The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-23
WYANDoT COUNTY.
Past, Present and Future.
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interest the general reader. Upper San
dusky, during the late war with England,
was made the head quarters of the Amer
lean army. Here, Gen. Harrison, with
his troops, was stationed and so late as
the land sales, held at this place in
1916, the remains of his Notifications,
pickcts DC, were still to be seen. The
court house and jail-yard now cover the
graveyard, or burial place, of those who
died while here under Gen. Hariison's
command. 1t is said that the remains of
Capt. Davis, Of Kentucky, lie buried in
the northwest corner of the court yard.
The spring used by the American army
is now owned by P. B. Beidler Esq, of
of this village, and now, AS then, wells forth
from the bank its crystal current, supply
ing the whole neighborhood with pure,
soft water. Several other fne springs
flow out of the same bank, but after max
ing scientific examination, the spring
now owned by Mr.. B., was the one cho-
sen by Gen. Harrison, and for that reason
is now looked upon with more veneration
than tbs others.
Three miles north of this place, on the
land now owned by Messrs. Grissel &
Griffith, was fought the battle, in the
year 1888, between portion Of the A
merican army commanded by Col. Craw-
ford and the Indians under the celebrated
Capt. Pipes, which lasted three days, and
resulted in the defeat of the whites,
and the taking of Col. Crawford prisoner.
Two miles further north, on the banks
of the sandusky river, was large Della
ware town, the residence of Capt Rpes,
at that time, head chief of the Delawares.
At the mouth of the T'ymochtee, the old
men, women and children of the Della
wares were placed byorder of Capt Pipes,
during the time of the battle with Col.
Crawford and runners communicated
with the camp every hour, SO that in case
of defeat, the Indians could have time to
begin their flight for whal was then called
the Black Swamp, portion of country
lying between the Western Reserve and
and the Maumee river.
There is an old colored man by the
name of Samuel Wells, now living in
Eden township, said to be ITO or III
years old, who was at that time a slave
owned by the notorious Simon Girty, and
was at the mouth of Tymochtee creek at
the time of the battle. This old man is
at present township charge; and a due
respect for the olden time should prompt
the citizens of Wyandot comfy to see that
he is well cared for.
About eight miles up the Tymochtee,
on the east side of the creek, on narrow
ridge or bat kbone of land is the identical
spot upon which Col Crawford was burn
ed. Tall trees are now growing near and
arching their green branches over the
spot, and although almost century has
elapsed since that bloody event took place,
upon the spot where the stake was plant
ed and the fire kindled, not solitary
bush grows, and It is only of late years
that the grass has sprung up over the
ashes of the dead. The bones of COL
Crawford lay bleaching upon the spot $50
says tradition) for years, until the Wyan
dot Indians, ashamed of the merciless act
of their allies, the Shawnese, Pottawatto-
mics and Delawares, kicked them down
the bank toward the creek, and the rise Of
waters swept them away forever. This e.
vent took place near the dwelling house of
Mr.. William Ritchey inCraword township;
and Mr. Richie informed us that few
years ago, in running a plow over the
ridge, ashes, Goals &c, were thrown up
on the identical spot where the burning
took place. The exact situation of the
place was pointed out to Col. Nc Cutchen,
by the Hon. VIM. Walker, of Kansas, 251
years ago.
Oughtnot the people of Wyandot county
erect monument upon the spot made sa
cred to us and our children, by the bap
tisn1 of blood and fire, in the offering up
of the unfortunate Col. Crawford, as
sacrifice to the pioneer spirit Of our An
glo-Saxon sires There was at the time
of, and for some time after, the execution
a large Delaware village on both sides of
the creek extending some two miles above
and below the spot just described. Half
a mile above is situated the village of
Charlottesville, where ample justice was
done by us to a good dinner got up by
Mr.. S. Hare, who does the landlord in
good style. Immediately adjoining the
village, on the west side of the creek, is
the farm and mill of Judge Carey. Some
800 yards below the mill-dam is beau
tiful sulphur spring, gushing out Of the
limestone rocks, and mingling its sulphur
Gus waters with the waters of the creek
We tasted the waters and found them de-
didedly cool and invigorating, but smell
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