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

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it. Has buried, being tho I. first, whit
ape1aoa buried in thatFpIace.Ii fIsf,aen
!, isd The great object of the Second el
!, peditiOA was tV fnish the meridian q
R4ngeilinss, coiliHienced, by the, fir.
). Observation-Disclosures Of the Guys
shOga riyers POrtAge Path. and si1usci
fAWas, as these ~ ere ahe ibsnndary be
tween the purchase made ot the iLri
i Quoie, ~ Ft.l Aclntoshr and the, Wesl
Srn Ind ians. This line was lrppir b
Moses Warren, Whose field, noses,wert
. few years ago, in possession, of Gei
Ssm]. d. Harris, your former Count
Survey or aud Aaditor: Esgs lFentalfa
-dOu the 9th OfJaly. 49,, u RicharalsM
Stoddard, one OF the SURVEYORS wa
ordered 70 compiete the 9th meridian
Of range iStOddardk being lame e.At
water took his com pass aud run til
line for, ten miles enStsddard over
took him and took the line and finish
! ed it, Atwster, with one assistant
then left that line and met Theodor.
sheppard, the Ply sician OF the expe
dtti0h, at the north east corner O
Palmyra. To make. myself under
stood i Am compelled to use moderl
names for. the . TowDships,-at5s tina
time they were known By the number
and range Of tho Township THUS. it 4
was TO speak Ut township ,, in the 8tf
range. few, perhaps would think wal
speaking OF Rayenns--but that wa,
the name by which it was known, ii
being the eighth township west. OF the
Pennsylvania inesand the third town
:hip north Of the southern line of the
reserve. 1lliad g.fJ siiE Et9a sGl
On arriving atithe northeast corner
of Palmyra Moses Bickneil an assisst.
ant, who accompanied Atwater, was
taken by . violent. fever. Atwater
took the c0mpas and run the line be-
tween Braeevilie and Windhain, where
kickneat became too sick to ride ON a
hOr- ~ Here was real trouble. At "a
great distance from u amy comfortable
place tor the sick-witllOut medicine,
And iyisOramti Of its use ifi theyo had
any ne guide but their compass or
township; lines marked on Tie trees.
To get him TO cleveland was most de-
sirablc, it possible. Necessity was the
mother Of invention. They took two
poles, anu fastened theili together W it'll
bark, SO as 10 go by the sides Of a wo
horses, like the thills Ofa wagOn-.one
horse following the other, SO far apart
a. te9adnit man to lie iengthWise
between tssm.a With bark and blank
ets they made HE bed as comfortable Z
~ possible, aud by'tW istatt bark ropes
hske II to the pack saddles. o'i D3nlol
1Atwater left shepherd, with one tasI
sistant, to run the sfcmaissder OF the
line, as best he could, AID startled with
the sick iDau for Cleveland. lie went
so0tll tV the corner Of PALMYRA, then
west on the third parallel. The next
morning he sent man ahead to their
camp osi the CuysisOga TO haye u boat
readyStO take the siclC man down tile,
the old iudian trail from FL.
McfntOsli TO iSandusky, he met his
messenger with the sad intelligence
that the camp was broken up and the
boats gone Atwater .tfien directed
him TO go to Cleveland aud have a
b0at come up, aud hieet him at athe
soath iineiOf G Independence, in .Cuva-r
h0ga county. Atw.ier proceetled
north, On ihe rest liue Of Stow to the
north line Of summit county, and then
west to the place appointed for meet
ing the boat In this litter they had
BicknelI five days, and dis
aace of fifty IIiies. lie had q high
eyer all the time and had his reason
,ut small part Of it They arrived
It the river carly In the forenoon OF
(uiy 25th, and Bicknell died in about
NO hsurs thereafter. Tinker the
principal boat@an, with boat arrived
little afternoon. l aAtWater was anx-
ous to take the body to Cleveia nd ,but
he beatmen, from . superstitiOus no.
ion that IL boded bad luck to carry q
lead body on the boat, refused, and
le was buried near the river on the
outh line Of Independence. ss aisds
i have given this case at considera.
lie llsngth, To show the hardships and
,rivations of those who, by their toll
nd sn9ering prepared this region tor
'ur home. II il q singular fact that in
he first exploring expedition of l79G,
here was very little sickness, and not
jdeath-while in the second expedi-
ion, Of 1881, there was an immense
mount OF aickRess and seven deaths.
This year. 1877, was remarkable for
wo celebrations Of our Independence
lone at Randolph in this county, the
'ther at Burton, Geauga county,. a5
On the first OF July party was sent
y run, and mark the parallel east and
rest, between the iirst aud second tier
f tow aships north ofithe south line OF
he deserve. This line, OF course, run
etWeen Randolph aud RootsfO WI.
he party arrived on the north line of
on the night OF the third 'of
uiy, where they found . fiue spring
( water. The party having plenty OF
'hisky, and the spring furnishing
lenty Of water, they resolved hot to
'Ofk on the next day, but remain at
he spring and celebrate ourlndepcnd-
nee. In the company was an Irish l.
lan, who loved Independence aud
Ihisky. He gotfso full OF sIHdepend-I
nee and whisky, during the day that
Q died in the might. Having no tools
18th which 10 construct u coffin or dig
grave, Oh the following day they
sticks with which they
lade hole large enough to contain ;
is body, in which they deposited him
lcOffined. t'ifty-two years after !
ards, Elias Sbriver, who owned the
.rm, On digging q cellar near the ,
,riuY dug up the bOnes-of this man
no died Of patriotism. Judging {
ON their work the rest OF the COLI
my were ncsrly aS patriotic as Pat :
ck-fOr On starting their limo they !
~ WI ~ 0SSe tuO
Drthcrn townships and adding OH to
Ie southern, until they got to about {
'c miitiie of Portage township, in I
county, when they fonud they {
ero several rods too lar MOrth. In l
cad of gong back and correcting
eir live, they here made square off |
I down to the true line. This Offset j
'pears ON the map, and is unsccount- 4
lie without this explanation. c
On the Same day with the ceIcbra- =
3n of "the Fourth in Randolph it 9
rs also celebrated in burton, Geauga 7 I
unity. Im l796 Judge Young, from 1
hOm youngstown in Mahoning q
UNITY takes Its name purchased the '
id where that city is located, aud I
cut on with his surveyors, to survey l.
ID mark it out. About the first Of [
liy, James Hillman OF Northampton 4
J., who had Been ali lndian trader, {
nony thew lndisns and French, b
ON 17T6, ON returning from one of Z