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

sOiNct dhu Ildi TIE TOdu. h1TLIdut
: raised - com panyI cOf assistants wht
place afterwards called ..Skinnar'
!. Landing" and commenced their werk
On the third of July they got to bur
ton. AS the company had a plenty o
whisky, and Burton could furnish
plentys'of water, they resolved thai
they would not work OH the next day
but celebrats oar Independence. oI
At that time there was not a. Posi-
Office or mail on the Reserve. The
nearest Post Office was at Pittsburgh,
to which they sent, and from which
they received their letters. For this
purpose one of the. company by, the
name of Adkins, was appointed mail
carrier. In one of his trips to Pitts
burgll he met a friend who had Just
returned from Philadelphia, bringing
four lemons, which he gave 10 Adkins.
with these 1t was resolved to cele-
/ brate wit Lemon Punch. For punch
bowl they had to use tin milk pan
In the company was one man who lie t
home and Joined the company, in coE-
sequence OF an inconPatabiIity of tenn
per between hlln and his. wife--in
other words they fought like cats and
uOSS3 0Ho SHC HILL VII LQI6
account he left her, and Joined the
Kirkland party.i On getting the punch
well mixed Kirkland raised the milk
"our wives and sWeethearts at home,"
and taking a,swig passed it on, till it
came to the man with an incompatible
temper, who repeated the toast with
AL amendment. He gave, .Our sweet.
hearts at home-the Devil take the
wives" This is noteworthy as it was
one of the second celebrations of our
Independence and the first time that
lemon punch. or a lemon, was eyer
seen on the Reserve h1"l3ai'i 'H
81 The year 1897 was remarkable for
the first wedding, and the first christ
ening of baby, OH the Reserve. Col.
Alexander Harper, and others, arrived
At oHarpersfield; aAshtabula county,
from Delaware county, N. Y. In the
company was fine young widow, by
the name of Mfngus. There lived, at
the time. at Newbnrgh, Cuyahoga
county, bachelor byrthe' name of
James Hamilton, who found it was
not good for man to live alone, and
heariHg 0f the charms of widow Min
gus, resolved to make her mistress of
his cabin.a lie accordingly took two,
horses, and riding one, led the other
through the woods to the abode Of the
widow. 0 lie found her no less willing
% exchange her widowhood than he.
was TO exchange his bachciorhood, for
married life. But here was pinch
there were Ii magistrates OH the Re-
serve, nora preacher to. marry them.
But where there Is 4 will there is gem
orally found a way. There was then
lying on the lake shore. about five
miles west ofsGrand river, man by
the name OF Moses PARK, who, had
been q Baptist preacher, but getting a
little loose Oh the handle, had abjured
not only his professiom but his religi-
Gus faith. As he had been preacher
they declared it "a case of emergency"
and that, he would answer. Hamilton
put the widows feather bed on one
horse, for side-saddie, on which she
rode, and he motntc,f The other horse,
and they started through the woods in
search of the quanaam preacher. On
ARRIVING at his cabin and informing
him OF their business, he objected, as
he was not preacher-but on their
urging the necessity of the case-that
here was no preacher, nor Justice on
.he Reserve, he consented to assume
he sacredotal functions, and in due
Orm pronounced them husband and
wife. They mounted their horses and
proceeded TO their cabin home inNew-
)urgh. The defendants of widow
Mingus and Hamilton are among the
,est citizens of that p1ace-and physi-
ally, mentally and morally will COM
,are favorably with the descendants
,f those married in the most orthodox
tyle. H. ..-
In 1897 David Abbott, a lawyer
rom Worcester Co, Massachusetts ar
lived on the Reserve anI l,cated on
he Chagrin river, where Wiiloughby
Tow is.l He was on one bank and an
indian own on the other. The fol-
owing year his wife presented him
With beautiful little daughter. She
must be christened, but here was the
was not a preacher ca
he Reserve to perform tho important
business. This. child was not only
ovely in the eyes OF its parents, but
n old. Indian chief, by the name of
VaubemOng almost adored her. He
would take her to his camp, on the OPP
'osite bank of the river, and decorate
er in all the splendor of Indian taste.
lie asked Of Mrs Abbott the privilege
# christening her in the Indian man.
.er, to which Mrs. Abbott consented.
)n the day set for the ceremonvWau-
emuBg appeared in full dress-the
agile feathers in his cap indicating his
ank as chief, and after much religious
cremony he received the babe in his
rms, aud with upturned face he in
oked the blessings of the Good Spirit
u it as he pronounced its name, in
indian, signifying Forest Flower. Her
arents aiterw ards bad the bad taste
j change her name from Forest Flow
r. TO Mary o., by. which name she
,ar married. OH arriving at woman
ood, to Frank u. Parish OF Sandusky
ity, where she died several years
20. Ii thus appears that the first
'eddihg on the reserve was sOlena-
ized by. ;,n apostate preacher, and the
rst child christcned byfa pagan In
ian chief.
In I79S Amxi Atwater, one of the
xploring expeditions, selected his
md on the north side of the Cuyaho-
a, in Nantua, where Mantua Station
ow is, though he did not become
.tflcr till 1900.
1t now appeared that there was in
le n. w. territory 5000 free white
ale Inhabitants, which, by the Or
nance of 1887, entitled them to ter
toriai Legislature Before this the
overIer and three judges, appointed
y Congress, possessed all power, leg
lative judicial and executive. A
ore arbitrary, despotic form of gov
'limcnt was never devised. The peo-
e were now entitled to elect dele
ties to a territorial legislature, but
e right OF votin. was restricted TO
in fee simple of fifty acres
land. No others were entitled to
,te. The Governor also had a VETO
over, by which he could annul any
W the legislature might enact. The
overnor issued his proclamation di-
citing that on the End Tuesday. of
ctober, then] next an, election he
I'D for the purpose of eleciing one
.rsoh to represent each county in