Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-23
THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANN,
VERSARY
OF The Battle Of Fallen TimbSFS.

bers, which occurred on the old bat
tie field on Monday:
At an early hour yesterday morn
ing the inhabitants OF the Maumee
valley were astir before the national
salute rang out at the village of Mau-
NEE, and carriages of every descrip-
tion started with full loads for the
historic battle ground of Fallen
Timbers.n By the time the meeting
was called to order the river front
along the ridge was lined with We
hicles for distance of half a mile,
while an equally long line was drawn
up at the back of the Battle ground.
The scene within the ropes which
marked the grounds resembled
county fair, as much as anything else,
and the outpouring of people was
astonishing to the most sanguine
local prophet. Fully 5000 people
turned out to celebrate the ami
versary, and the seating accommo-
dations which had been provided were
not sufficient for one-third of the as
sembly. 1t was a good natured crowd,
however, and contentedly sat on the
grass on the sides of the amphithea-
ter-like location, at the center OF which
the grand stand had been placed. OF
course the main interest before the
meeting was called to order was the
Turkey Foot rock, and it was sur
rounded by never diminishing
crowd until 1890. In addition to the
hieroglyphics which call to mind the
peculiar cognomeR of the dead Indian
general, the names of vandals entire
ly unknown to fame are deeply cut all
over the rock. AS one old settler said
regretfully, ''It'sgetting so misfgured
that it's hard to see the turkey
track" The stone seems a little small
also, after so much has been written
about it, but one must remember how
much the rock has been looked at in
the last hundred years. The inhabi-
tants are very proud of the rock, just
the same. One gentleman spat dig
nifiedly and remarked impressively to
the crowd, Il come here in 81 and
sat on that rock first,n and an irreve-
rent cuss behind remarked, sotto
voice, And you haven't done any
thing else since"
The main portion of the assembly
from down the river came by the Clio
yer Leaf, which ran special trains for
the affair. AT promptly 1920, Colonel
Howard, the senior vice-president Of
the Maumee Valley Monumental
association, called the meeting to or
der and introduced the Rev. s. d.
Hutsinpiller, who invoked the Divine
blessing upon the assembly in few
we'll chosen words. The military band
then played new piece 'Recollections
of the War, after which Col. Howard
delivered an excellent address.
At the conclusion of Colonel
Howard's address, the quartet sang
a song, composed for the occasion by
Professor Ogden.
A business meeting of the Maumee
Valley Monumental association was
then held, at which many additions
were made to the list of membership.
Owing to the fact that no meeting
was held last year, and the deaths
which have occurred in the director
ate, it was necessary to elect seven
members of that body instead of the
usual three. The committee report
ed the following names, which were
ratified by the meeting: E. NJ.
Howard, Judge Lennon, Foster r.
Warren, R. B. Mitchell, d. f. Cook,
William E. Haines and o. w. Ballou.
Secretary Bolles then read notes of
regret which had been received from
the following invited guests: Colonel
William Wayne, Governor Matthews
of IRdiana, Asher G. Carruth of Ken
lucky, General W. HI. Gibson, Cover
nor Pattison, Senator Brice, Congress
man Ritchie, Governor Rich and ex-
President Harrison.
Hon. j. Kent Hamilton then pre-
sented q resolution which closed as
follows:
Resolved, That while Congress is
justly considering and appropriating
money for the Preservation of the
Battle Fields of our civil war, thei.
fidelity to principles and patriotism
is no less challenged to corresponding
Legislation for the forts and battle
grounds along the Maumee river from
Ft. Wayne to Maumee City. And be
it further.
Resolved, That while we gratefully
acknowledge the services of our CON
gressmen' and senator in introducing
bills for this purpose, we warmly COM
mend to them the policy of pursuing
them to a final enactment into law,
and that the aid of all western sena-
tors and representative in congress
is warmly invoked to promote this
end. J. KENT HAMILTON,
s. NJ. FORBES,
D. B. SMITH.
The orator of the day, Judge Sam
uel f. Hunt, of Cincinnati, was then
introduced. The committees choice
of a speaker was particularly happy,
from the fact that Judge Hunt was
the orator at the celebration at Ft.
Recovery Recently, and is deeply
versed in the history of the Northwest,
and the causes that lead up to the
military operations in Ohio and Indi-
ana. Beginning with the disasterous
operations of st. Clair, he traced
'Wayne's path from Pittsburg to Fort
Washington, and his northern route
to the battle of Fallen Timbers.n
The dry facts of history teemed with
life under the speakers eloquence,
and he held his vast audience through
the necessarily long discourse with as
much apparent interest on their part
as though his address was only
matter of few minutes. The young
er portion of his hearers learned,
many of them for the first time, the
size of the tiny army which was sent
out against three times its number of
desperate Indians, who felt that they
were making the last stand for their
land and rights. The secret British
sympathy with the redmen was re-
counted at length, and Wayne's