The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-04-15
Interesting incidents in the Early His
tory OF Ohio.

One hundred and seventy members Of
the Pioneer Association of Cincinnati, COM
posed OF those who resided in the State or
NorthWcst Territory previous to 1872. ON
the Ith inSt were I,Ssrd free over littlu
Miami Road, to Columbus at which place
they had u celebration of the anniversary of
the first settlement of Ohio. At Marietta, in
liSS. The occasion is said to have been
interesting and profitable,
\ speech was made by Gov. Tod. who
said il uity-oight years and one month coli
sliulcd a litle 10 membership hc WAS ready
to go IN ON probation.
Col. Chambers, of MusNingum. said he
was 81 years of age, At II hG was u
bearer OF dispatches for Gen Lee, from
Virginia to Pennsylvania, from whom hc
carried letters to Gems Washington and
Alexander Hamilton, ut Carlisle. Pcnnsyl-
vanja. lie went to XlucsNille in 1910, and
became editor of the first paper established
in the State, tie was two years clerk OF
the Senate, once Congressman, and ten
years Representative in the Legislature.
David \. Putnam, a grandson ct Cen.
Israel Putnam, WAS present,
Rev. \, Poe II grandson of tho great In
dian ightcr-Adam Pur-was among the
speakers.
At Columbus, the &C, 4 G. Road ten
dcrcd excursion tickets to the Association
to Cleveland, which We're accepted by six
ty-hvc of the number
The ohio state Jol0Y,R improved the oc-
caSion of the visit to reproduce some inter
cStmg tao;a. (of which we avail ourselves,
SO far rs space will pcrmit,) concerning the
early history aud settlement of Ohio. The
first settlcmcut of the State was made in
lTIS, by Il company OF Frcuchmen calling
themselves the "Ohio Company" who eS.
ablished posts on the Maumcc. The first
permanent settlement OF lie State was Ma
rictta, in l1Is. General St. Clair was ap-
/ pointed Governor of the Territory. The
second settlement was at the mouth of the
/ little Miami, five miles above Cincinnati
\ third settlement was made ON the cell
/ ebrated "Fvcuch Grant" at Golipolis, early
/ in 1872, Tho Connecticut Reservation
along the tuyahosa, was partially settled
ia the year 1900 10y about 1000 inhabtutS
I The first Territorial Legislature met in 100
/ In 1902 the Constitutional Convention met
at ChilNvu,ho and the State was admitted
into tho Union. On the 27th Of February
I OF that year the petition for admission WAS
received in Congress; ON the 9ih OF April =
hill passed the House To cuahlc the people
10 form Constitution, On the 27th the
bill passed the Senate and on the 3Otp the
Prcsilout signed it, OH the l9th of Feb.
ruary, 1893, an net WAS passed extending
the laws OF the United States over the State
In lTl2, in fight between tho French
and some English settlers, the first white
/ blood was shed in Ohio.
In l7Gi the ShawTccs aud nahwares
being hostile, Col. Boquet marched from
Fort Pitt into the heart OF the State, and. hy
. prudence and skill, effected with them All
, honorable treaty.
In l179 am expedition was planned
against the native ShawuceS, and their vii
laSo, Chillcothc, ON the Lit,le Miami, mean
the site of Ncuja, burned, Tho "Coshoctou
Campaign was an uunLpoyaut deHoustra
ton ON the MNskiugum in 1850 There
were several other myaSions of mimpur
bmcc about this time, That of Cob Logal
Edwards in l1S7, and Tod in 1889,
Morayian missionaries were in Ohio a,
early as 1862. NuoY,four of the Morayiar
Indians wore murdered in tho limits o
!, Tuscarawas county, in LISP, by y party C.
Americans under Col, Williamson.
by act OF Parliament in lI,I, all this tor
uiory, known as the Northwestern Terri
, tory, was made part u the Province o