Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-06

nurse was III lull reUuiSlJlOn Tor the |
smallpox broke out in Campus Mar |
titus, and her knowledge in treating the |
disease was of great value to the ply
sicians, who were all young and mex
perienced men.
In 1891 the Indian war began, and
all the families of the little settlement
, sought refuge in the blockhouse. Sun.
day, which was kept with Puritanical
str'ctness must have been long day
to the restless little children. One af
! teruoon Mrs. Lake called some of them
to her room and for more than an hour
held them entranced by the wonderful
stories of the Bible After this, Sun
day was a day to be looked forward to
by the little ones. rather than to be
dreaded. The cls1 grew until 1T
numbered twenty, and was removed
! from Mrs. Lakes room, where the
children sat on the floor and on bags
of meal, to the room in the northeast
Block house. which was used for
school during the week, church on
Sundays and court room whenever 1t
was needed for that purpose.
Thus was formed the first Sunday
School in the new territory. a little
seed cown in the wilderness by an
humble hand, but destined to bring
forth an abundant harvest In 1875
Mrs Lake moved with her family
eight miles up the Muskingum, where
she lived until her death in 1902. In
1889 the Sunday Schools of Washing
ton county erected marble monument
at her grave in Rainbow, but her work
is her lasting memorial.
Ever since the world began physical
beauty has played great part in the
history of nations. Aphrodite rising
from the foam of the sea and creating
dissension among gods and men by re-
ceiving the golden apple Of discord,
Helen OF Troy, whose fatal beauty was
responsible for the ten years siege
which the Greeks ragged against the
Trojans, and Cleopatra, who changed
the course of the Roman Empire by
causing rupture between Antony and
Augustus, are well known examples OF
the power which beauty welded over
the hearts CT men in the days of old.
Human nature has not changed since
then. Every hamlet has its daughter
, of the Gods, divinely fair, and about
her name is often woven charming
: web of truth and romance. The first
, settlement of Ohio possesses such a
, character of Louisa ST Clair, the Oldest
E daughter of the first Governor of the
i Northwest Territory. Like some
c bright vision she burst upon the vii
e lage and was soon the belle of the gar
E rison. Coming from Philadelphia
e where she had been much admired fol-
- her beauty and wit one might think
Y that she would have wearied of tn;
t monotonous frontier life; but not so
q The young girl of eighteen was full o.
f animal spirits and ready to find amuse
t ment in everything She could con
auer the most spirited horse and wa'
= often seen dashing through the opeI
e woodland around Campus Martius a
. full gallop, followed by some young of
{. fcer of Fort Harmar. She was an eX
e pert huntress and could bring down
Il squirrel from the highest tree as cas-
3 as backwoodsman. No skater on tn
icy surface of the frozen Muskingun
,,;. bo,. In pttf
81 of her exploits give Louisa st Clair S
Is romantic a relation to the simple We
a momentus annals of Marietta as tina
y exploit in which it is claimed that sh
o influenced the fortunes of the state.
.e When Governor st. Clair arrived a
!. the Muskingum he intended to make
l. treaty with the Indians at once, bu
y owing to collision with the red me
n in the interior it was December befor
le the council met. The great Mohaw
E. chief, Col. Joseph Brant, or Thayan
W dangea, who was at the head Of six ma
e. tions esDoused the cause of the west
IN ern tribes in the controversy with tn
lie United States on questions of boundar!
lie and declared that if five of the six na
Is tions had sold themselves to the Devi
A. otherwise the Yankees, he did not il
W tend that the fierce Miamas, Shawnee
nt and Kikapoos should. He refused to
as present at the treaty at Fort Harma
2. but sent his son, who came down til
ne Muskingum with 200 warriors. YouI
To- Brant stopped at Duncan Falls and IL
is. formed the Governor by runner th'
On he wished the treaty preliminaries
nd be fixed there in what he was please
k. to call their own country, meaning b
mt yond the guns of the fort :
an Clair suspecting plot against hil
rk sent word back that he would answ
h 3 by ranger. When Hamilton Kei
tn who was selected for this duty, reac
IT. ed Waterford. he saw tracks and so'
nd came upon Louisa st. Clair dressed