The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-05
$4,000 monument in granite will suffice

a $o,O0O monument in granite will suffice
to mark the location of the fort.
Inc area embraced by the battle of
FALLEN Iimbers is about twelve and one
third acres, which it is proposed to pur-
chase, at an estimated cost of 800 an
acre, and to erect at conspicuous point
a granite monument, so as to bring the
total cost within $1,000.
Upon the completion of Fort Industry
Gen. Wayne led his army back up the
river to the village of the Miamis, and
there, on Oct. 20, fort having been
completed, fifteen rounds of cannon
were fired and the fort named Fort
Wayne. 1t was located ON the highest
land in the state of Indiana, and this
has given the name of the Summit
City to the city now there Wayne
then returned to Greenville. where he
represented the United States in the
treaty negotiations in 1895
A considerable portion of the site of
the old fort belongs to the city of Fort
Wayne, the remainder being now occu-
pied by the New York, Chicago and st.
Louis railroad. Except the well no trace
| of the fort now exists, and the part of
the site not occupied by the railroad or
the city streets is reduced to a small tri-
angle, which is inclosed by an iron fence.
| 1t is proposed to erect within this tri-
angle monument similar to those sug-
gested for the other points Of interest.
The other two points determined on
for commemoration, Fort Meigs and the
Put-in-Bay burial ground, belong to the
| period of the war of 1912, when the Maui
NEE valley became again the theatre of
| military operations The hero of this cam
paign was Gen. William H. Harrison,
who in February, 1918, erected and es-
tablished Fort Meigs, ten miles from Fort
| Industry. While the work was in prog
| ress an unsuccessful attack was made by
Tecumseh and again in July following.
Gen. Harrison and Tecumseh had first
met in arms at the battle of Fallen Tim
bers, and they met again here, each com.
handing. Tecumseh is described as zone
of the most splendid specimens of his
tribe, celebrated for their physical pro-
| portions and fine forms-tall, athletic
and manly, dignifed, graceful, the beau
ideal of an Indian chief" The victory
was with Gen. Harrison, and Tecumseh
was killed during this war. The outlines
and works of Fort Meigs are nearly all
preserved, and no pillow has been per-
mitted to run over the graves of the
dead. 1t is embraced in the farm of
Michael and Timothy Hayes, who for
| the twenty years of their ownership have
not permitted any dissertation of the
| graves, of which there are several hun
| dred, almost wholly unmarked. They
contain the remains of those who were
| killed in the battle, who died during its
occupation and those who were killed in
the attack on the British batteries at
Fort Miami, across the river.
The area of land necessary to include
the fort and the graves is about fifty-five
acres, valued at 500 an acre. The works
themselves are in such good state of
preservation as TO constitute their own
best monument, and it is proposed only
to purchase the land. erect one large mon
ument in Fort Meigs, to cost $40, 900, and
three others at So, 900 each to mark the
burial places, making total of $50, 500.
Fort Meigs was named in honor of Gen.
Meigs, but he suggested as a name for
the village that in after years sprung up
just east the name of Perrysburg, in
commemoration of the hero of the naval
victory on Lake Erie.
After this victory Commodore Perry
buried his dead on the island of Put.
in. Bay, now an important port on
Lake Erie. The burial ground is about
sixty feet from the shore of the lake, and
in its center stands willow tree, the
whole inclosed by a chain fence, now in
fallen and dilapidated condition. 1t is
included in an area conveyed by j. De
Rivera to the corporation in trust for the
public, to insure it against obliteration.
1t is proposed to erect a new iron fence
and granite monument.
g. S. MDC.