Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-25

finished world, but furnishcd them the raw ma
| terinl, accompanied with the command TO- de-
has This command been more literally obeyed
| than in the Maumce Valley, Cities have been
opened with ali nations, and schools and
| churches add the ernces of refinement and piety
| to the sturdy independence Of tho descendents
In . ripe old nge. looked back from this hirh
state Of Improvement to the wilderness life
TnfR %fS sS eo9 sSy Win pass
md0nd hi.'
Judge Dunlap then followed with an elabo-
rate and exhaustive statement Of historical
facts Of the olden time Facts, the statement
Of which evidences deep research, and eminent
literury ability. His remarks were prefaccd
with the caption
'sIxrY YEARS sfScE,"
embracing "reminiscences from Con. Il. Hunts
experience:
Dr. Abraham Edwards, nt Dayton. He became
SqlTEeSS;n SUI, S;n Ssnsrsl Of hEi, & &Sr|ya Eolns S ons
dinod at General Huls table.
NUTS cANrAfGS.
The army left Dayton in the forcpart ef June.
| We struck the Muumee River about the 10Th Of
that month In passing through llulls Prairie
a clear summer day when the army struck the
riycr, at the bend Of the big dnts about two
miles above Fort MeiFs, There wero thTee, ,regi-
Infantry. who had joined Hull at Urbnnn, and
were, just come from the victory OF Tippecanoe.
in all 800 men. After coming through the will
derness so many days II was one of the most
beautiful sights ever saw TO look upon the
broad. open channel Of the river. expanding
among the Islands and sweeping of into the
| blue distance in graceful curves. The high
banks were clothed with the primeval forest.
and the Lowell bottom land and islands were COW
| cred with grass IL was not half an hour be-
| fore the whole army wac in the water.
When We leit Daytona u regiment went forward
| built Fort Findlny, where tho town now Is.
| Colonel Macarthur went next, and built Fort
Macarthur, at the crossing of the Portage RIVER,
near where Bowling Urccn now is, in Wood
! county. There is where the Indians chased Ma
jor Oliver when he pnssed through their lines
out of Fort Moiss. That fort was surrounded
by British and Indians under Proctor. Oliver
! wns the only man who would volunteer to go out
! tucky, who was nj Defiance. on his way TO rein
| force Harrison. Hearing General Harrison was
/ fcrpd 10 GO condition that he might choose
| two men to go with him.
MAJOR oLtvER's FEAT.
The two N were put under his orders and
these three lett the Fort on horseback about two
bs ~ be bosrd ham snC Tm
gave, the alarm and came ont. They halted and
stood stu in narrow path when they heaard
! Indians were all around them.
1t tue horses had made the lenst noise they
would have been discovered; -, But the horses
/
! If they were listening.
When the Indians supposing il to be falso
half IN hour, until he supposed they were
asleep. Then he made II dash by them towards
Fort Macarthur. followed by Is or 20 Ind-
thur. just ns the Indians came in sight III the
prairie mile behind them. having come OH
| gallop some Is miles hotly pursued.
| Here he rested n few hours and then went
| through the woods for Defiance to deliver Har
rison's orders to Gen. Green Clay. These or
ders were to divide his force of SEQ men into
| two parts one-half to come down each side of
the river.
| above the end of the big island and near whore
! the lower lock OF tho canal now is. British
battery was planted: This battery was to be
| taken, tho guns spiked and thrown down the
bank. The soldiers were then to retire under
the cover of the guns of Fort Meigs to boats
which were TO be ready waiting to take them
DuDLEY's DEFEAT.
The battery was easily takcn, which so elated
the men that. militia like, they said, they had
taken the battery, and would go on, and take
and cnrry out the orders to spike the guns, throw
| them down the bank and retire. The result
was' Proctor sent up up infringement Of British
! hnck Of where the Court House now stands.
The ,Kcntuckians pitched pell NELL into tho
woods, then very thick with underbrush. heny-
! lily tmbcrcd and swampy. following the Indi;,
ans who feigned retreat. Three hundred and
fifty lost their lives there; md four hundred Ti
there. Major Wood after whom Wood county
was named had left the field with Charley Mar-
s4y Old Indian trader & who had jSSinsd ED, the
the hill following an old Indian trail leading
to Fort Wayne, they reached point near; and
turned Just then to sec if the Indians were fol,
lowing. AZ he turned, ball struck him and
S 00S hFrH of hs his h M STTrd
but MS he went he heard tho blows OF. tho toma.
hawks killing Major Wood This is the &C, account E
terry having. been left in position, and not
spiked, the British retook it..
The prisoners were all taken down to Fort
MgIrj pnbteci'utm from the Indians. One of
| the guards was shot down by an Indian, and
somo Indians forced their way in, and began to
tG2mpGhawk the lone, knives as they called the
! untecrS who was there, related the story Of an
eccentric genius among the prisoners When
th .he Indians forced tho gate and were passing
| naturally crowded MS far away from the ga teway
as possible. This soldier was little fellow
exposed to the first attack, and was not strong
! enough to force his way to IL better position be-
hind his fellows. So he dropped on his knees
| he went, " Root little hog or die. - The guard
not not, being n able to protect them. Ieeumseh was
made . speech to the Indians and shamed them
for killing prisoners. He said, " you re moth
ing but s1ua"S you ought to have petticoats
Meiigs whore there are some armed men fighting,
and take hand there, instead Of killing prs-
oners here" lie shamed them SO they gave it
TEcuMsEH.
Iecumseh was not large man, but strong
and well made, He usually dressed very plain
feathers, one given to him by Mrs. Proctor tho
other two by wives of other English officers.
These were fine ostrich plnmes, one white, ono
rcd, one black. lie wore them tied TO his queue
behind, hanging down his back. He was gen
orally armed with his pipe; ;to,mahawk and
band. he ,rcsemhlcd very much 0tusso, IN OF
tawa war chief who died at the mouth of the
river before the Indians were moved.
the Mnumec river. They remained Mt the Big
Flats three days, the General expecting every
day to hear news from Washington Of the dec
down The left bank Of the river. having @ fordod
land below Miami. Thcre they found small
vessel which was chartered and sent ahead for
Detroit loaded with the officers wives and bag
gage. On the way she was captured by the
British, at Maiden
DECLARATION OF WAR.
On the march from Miami to Monroe. when
about halfway news reached us Of the docla-
we did, through a fur ccmpany's agent. who
to2k II by express direct TO Canada.
The Canadians might have taken Detroit by
surprise before Hull got there. Hull stopped
two days at Monroe to mako display OF his
troops. Thence he marched to the river Huron.
sne'S ne e Me ea,npea M IN an open pralrle Meeould
ship, QaeeA Charlotte, which lay in the lake OF
Maiden. Some Indians were observed at n
distance; During tho night we were aroused by
q false alarm. HILLS apprehension of an at
| tack BY force which might be landed from
the Queen Charlotte, gave color TO the alarm.
Y was afterward learned that the Indians were
| Wyandots, who offered themselves as allies at
Detroit. Their services were not excepted, as
our GoyeTnments orders were to have nothing
| to do with them
At that time there wore no British troops on
board the Queen Charlotte. On the occasion Of
this false alarm II was whispered in the camp
| that the old man Hull was good deal frighten-
ed. The next day we went into camp at the
River Rouge, seven nj lies from Detroit. We
marched in great disorder, strung along five or
six miles. Hull halted there eight or ten days
| TO prepare his men 10 make q display in the
streets OF Detroit. Detroit was then q town of
ed his men through Detroit and back again to
camp on the River Rouge. After some days
he moved qp and crossed the Detroit river IN