Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-11-17
(From the New York Ledger
OHIO AND riGCUMSEH.
RY HON JOHN SHERMAN, UNITED
STATES SENATOR Fir N OHIO.

BY HON JOHN SHERMAN, UNITED
STATES SENATOR Fir N OHIO.
The early history OF Ohi6, and
especially of the Ir,ilan Chief lie
cu,nseh. is rather "A broad thcm, for
Il Column in the Lejger- The long
struggle with the Indian tribes. the
iiloo,tv fights on lake and lan;I with
British alri Int iails, and the hard
ships, privaiiouS and prrils Of the
eariy set lers of OAio. make Il sub
jrct ior history rs varied an'l il>trnc
tive, if not sn dramatic. us the Con
quest of Mexico Some day the
maud oi Il skliliul ma-t"r will group
them into mole than one vol,imii-
as uli oi interest anl adventure ~
Tie best chapter of Prescott. The
materials for such Il history are AN
pie Some of the early settler
wrote IS we'll ms they fought rhe
leading events are recorded in oil
cial reports, and the lesser incidents
uf our local history have been pre-
ser,ed in letters, sketches. cIlirc
tons and books. Perhap. the best
Of these is Judge Burnet's Notes
ON the North western Territory
rhe column YOU asked me to iiil
would scarcely serve for 4 clironn
logical table of principal events, bnl
il will. he cnouyh to rriutud vuur
readers OF the Wonderful changes
made 10y !, single generations %, lar,h
Inpu and women who. witltln the
measure OF one life. have c inverted
the Northwest Territory from Il
savage wilderness intn the hnne ol
more than tea millions Of prosper
nuS Christian people NV liIp does
not 90 back far enough to enable
me To speak from memory, tut my
parents were pioneers. AMI some oI
nv ntighb rs. unw living. r,.Inrm
hpr when Ohio wis organized rs Il
State, and several "f them fought
with British and Indians ut places
now occupied by towns and cities
In 1887, When the Ordinance amt
Constitution OF the United States
were adnpte |. On o was an alan Isl
uuhrukcn forest, full of wild game
and inhabited hv powerful tr;b.s oi
, Indians, who made their stand on
tins their iavorite hunting ground.
against the approach OF the white
man. with more tcnacity and c0ur
aye Than ever before or since The
lii 81 settlement was established in
1883 ut Marietta, On the Ohio river
rrai Rnius Putnam. and vas com
posed mainly of massachusetts sol
dicrs, who had served i'll the R..v-
| luton. They certainly iii not shn Il
much Yankee sagacitt in the srIrc-
tion oi land, for thio purchase i.
as Il body. the poorest agricultnra'
land in the State. though in;.iu lin.
sune beautiful valleys fhiS So
| tleinent WAS followed Suoa hy Sev
eial others near CIacinnati oI ,yha,
l. kIin',;i Is the Sim.ue> iirciiass
la 1876. the wiGle white ppt.u!n:ipil
al lI1 Northwest WAS estimated al
fifteen thpusa,ri an.l in 1870 thr
census shUwed 43 365 J'his sec
ilou now ContaluS more ii.an ten
millions. ani OatD ale ur has Il !.p.
| ui;ltlon ot near three MILL ms. or a<
many lnhahitants as ali tue Anarri
cln colonies had when taey de2l iry.sl
| their Independence lac p:,,,u--
tons and property of OAic are i.,a
more than twoioid lii vain" ih il.n
iuclions and property OF the Uniic
States during or ut the clos. ul The
Revolutionary war y .rpvth -
extraordinary wa, on. achieved j.
oulierln9S and trails that wt ga.
form no conception of Imlilu-
wild beasts, forests, fimines, fevers.
poverty. financial panics and revul
sions-cvery form of evil to whicii
man can be suhject-were in theil
turn met and overcome. | know
the readers Of the Leiger will agrc,
with me that out of their trials have
come as hartlya d Intelligent Il race
of men and women as can be found
i'll Il portion of the world.
| The history OF Ohio during this
time naturally divides itself into
first, its civil history, which include,
tie opening of farms, the growth G.
towns and cities. and the develop
ment of civil ami Social hIbits. law.
and institutions AMI secondly, it.
military history, which inclu'les tn,
tong and bloody struggle WITH tn,
Indian tribes. they were aided al
most always by the British" as ou
fathers called the English soltliers
agents and traders, and generally
t with d bitter emphasis on the wore
British" which evinced the stron.
: feeling Of hostility that the combi
uation of Proctor and Tecumseh