The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-07-13


in the interior showing determin
,tion to enforce their claim j Fhecess
ry, by resort to arms Among the
forts was one on the =Cuyahoga- rive
in wnat is now Northampton, in til,
Co. before its division nThei Englis
clyim was based Oh the fact, That, j
1897, the CObots, father andrsen. sale
along the coast, and discovered New
foundland---though there is no. evi
dence that they,sor any other Eagiisll
men landed GU the coast sfor invent
years thereafter; France and Eng!an
though deadly opposed to. each sothe
were united in their oppositien. TO b
claim of Spain, and by their advance
south, and finally by Ia settlemen
formed by Sir Walter Raleigh, in l5Sa
in North Carolina, backed as hedwas
BY the power of Engiand,i Spain Wa
compelled to abandon 4her claim to. al
of the territory except Florida, which
she was allowed to hold ddpva virtue o
its discovery by Ponce deLeon.ba9 a9i1i
England and France, lIow- became
sole proprietors OF this valuable. prize
and it soon became evident thai boti
nations were preparing to tcst thei
exclusive claim by an arbitration o
arms. The Indians; who We're rea
owners, were not consulted ia the
matter. In 1734 the long threatened
contest begaii, and continued TIL l760
when France was completely deIeaie
and by the Treaty ofParis, in l763 she
transferred her title to America to
England. and England, blythe Treaty
Of 1888. at the close OF the Revolutions
airy War, surrendered her title, asouill
Of Canada, to the United .States.oii. -
Bv the Treaty of Eeri Mcintosh, in
1855, the Indians ceded all tho. terrific.
ry N w. of the Ohio river and east oi
the Cuyahoga, Portage Path and Tus-
caravans river 10 the United States, by
which they acquired complete, per.
iect, equitable, as well as legal title
the Spanish, French, English and IlI-
dian claims being all merged in The
United States title.Itdau8 fsaf eLsiii
= BY the compromise between The
United States and Connecticut, in l1SG
cOnsummated blythe deed of tho Pres
ident of the L. 5. on the 3Oth of May,
1900, the L. s. conveyed the tile 10
this ReSerre oi l20 miles west OF Penn
syivania TO the State OF Connecticut,
which, on the 9th of September, I795.
gave deed Off to the Connecticut
Land Co, for the consideration Of 81 .
700 OO0-and that company, on The
same day, executed a deed to John
Morgan, Jona,hin Brace, and john
Caldwell of the Reserves to hold as
Trustees fer The company, and from
them is derived all the land Titles on
the Reserve.
This claim of Connecticuu,h under
her charter of l662y yalso came near in
vOlying the icolopies of Connecticut
and New York in a war, AND was. the
cause Of the first successful resistance
of the colonies to- British tyranilyi
Two years after granting the charter
granted to his brother, the Duke of
Y YorE, charter of whit is now New
York, cutting entirely across the ter
ritory conveyed to Connec icut by her
That colony would not aac.l
1nowiedg re the validity of the charter
,f the Duke of York, which made the
river the western boun-
larry of their colony, and to- lest it
,uilt fort at Saybrook, on the west
ide OF the river, and of course on
erritory claimed by the Duke OF Y ork.
The Duke, backed by his brother the
King, determined to enforce his claim,
md tor that purpose ordered Major |
AndrOss, the Governor of New York,
o proceed to Say brook with iiiiiiia.
v force and drive of the intruling
lankees. z-t ED lf53sofg .si.ssA aitI
On the eleventh of July, 1919, Just |
ue hundred years before the COM
of the Revolutionary War.
iov. Andross, with several armed I
loops. cast anchor in frontsof the lit
lie Fort, and hoisling the British flag.
elnanded its surrender. Captain,
Iull, in command OF The Fort, hoisted |
he British flag ana refused to surrenA
er. A parleyn was agreed on and
row. Andrpss and stall landed, aud
act Capt. Bull, and producing the
harter of the Duke of York, com
landed that it be read. . Capt. Bull,
nth as much decision, forbid its being
cad. Coy. Andross enquired "W hat
your name sir ?" s''Bull, said tie
aptain. "Bull," said the Governor,
well. you ought to have tips on your
orns."-a ,iiW zpdH 44n'sVia1 3a -s
Finding he could not effect his OBJ
,ct, the Governor weighed anchor,
Oisted sail l,and returned 10 New York
his Capt. Bull the hero of Fort Say
roOk, and the Arst successful resistant
t British tyranny. just one hundred
ears before the commencement of the
war, was the grand
Ither of Thomas Bull, of Hartford,
onn., one of the original members OF
,e the Conn. Land Company, from
HON many III Portage county, espec-,
lily III the eastern and southern parts,
erive their land titles = generally
nOwn as ''the Bull tracts" 'i t'-'iE
From this feat of Capt. Bull origiila-
,d the curt, slang expression '.BaHgGI
" a great, daring Or noble act. 4.i 9.
But there were other conflicting
aims TO the vast territory Of which
ortage county forms Il part. IEHiB~a
New York claimed 10 own the Re-
ave as far west as the Cuyahoga riv-
AS that river was the western
ouidary OF The Iroquois or Six Ma
ions of Indians, that New York had
ken under her control. Virginiad
aimed the whole North Western
crritOry on two grounds, ,r first by
,rivatiom OF tile from The London
and Co." in which, that company
I'd conveyed to Virginia. in 1919. all t
&c territory extending along the coast t
r 200 miles north and south from
Id Point Comfort, land up into tlle
nd throughout from sea to. sea, west
I'd northwest" The difficulty with |
is claim was that "Thc London com /
my" was dissolved and lis clarltrl /
,clared forfeited on a writ of Iao
r,ranto in 1921, and the grant was |
sunied by rlle King. d
Secondly, Virginia claimed that il |
II title was not good in consequenco t
the dissolution of the company I
ON whom she derived il, She 6wnGd 5
6u right of' conquest. Notwithstahd- t
. the Treaty OF 1882, the English '
,vernment, in open violation 81 the c
eaty ,maintained garrisons at Detroit, i
kaskaskia and other places G
'Om these British posts the Indians /
ere supplied with arms and inmu- c
tion and encouraged TO war Oh the /
American se.tlaments.- j
ne frontier OF Virginia being cxten- {
We was particulurIv exposed TO the I t