The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-02

euty rods long. Passing afterwards over
a very rich bottom, they came to the
main branch of the Muskingum (the
Tuscarawas), about seventy yards wide
| with agood ford. A little below the ford
and above the forks of the river, was
| Tuscatawas, "a place exceedingly beauti-
full by situation" The lands on both
sides of the river were rich. The coun'
try on The northwest side was an entire
level plain, upward of five miles in cir
cumference. The village of the Tuscura-
was was abandoned and the huts werein
ruins, Judging by appearances the in
habitants, who were now with the Della
wares, were supposed to have had about
l50 warriors. The beautiful nlain where
the army encamped on the 18th, after a
march of eight miles and nineteen rods,
is the site of Bolivar, in Tuscarawas
county. ..t.
On the 14th they remained in camp.
Two white men who had been detained
as prisoners by the Delawares and Shaw
nees, came into camp with information
that those tribes were desirous of treat
ing for peace, -,
On the 18th the army moved two miles
and forty rods down the Tuscarawas, as
we term this branch of the Muskingum,
and encamped on very high bank. The
river at the foot of it was upwards of one
hundred yards wide, with fine level
country at some distance from its
banks. ...... '.I....t.
On the 10th Colonel Bouquet erected
a small stockaded fort and completed his
arrangements against surprise, That
day six Indians came to inform the COM
mander that all their chiefs were assem-
bled about eight miles distant, and wish
ed to come in and make treaty. Coo
mel Bouquet agreed to meet them the
next day in bower at some distance
from the camp.
Accordingly on the 18th, he proceeded
with large portion ofthe troops to the
conference bower, and the Indians came
in, sat down upon the ground, and began
to smoke. There were fifteen Seneca
warriors, with their chief Kiyashuta Of
the Delawares there were twenty war
riors and two chiefs, Custaloga, of the
Loups, or the Wolf tribe, and Beaver of
the Turkey-tribe. On the part of the
Shawnees were six warriors and Kessin-
autchtha, their chief Kiyashuta, Tur-
tle-heart, Custaloga and Beaver were the
speakers. .
The distance by actual measurement
from the encampment before crossing
the Sandy, to the deserted Indian village
on the site of Bolivar, by the route tray
eled, which lay almost entirely along the
north bank of the Sandy, is twenty-nine
miles and ffty-nine rods. \
The entire march from the site of
Beaver to that of Bolivar was sixty-seven
miles and three flrlongs, while the dis
tance from Fort Pitt to the first council
fire near the fort may be approximately
stated at one hundred miles. The tarth-
est points northward reached by the eX-
pedition, seems to have been at, or near,
where it crossed Sandy creek.
On the 22nd the army, accompanied
by the Indian deputies proceeded down
the west bank of the river, towards the
Wakatomaka towns about the mouth of
the Whitewoman river.
On the 25th they reached the high
lands one mile north of the Walhonding
or Whitewoman and encamped The
distance of this point from the Big Beav-
er or Mahoning river, by the route of the
army, is one hundred and one miles and
eghty-three rods. Colonel Bouquet
caused stockade to be built, with four
redouts, and erected cabins and store
houses, determined to wait for the arriv-
al of the prisoners whom the Indians
had agreed to deliver. He had now
reached a central position among the
Indian towns.
On the 9th of November, 206 prisoners
including women and children, had been |
delivered, of whom 80 men and 5S wom-
en- and children were from Virginia, and
40 men and 81 women and children from
Pennsylvania.
Colonel Bouquet now determined to
close the affair and make his winter
quarters at Fort Pitt. On the 18th Of
November the army broke up its canton
ment at the Whitewoman and marched |
for Fort Pitt, which they reached on the
2Sth of the same month. The expedi-
ton was conducted with great skill and
prudence. The savages, although in
great strength, found no opportunity to
make an attack. No prisoners were ta-
ken, no one died of sickness, and every
man Of the party returned, except one,
who was killed and scalped by an In
dian when separated from camp, at Tus-
carawas. Colonel Bouquet arrived at
Philadelphia in January, 1765, and re-
reived complimentary address from the
and also from the House of
Burgesses of Virginia. Before these
resolutions reached England, the king
promoted him to be a Brigadier General.
He was ordered to the command Of the
post of Mobile, and the next season died