The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-04-24

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sist for eight or ten days on dry
beans, boiled in water, without eth.
or salt, grease, or bread, and those
had never known, before that time,
what it was to want for any thing
On the other hand, the dangers from
the Indians seemed toaugment every
day.
The colonists were BY this time
weary Of being confined b tfew acres
of land; their industry apdtheir la
Dor was lost; the money md clothes
which they had brOughtsSere nearly
gone, They knew not % whom they
were to apply to get theif landsj they
hoped that if Waynes campaign
forced the Indians to make a lasting
peace, the scioto company would
send Immediately, eithetto recover
or to purchase those promised lands;
but they soon found out their mis-
take. After the treaty otGreenville,
many Indians passing tHfoug Cali.
polls, on their way to The seat Of
Government and several travellers,
revealed the whole transaction, from
which it was ascertained that the
pretended scioto company was COM
posed of New Englandors; the names
of very few only being known to the
French, who, being themselves igno-
rant of the English Language, and at
such a distance from the place of
residence of their defrauders and
without means for prosecuting them,
could get no redress. Far in "a dis
tant land, separated forever from
their friends and relations with ex-
hausted means, was it surprising
that. they were disheartened, and
that every social tie should have been
loosned, nearly broken, and great
portion of the deceived colonists
should have. become reckless? May
the happy of this day, never feel ',as
they did, when all hope was blasted,
and they were left SO destitute.
Many of the colonists went off and
settled elsewhere with the means
that remained to them, and resumed
their trades in more popglous parts
of the country; others ledDa hall .say.
age life, as hunters for sims, the
greaterpart, however reso into.
a general assembly 70 nl q me-
4ofial' Of their grievances ahss send
it to Congress, The memorial claim
ed no rights from that body, but it
was a detail Of their wrongs and suf-
ferings together with an appeal to
the generosity and feelings of Con-
gress; and they did not appeal in
vain. One of the colonists proposed
to carry the petition; he only stipu.
lated that his expenses should be
paid by contribution Of the colo
nists whether he succeeded or not in
their object; but he added that if he
obtained as much, he would expect
for himself the quantity Of land he
had paid for; viz: 1000 acres; and if
the rest who had no land got some,
he would be repaid by their graft
tude for his efforts. AT philadelphia,
he met with a French lawyer NJ. Du-
ponceay, and through his means he
obtained from Congress grant of
24,000 acres of land, known by the
name of the "French grant" opposite
to Little Sandy, for the French who
were still residents at dallipolis.
The act annexed the condition of
settling on the lands three years be-
fore reviewing the deed of gift. The
bearer of the petition had his 1000
acres, the rest was divided among
the remaining French, amounting
to ninoty-two persons, married and
single.
For a continued account of the
colony and biographical sketches of
distinguished individuals see the
authors history of Gallia County.