Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-22

hewed the logs and split the floor
from an ash log"
/ found it to be Aaron Miller, the
father of Morris Miller, one Of our
best men in Bath.
Miller passed Hale and arrived in
Wheatfield before him. He had located
on lot eleven, built cabin, and been
back for his family. Moses Latra on
the lot east of Mr.. Capron's, on what
Is now the road from Ellis corners
to Old Portage. Mr.. Hale arrived on
the 4th of July 1910, and sure enough
he drove right up TO the house Of
Aaron Miller. His team being weary,
he enquired of Miller where he could
find pasture to turn tbem.-Miller re-
piled the wide world is before you"
Such was the accommodation of the
first settlers.
Jason Hammond, having the first
claim, selected lots 26, %, 2S 20, and
80. Jonathan Hale, having second
claim, selected lots II, Il, 13, and part
OF IA. These two locations embraced
the land lying between the Cuyahoga
River and the high hills west, and
were the site of the old Mingo town.
On an old map, published by Lewis
Evans in 1T55, copy of which is
given on page 100 of "Ohio, its History
and Antiquities" it will be seen that
the Mingoes are located on the Cuya-
hago River, a little above the Tawas-
French house." there laid down, al
though the author thinks it is in
Brooklin, was, undoubtedly at Ponty's
camp in Boston. If there is any cor
rectness in the map, this is undoubted-
ly, the location of that trading post.
The Mingoes who inhabited this val
ley when Hale and the Hammonds
located were band of the Cayugas
Skikellimus, the father of Logan, the
NIingo chief" was the chief of this
band, and once lived at Shamokin
in the State of Pennsylvania, where
he became converted to christianity
under the preaching Of the Moravians
He was ever the friend Of the whites
and so highly did he esteem James
Logan, then the secretary of the Pro
vince, that he named his son Logan
after him. This was the celebrated
Logan, the Mingo chief" whose
speech, at Old Chillicothe, in 17T4
Mr.. Jefferson gives in his notes OF
Virginia.
1t will be recollected, by all whC
are posted in the aboriginal history o.
the country, that his father, brother
and sister, We're murdered near thu
mouth of Yellow Creek, on the Ohio
in 1T74 by party commanded by Capt
David Greathouse, one Of the Indiar
hunters. A more base and brutal mur
der, was never com mitted. In tn,
spring of 1874, party of Indians en-
camped on the north west of the Ohio
near the mouth of Yellow Creek. 4
party of whites called "Greathouse
party" were encamped on the op
posite bank. The Indians consisted
of Logan's father, his brother his sis
ter and her babe. The whites got tn
Indians to drink rum, and when the,
were drunk, tomahawked the Who'll
of them. The woman, with her babe
attempted to escape, but was sho
down. Till this time Logan had beel
the advocate for peace-and to him tn
Indians had given their consent, whel
the news arrived from Yellow Greek
The consequence was that Logan, VIII
had been for peace, raised the hatchet
and declared he would never bury |
until he had taken ten for one Thi
threat he literally fulfilled His cele
brated speech, at Old Chilliocothe il
t November, 1774, at the treaty fo
, peace, is well known to all lover
of native eloquence.