The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-07-30
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war with what was called the mother coun
try-a strange kind Of neither to strangl
her offspring. [Applause.l But We WI
call her the mother country because, ate
all. great old England is something not +
be overlooked in the history of the world
Up to the time ofthe Revolutionary Wa
there was no special hatred between th
Indians and the few whites who cam
among them. But, after the English Gov
ernment began 10 em6itter the IndiaI
ssvsges against the whites, and then l
was The war between the white man ant
the red man became desperate, and almos
interminable, as it appeared then.
Now, I can not 60 into general detailed
history of all these transactions. That VII
be the business Of the careful and truth
telling historian. But will take this oc
casion to name some Of the few inoldenta
facts which may interest this audience. II
1892, owing TO the bitterness that the En-
glish Government had excited among the
Indians toward the whites, they became
extremely troublesome. and especially
in the vicinity of Cincinnati and the ad'
Looming region OF Kentucky, The Govern
msnt Of the United Ststes
HEADED BIZ GEORGE wAsHtSeToS
fapplausef called upon the States OF Penn
sylvania and Kentucky for s draft Of vol
unteeys to be sent westward for the pro-
| lection of the settlements in this vicinity
against the gathering mssses Of Indians
| who were croWdinghn upon them. Among
| those volunteers from Pennsylvania-and
here shall ask fhe pardon OF these good
people before ne if indulge in little Of
| that vanity so common, but yet somewhat
/ excusAble, in human nature, in alluding
| to the name of man with whom am con-
pected by marria9e-a man from whom
my daughter and my grand children draw
| their blood. Among those volunteers from
Pennsylvania was Duncan Macarthur,
| Tapplausel whose after life, as well as hin
preceding life, proved that he was from
| tier and a pioneer man of the very first
| class. He was tall, stout, robust, eighteen
/ years. of age, and as courageous as Mars
himself. Applause, He volunteered,
and, under the command of General Har-
mar, his first encampment was at q place
over which I drove the other day, In the
heart of Cincinnati, called Camp Washing
ton. [Applause. This was the begin
| ming Of his frontier pioneer life. Yet At
| terwsrd, when the army had been partially
disbsnded in consequence of the receding
tide of Indians, General Massie-Nathan-
iel Massie, whose name ought to be held
in everlasting reverence by all those who
participate in the prosperity and glory OF
the State for he was noble, energetic and
enteprising man-iapplause having some
means, became leader of the second class
of pioneers who went to make settlement
in this Little Miami Valley, aGd after
ward in the great Scioto Valley. Msssie
and Macarthur, and all the class of men,
Just like those VINO landed from the first
English ships upon the coast of New En-
land and the coasts of the South, Just like
that singular breed of men, had the energy
of mind, the breadth and strength of in
tellect, and the determination of soul,
which fitted them TO be pioneers Of one
half the world. Applsuse. They were
a class of men singularly fittted-in fact,
they were picked out and assorted and set
apart for this work from the very necessi-
ty Of the work Itself. George Washington
was the lead of the type-the lead, the
front, and will be forever the type of the
great family OF American pioneers. (Ap-
piause. Just men as he was, with the
varying degrees of intellect and the vary
ing circumstances by which be was sur
rounded, yet in IN every essential partic-
nlar, juet such man as he, was Massle,
Macarthur, henton and Boone, and all
the great pioneers Of the West. ( ApR' 'sRsesffl,
Massis was here at Jour owa Fort
Washington. In 1922, being man Of
some monisd mesns, Of fine education,
leader Of men by nature, with great enter
prise and great courage, he concluded that
there was some country along the shores
of the Little Miami that was worth look
ing after, and be made up company at
Fort Washington and went up as far as
oil he nkh
day, and it would have delighted me to
have picked on the very spot where the
incident happened thSt I am going to mar
rate.
ALL WAS WILDERNESS ALL WAS INDIAN
But these men wanted TO see about the
land on the Little Miami, and they went
up there, every man with rife on his
shoulder, Of course, and every msu that
was hired to tomahawk the trees to show
where the surveys had been made every man
carried rife on his shoulder, was not only
ready and willing but rather anxious to
to get g shot at an Indian. Applause
and laughter There were no roads
in those day g., and hardly anything
that could be called path, except now
and then a little straight line. Massie
started out one morning, but got ahead Of
his company, with the exception Of one
man, who followed close behind him. The
name of that man is still very dear to the
people of Cincinnati, and am induced to
tell the anecdote in order to bring home
to the people Of Cincinnati, and especially
that part Of it assembled, an
HONORABLE AND GALLANT modest
In the history Of the life of one Of their
men. There went Massie along the path.
and there followed this other man. and
this other man was Gen. William Lytle.
fApplause. Lytle discovered that an In
dian from the eide bushes WAS drawing a
bead on Massie with his rife, and jerking
up his own rife, he drew bead upon the
Indian and shot him down and left MsssIe,
There could not have been a more unfor-
tunate death for the interest of the West
ern country than the death Of Aassie at
that time.
AN INVITATIoN EXTENDED BY GOVERNOR
ALLEN.
A little while after this they went to q
place on the Ohio river then called Man
Chester, twelve miles from Maysville. This
was in 1884. From that point he sent
word to some Kentuckians and OhIoans
that he proposed to pass into the Scioto
Valley. Whether this world was six days
or ak years in making, there is not any
better spot upon the surface than the Sci
ote Valley. [Applause ana s voice ''They
make strong men there Yes, they are
all of good blood. Well, Nassle formed
his company and formed bee-line across
the intervening wilderness Of the Scioto
Valley. There was good deal of rough
land to cross to get there. And, now,
when you come, in one Of your future as
semblages, to hold q meeting at Chilli
cothe, as you viii be bound to do, for 1
intend to make 1t a point that you shall
come down and do honor to the old Capt.
tol of the State in due time; [applause1 if
you should do me the kindness to hold one
of your meetings there you will find every
man with open arms to receive you.
They will take it as a great act of kind
ness and no small act of honor to be recog-
niZed by so large and 30 respectable body
of pioneers that cleared out this beautiful
country for Us. If you come there, mark
you'll you could not possibly hope that we
could allow it that you should go away
from there without tTeading on the fret
piece Of land that ever Virginia military
warrant was laid on in that county, and
when you come there you will find a Ger.
tam house which has got some little noto'