Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-05-26

! dangerous shore, and the next bHlow might
dash their little barks into thousand pieces
Besides he had assumed the responsibility
.lof running BY the fort, and though success.
4 ffnl4 IN the attempts yet If The boats were
cast away or lost, the whole responsibility
of that catastrophe would rest upon him.
In this state Of suspense and alarm man
from one Of the boats came running from
the beach with the intelligence that all was
lost. No anxiety could be greater, no
suffering mole intense than was that Of the
men on shore. They flew UP and down
the shore to see if some assistance could
not be rendered, or tidings obtained from
their shipwrecked companions. They
found thrown upon the shore gun and oar,
which they knew belonged to Captain Beard
who had charge Of one Of the boats. This
circumstance increased their alarm and
gave new point to their grief But they
were not allowed to remain long in this
painful suspense. The next moment they
met Capt. B. himself, and inquired if all
was lost. He replied that nothing was lost
but a gun and an oar! The other boats
reached the shore but they sustained much
injury. Fortunately no lives were lost.
One of the boats was so much injured that
it could not be repaired and was thrown by
the damage to their cargoes was incon-
siderable. , s.....
While the boats were repairing at Sodus,
the agent proceeded by land to Canandai-
qua He there met General Cleveland
with instructions TO him from the company,
| if he thought it advisable, to run by the
fort. This in measure relieved his ankle
ty on the subject.
After a detention Of nearly two weeks
they again embarked on board the three
remaining boats, and prosecuted their toll
some journey up the lake. Nothing unusu-
al occurred during this part of their journey.
After numberless embarkments and re-em-
barkments, they landed their stores at Fort
Erie, Opposite Buffalo and crossed over. to
Buffalo to. hold council with the Indians.
They found the Indians assembled to the
number of about one thousand to meet them.
These were the remnant-a week and
feeble remnant of the mighty Six Nations.
"The glory there of had departed" This
tribe whose name had spread terror wher-
ever it was known had now assembled to
give mere forms to treaty which was to
surrender up their vast dominions into the
hands of their deadliest foe, the white man.
This was one of the last public acts of
that nation. They knew that their exis-
tence was short; that the progress OF civil.
cation would soon waste away the little
remnant, and ''leave not wreck behind"
They had, therefore,. left their hunting
grounds, and assembled around their council
fires to exhibit for perhaps the last time,
the fancied splendor oftheir own greatness.
Red Jacket and Farmers Brother con-
Quoted the treaty on the part the Indians,
and they managed quite adroitly. But they
relinquished every claim and gave the COM
pany peaceable possession of the country.
So many presents were made tothe Indians,
that they were ever after the friends Of the
company. "'2
After the completion of the treaty, they
pursued their route up Lake Erie. Profit
ing by their sad and nearly fatal experience
on Lake Ontario, they kept near the
south shore of the Lake to avoid the danger
Of sudden storms.
On the 4th of July, l796, the party to
their great Joy first set their feet on the
virgin soil Of Ohio. On this day they land.
ed at Conneaut, and there celebrated the
Twentieth Anniversary Of American Inde-
pendence.
Their joy was complete at the successful
termination Of their journey. They had
been greatly threatened with dangers, but
had escaped them all. Though several
times their enterprise came near being de-
feated, they sustained no material loss or
injury, and it is singular and striking
feature Of this expedition that notwithstand-
ing they visited this new country in the
most unhealthy season of the. year. not a
| life was lost from sickness. Providence
seemed to smile upon them with peculiar
favor.
The survey was Immediately commence
ed. The surveyors proceeded to the south
line of the Reserve and run line west five
miles from the eastern line of Ohio, thence
run a meridian line to the lake. In this
way the survey Of the townships east Of the
Cuyahoga was completed. The Indian
title to the land west of the Cuyahoga River
was not then extinguished, and the party
this season confined their labors to the land
east Of the River. N.5 ,fes.
Only two townships were surveyed into
lots, viz: Cleveland and Euclid. In the
latter part Of July, they reached Cleveland,
built a log house, and with all due solemnity
gave this place its name. /.
During their stay they were subject to oil
the rigorous hardships Of the wilderness. -
Frequently deprived Of food and sleep, they
were strangers to all the enjoyments OF
leivilized society. gis5 ~. ggieeb y5i.
! On the 9Th Of October the object Of the