The National tribune., 1902-04-03

her territory as to include the New Haven
Colony and extend westward from the
Narragansett River to the Pacific Ocean.
Charles III had no idea of the vast ter
ritOry included in the grant. After read
ing the. charter as presented to him by
Winthrop, he asked the Governor the dis
taHce from the eastern to the western sea
--meaEing from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. Winthrop replied that the western
sea could be seen from the hilltopS which
IearntIed the Connecticut Colony on the
west. TINS illustrating even at that early
day Connecticut cunning, which has be-
come as proverbial as Jersey justice"
Wild and barbarOuS Indians, prior TO the
organization of Connecticut as a State,
had occupied for unknown centuries the
wilderness now known as the Western Re-
serve. The warlike tribe of Fries Occu-
pied the southeast borders OF Lake Erie,
from which that body of water takes its
maine. Historians are not certain at what
date white men first visited that region of
country, but in 1879 La Sale, a French
adyentureT, lanched on Lake Erie YES
sci Of 90 tons, which was built at point
near Buffalo. He coasted along the south
erIy shores for exploration and to engage
III the fur trade. When the red men saw
the strange craft approaching with its
great spread of white wings, they were
badly frightened, and rushed into the
dense forests, where they hid themselves,
belicFing the vessel was 4 great winged
spirit which could fly, float or walk at its
will
Tho Pontiac Indian war in 1863 was
brought about by the suspicious of the In
dians that the English traders were con-
spring 10 eNtcrmlnate them. Pontiac the
leader Of the sayages, was a brave and
crafty Chief. His forces combined with
other tribes west of the CUyahoga River
and attacked several English trading
,,.FsY, fhaf-
tiac threatened to exterminate every Eng
lishman who had invaded his domain. He
remained good friend TO the French
traders and trusted them, but he hated
the English and the French coYertly in
teirsiied this hatred by crafty intrigues.
The fcuds which eliminated in the Pen
Mantle wars grew out of the William
Penn charter, granted so years after the
Connecticut grant, and which covered Il
portion of the Connecticut grant equal to
one degree Of latitude and five of Iongi-
tude, embracing the rich Valley of Wyo-
ming. This caused the first clash be-
tween the Pennamites of Pennsylvania
and the Yankees of Connecticut. The
declaration was made by the leading Con
necticut settlers that the responsibility OF
the Pcnnamite war did not rest upon
Pcnnsylvanians, but upon land jObbers
who kept up the quarrel for their own
selfish ends. 1t was recorded by George
1ech anu OtnelS as war Tor nome ana
family on one side against avariciouSness
on the other.
The Decree of Trenton was passed in
December, 1872, adjudging the right Of
jurisdiction and pre-emptiOn to Pennsyl-
vanid- Ia the following Spring peace was
declared between England and the United
States. The British garrison was re.
moved from Wilkcsbarre and a company
of Pennsylvania troops took possession OF
the fort. What pretense there was fol
continuing the garrison after peace was
an open question. Toward the Fall {
number Of Pennsylvanians met secretly
and proceeded to elect Justices of The
Peace in the settlement, and the Assem-
bly, Of Pennsylvania passed law duly
commissioning those persons whose cleo
ton many said was unlawful. These Jus
tees soon began TO execute the laws by
suing every Yankee" they could by AM
means bring n charge against, and very
soon the most violent proceedings were
enacted. Men were imprisoned by tht
aid OF the military; some were whipped
with gun-rods and otherwise shamefully
abused.
a number of respectable men were i'm
prisoned in an old building without n fool
and mud more than shoe deep. Durinf
inc icy Winter they were obliged 10 liz
doWI in the mud on pain of being shot
II three yankees" were seen together
they were sare 10 be imprisoned and 9th
erwise maltrcatcd.