Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-05
PENN'A. R. r. TIME TABLE,
Letter from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
FoRr WAYNE, Ind, MAY 81, 1878.

FoRT WAYNE, Ind, May 81, 1873.
Mr.. Edilor-Dear Sir: The defeat of the
allied tribes at Tippecanoe crippled the In
disns to such an extent that they never sue
ceeded in making another decided stand
against the whites, excepting the Miamias,
who were attacked and helpiessly defeated
BY Lieutenant John b. Campbell, on the
Mississinewa river in 1872. Slowly and
surely they gave way to the steady step
pings of that people who were destined to
SOW the seeds of Christiany and Civilization
where once they dwelt IN all tbs nobleness
of their savage nature, which, although
not exactly commendable, yet it is with
Feelings of pity and regret that the student
of their history views their pitiable and sad
fate. Long and bitter was the struggle
that ensued before they left defenceless the
viction that their title to this great land was
a .sfee simple" one, perpetual in its grant,
and stamped with the approval of the
s.Great Spirit" whose children they were,
is it any wonder that they sought TO retail
ate on those who had invaded the sacred
precincts of their wigwams who had
robbed and murdered their fathers when
under the influence of that s'demon" which
was instrumental in the accomplishment of
their "hellish" designs We answer in
the language of Losan-"No when he
r ed
him; when he came cold and naked,
clothed him; but, serpert-'ike, when held
him to my bosom until warmed to life, he
turned and sting me-" sNever," says JEFF
ferson, sswill / forget those mournful words,
RWho is there to mourn for Logan -
In 1915 the Territorial Assembly passed
and presented to Congress a memorial ask
ing for admission into the Union as S tate,
and on the 9TH of November, 1916, the Ter
ritorial Government was superseded BY a
State Government. The question is often
asked why the growth of the State has been
SO slow up to within few years ago; but, in
comparing her condit1Un with that of most
of the States of the Northwestern Terri
tories, from typographical and geograph-
cal standpoint, many reasons present them
selves, which, when carefully examined,
will enable one to give true solution to
this problem. In Illinois, a. in all prairie
States where the natural advantages are
many 10 aid in the erection and easy way
for railroads, avenues of travel are quickly
opened up, and one years immigration will
amount to more than ten in State covered
with heavy forests, like Indiana was when
found in the first days of her settlement.
Where these forests prevail We generally
find the land swampy and wet, and until
they were cleared away and the land ex-
posed to the influence of the sun and wind,
her interior was almost inaccessible; and il
was only along navigable streams that roads
were to be found, and these were nothing
more than Indian trails, which in time be-
came well-beatcn highways; and expert
ence has proven that it takes twenty to
thirty years to make good roads in soil
heavily timbered. In going from one set
tlement to another, and in making journeys
TO and from mill, &C., often days were GUS
toned. so great was the distance and the
inconvenience OF crossing streams, where,
perhaps, a Temporary structure called a
bridge had been washed away by freshet,
trees blown across the highway" and
many other drawbacks, too numerous to
mention" Hence il will be very easy to
see that instead of the early settlers turn
ing their attention TO questions of pnblic
enterprise and general utility, they had to
devote all of their time to extorting from
the soil their daily sustenance, which they
considered paramount to public improve
ments.
There is some difference in opinion as 10
the geological formations that are found in
this State, but so strongly are the character
istics of the drift OF the northern half OF
the State marked, that the conclusions are
almost unanimous that this DRIFT is the re-
suit of the Glacial period, and that its pres
ent distribution was effected by the agen-
cies of ice and water. This drift is COM
posed of sand, clay and gravel and numer-
GUS boulders of rock of crystalline and
metaphoric nature that are found embedded
In it. There are scarcely any positive OBJ
jections to refute or question the truth OF
the upper or boulder drift proper as belong
ing to that period, while below this we lind
a compact bed of clay whose dark lead color
is owing to the high state Of impregnatlon
of ferric sulphide. Siliceous rock, gneiss,
greensboro and pebbles are found in this
bed corresponding with what is found in
surface formations. The age of this drift
is hard to ascertain, as no fossils are found
excepting the imperfect remains of forests
of semi-tropical trees, but the condition
and nature Of it would lead to the belief
that is formation was accomplished BY grad
uEl dispositions, unlike other places found
where we are led TO believe that the de-
posits were the result of rapidly dissolving
glaciers. Superficial deposits are found in
the northern counties, while beneath them
are uniform strata Of rocks. These deposits
are mostly in ridges of almost pure sand,
and from their nature seem TO mark the
gradual retiring of Lake Michigan to its
present margin. While the dip OF the out
cropping rocks of the State are westward
vet it is not uniform, for we find in the
southern part the dip is westward about 80
feet per mile, while in the central part the
dip is south of west 20 feet per mile, and
in some places the strata are upheaved SC
that many reversals take place. The LoweI
Silurian formation presents the lowest rocks
of the State which come to the surface
while the Devonian formation outcrcps in
heavy strata of limestone belonging to the