and its value,
BY all parties fully understood, and appreciated.
On the 2Cth day of August, 1874, the whole
of the town Of Maumee, in the neighborhood
Of the fort was destroyedby the Americans
under Gen. Wayne, and from that time to the
close of the last war, Maumee was the scene
Of either open warfare, OF border skirmishing,
having been succeasively occupied and claim
ed by both parties.
&present Maumee presents but little re-