Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-05-26
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] enterprise being accomplished, the con-
pany separated and most fsthem returned
to their homes. y.
4 The above remarks induced me- Ia look
| at the Indian tfeatiss made itl fhe period
there referred to, and to examine also the
progress Of the creation and divisions Of.
counties in this region; and If youthink the
accompanying notes Of sufficient interest,
you my publish them. w
You viii see that the Cuyahoga river
was prominent point sslong time ago." as
well as in our days.
The treaty Of Fort M'Intosh was made
in l795, with the Wyandots, Delawares,
&c. and BY it was ceded the territory en-
braced within the following lines: begin-
ming at the mouth ofthe Cuyahoga-thence
up to- the Portage summit where Akron
now is-and down to fort Lawrence on the
Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum--
westwardly TO the head waters of the Miami
then down the southeast side Of the
Maumee to Lake Erie, and down the Cuy-
ahoga.
Fort Hamnr, l7s9-made by Gen. AR
thur St. Clair, with the Wyandots, &c. re-
affirms the boundaries just described, andin
consideration Of peace and $4,000 worth Of
goods, grants alltheir claims TO the lands,
east, south and west of them, reserying the
right of hunting, &c. This last grant Cow
ers all the w estern Reserve between the
Cuyahoea Gnd Pennsylvania, 6 sra
Greenyille, 1705-the Indian power had
been nearly destroyed by Gen. Wayne, or
"Mad Anthony" as the natives called him,
in the decisive battle fought the preceding
year on the Maumee, opposite the present
town of Perrysburg, and he at this treaty
imposed his own terms, which, under the
circumstances, were liberal. The line
between the whites and the Indians was de-
fined as beginning at the Cuyahoga, thence
west to For: Recovery on the Wabash,
thence to the Ohio River opposite Kentucky.
The Indians also ceded Fort Defiance, II
miles square on the Maumee: Detroit;
Mackinac, 6 miles square at The mouth OF
the Chicago, &c. and released all claims
to the country east of the Cuyahoga. g
Fort Industry, 1505-with the Wyan-
dots, &C., fixes the west boundary on the
west line of the Western Reserve. >&
Detroit, ls07-mude by Gen. Hull with
the Ottawas, &C., grants region of couni-
try about the Maumee and a part Of Michi-
gan. ...-...
! Brownstown, l808--wi,h the Chippewas,
&c. grants l30 feet in width for the road
now running from Lower Sandusky 10
Perrysburgh, and mile in width to pay
the cost of construction. e't4
Maurnee Rapids, ls17--between Gov.
Cass and Gen. M'Arthur, and the Sene-
cas-, &c. ceded territory, the east line Of
which is little west of Sandusky river,
and the west line is somewhere west Of the
Maumee, but not far from it.
These are all the treaties that discover
affecting the title TO the country about Lake
Erie.
And now I trace the Western Reserve,
through the civil divisions Of counties.
WASHINGTON CoUNTY-Established in
l76S-included the territory between the
Cuyahoga river and Pennsylvania line and
a line running up to the Cuyahoga to the
portage between that river and the Tusca-
rawas; thence southwestwardly to the Sci
90, down to its mouth and up the Ohio to
the State line about forty miles below Pitts
burgh; embracing about half Of the State,
and in which are now Cleveland, Ashtabu-
la, Steubenville, Marietta, GAINESVILLE, Coz
lumbus, Portsmouth, &c.
WAYNE CoUNTY-Established in l796:
beginning at the mouth Of the Cuyahoga;
then up the river and southwardly to the
Muskingum waters, west to Fort Wayne,
northwest to the west side Of Lake Michi-
gan, north to the territorial line between
the United States and England in Lake
Superior, then through lakes Huron and
Erie to the Cuyahoga. These limits en-
brace what is now a part Of, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, and oil Of Michigans
and the towns of Ohio City, Detroit, Michi-
gan City, Chicago, Sault St. Mary's, Mack.
mac, &c. Our neighbors across the
creek would now think that law and Justice
might cost too much if compelled to 60 to
Detroit or Chicago for it. .
JEFFERSON CoUNTy-1 97---included the
country west Of Pennsy ylvania und the Ohio,
and east and north Of line from the mouth
Of the Cuyahoga, southwardly tothe Musk
ingum and east to the Ohio; Cleveland,
Canton, Steubenyille, Warren, &C., are
within it. Ae
TRuMBULL County 300 -includedthe
present eight Reserve counties.
GEAueA .CouNTY--1 1SO SO5--included most
Of ofAshtabula,all Of Geauga as now defined,
and most Of Cuyahoga counties. New
Market was the seat Of justice, ssand the
courts to be held at the house Of Abraham
Skinner" just above the present village Of
Fairport. Tss \.
PoRTAaE--l 6O7 included all of the
Reserve west Of Trumbull as now limited
! and south Of the 9th range Of townships.