The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-13

early youth, and even In childhood, and
must therefore Iely mainly for what l may
communicate upon information derived
from others many years since. H]11
The paternal ancestor Of Isaac, Jona-
than and Ebenezer Zane immlgrated to this
country from England about "A. ID. l7SO
and settled at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and some years afterward removed TO the
south branch OF the Potomac, in Virginia
with his three sons above. named, and
three daughters whose names i do moi
nov. ieGonect texceptihg EltSabethi kor
Betsy, rs she was then called, spoken ol
by Mr.. Doddridge in his notes on Virginia
US the heroine at the seige OF the fort 9l
Wheeling, about the, time of BraqdQcks Z
wal, ,iwho moulded tho bullets and carried
them in her apron to the "boys" defend
ing the fort)
When about nine or ten years old,
Isaad Zane lWaSI0 0taken prisoner ny the
Wyandott Indians near his fathers cabin
intViFpitii, and carried through tile VII
dertness 70 Detroit, where, and In tho
vicinity he was detained until he arrived
at the age OF manhood, becoming so iden-
Tiled with the lie, character and Ian
gusge of his captors, that he refused to
Return 70 lis relatives and friends in the
East. When about twenty-five years ol
a6e he emafried 1.-THE daughter ot the cale-
bFated Wyandottc Chief ThFhe, or Crane
at Lower Sandusky,. Ohio. This woman
lWasa' fine specimen Ol her race, bong OF
half Cansdiap,F French, blood. Zane, with
q few, Others OF his tribe, (the Bear set
tied At what was and Is still called the
Beaver Dam, d short distance north OF
Kenton, Hatdinlcounty, Ohio, cultivating
tho bear, deer, otter, beaver and other
small hirredT animals for D. subsistence
and iiyelibood. III r9flio brE
In about the fyesr 1908, Mr. Zane and
the late Capt WIN. McColloch, purchased
Com the ,latc Lucas ,Splliyant Esg.,, q
ttScG lofl ono; Thousand acres pr land
On Mad River, on tho center ofWhicll
.nowistapds tho villages06 Zanesiell llQ,
gan county, Ohio, Mr.. Zane, lived and
r6tnained dn IRIS 'trict OF f'Ilnt living q
pca6eAlI and quiet li(e;y ;yl6ng anterior t4
and during tic War Of 1872, occasionally
hunting the deer ofwhich there were .
great abundance JIM the vicinity Mr..
Zane wasiin the habit Of visiting his
friends and relations at Philadelphia at
periods Of from two to five years for many
years EonhqfsebacB previous tohis death,
always carrying in his sadd ddlebagsia lbeAvI
ers skin, from which to have fine beaver
hat manufactured for himself in the city.
He never enjoyed the privileges OF q COM
mon education, andcould barely wrlteAis
nsme onAaper.g He was 9 memher lot
aie n. E Ch6rchEfor nmhN years before
Ids DEATH I He died in peace In 1915,
aged about eighty-six years.
Ebenezcr and Jonathan (the younger
brothers or Isaac Zane), afler' their arrival
tat the, age ufs1nahhood efrligIated west
tSFafd46 the easttbanErs OF tfie Ohio River
at Wheeling, West. Virginia, ap9 were
celebrated iort their bravery and intrepid
ity in the defense of the frontiers against
theincufsiohs ofthe indians In the wars
of those days. They afterward became
the proprietors and owners Of the tract of
land upon which the city Of Wheeling,
West Virginia, now stands, rs also the
island,sitlatedifn the Ohio River contain
ing 800 or 1000 acTesof exceedingly rich
alluviaL land, opposite and west OF the
city of Wheeling -,
S"s"zASE's TRACE"
As to the matter Of, t,"Zane's Trace" So
called, Is@ill not pretend to be accurately
informed, and Suggest that n more certain
information may be obtained by reference
Ssy At tfs | Department Of War; Ra ag'Ssh-
Nv information. however, Is sctlht the
Government at Washington, Iesirous TO
have explored more pertectlystbe terri
tory northwest Of, The; River Ohio" pro.
cured tFse services Of 1sa6c dnd Jonathan
Zane i(anll another, tPerhhps, whose name
has escaped my recollGGfon), experienced
and expert lwoodsmen, to explore and
mark out route. or trace as guide for
future travellers Through the then wilder
ness, from Wheeling westward to some
eligible point on tho -Muskingum river,
thence west to like eligible point in the
Hockhocking Valley, and thence TO Mari!
eta on Tie Ohio rfveF, and perhaps cm-
bracing other important points; but OF this
/ am not certain. This trace 0Froute, ,as
1 am Advised, embraced the towns ot
ZahesVilIofi1M MusklHgam county Laneas.
ter in Fairfield county, and terminated al
Marietta on the Ohio river. The gentle
men above named received for their ser.
vices in this behalf from the General Gov.
erumcnt, grants for four sections of wild
lands2thrcc sections III the county 'oi
Champaign, and 'sne in Fairfield county,
now the site of Lancaster, Ohio.