Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-08

H%VW Dill, mas maze some enemies
M and more friends. From all
~ over the union protests have
poured in against the fur
Their designation Of Niagara's wonder
full beauty for commercial purposes.
And due heed has been given to the
protests; Niagara is not to be turned
over to the devastators. 1t is hoped our
country may long continue to regard as
one of the noblest of her many shrines
of natural beauty the wonderland Of
Niagara.
Years ago agitation was employed to-
wards the preservation of Niagara, but
It is said the honor belongs to couple
of Scotchmen OF making the first real
suggestion that the place be carefully
protected. After visit to America,
these words of theirs were published:
niagara does not belong to Canada or
America Such spot should be deemed
the property of civilized mankind, and
nothing should be allowed to weaken
this efficacy on the tastes, the morals
and enjoyment of men,"
The Niagara region is a territory OF
no great extent, but famed the world
around for the grandeur of its falls, the
toveliness of the surrounding country,
and it's preservation is certainly Ques-
ion of national, if not of international
concern And the historical aSSocia-
tons lend added interest to the pres
ervation of innumerable landmarks
about Niagara. Here it was the red
men held their councils. Here, at an
early date, the daring French traders
penetrated, and there is proof that the
intrepid French missionaries crossed
the Niagara river in the days of the mis-
sionary zeal of France. For the four
score years the French had dominion
in America, they considered the Niagara
region most important portion Of their
domain.
Among the noted names connected
with Frances enterprise in this local
ity is that of Jacques Cartier, and in an
account of Carriers second voyage to
the st. Lawrence is presented the first
reference to the Great Lakes country
and the wonderful cataract now known
SIS Niagara In Champlain's "Des Saw
ages published in 1903, mention is
made of waterfall and river doubtless
Niagara Falls and river; and in his
Voyages" the same explorer tells of a
very high waterfall at the end of Lake
st. Louis (Ontario). where many kinds
of fish are stunned in the descent" 1T
is thought Brule, Champlain's inter-
prefer, may have been the first white
man really to look upon the falls. In
1926, a Franciscan priest Travelled on
the Niagara river, and IA years later two
Jesuit fathers crossed and recrossed the
stream In the Jesuit Relations" report
is given of work with the Indian nation
"Onguiaahra, having the same name as
the river"
In 1857, the location Of the falls and
lakes was correctly made in Sanson's
| map of Canada, thefalls being called the
"Ongiarra Falls" In 1869 La Sale and
Rene GalTinee travelled to the west end
of Lake Ontario and Gallinee's journal
gives an account of Niagara as described
! to him by the Indians; speaks of the fact
| that the river falls at that place from
| rock higher than the tallest pines
Father Hennepin saw the wonderful
,face for himself, in 1878, and his report
| Of it's beauty was widely read in Europe
| lis books on the new world being trans
| ated into, many languages. Father
| 1ennepin was the first to use the pres
| mt spelling of Niagara. The word has
teen Variously interpreted; thunder
| If the waters seems very fitting if not
accurate.
Fort Niagara was the last of the i'm
sortant posts held by the French in their
| system of Notifications connecting
louisiana and their possessions in east
I'm Canada; and this presently fell un-
Ter the grasp of the conquering English
The English then made pow-wow with
he Indian inhabitants of the land, ha6
their acquisition ratified by the natives;
| Sir William Johnson, in 1864, at For
Niagara assembling 1000 Indian war
| riors of the region, and having ceded tt
him, for his sovereign, strip of land
| four miles wide on each bank of the
| Niagara river, and also acquiring at this
| time all the islands in the river. MOI
for long. however. did the English con.
| tinue in possession, for their title II
things in America was presently weak.
| ened by the American revolution
Within 20 years after her procuratior
of the territory, England was forced tt
| give up one-half the lands bordering or
ihe Niagara river-counting the islands
more than one-half, but it was not until
1916 it was absolutely conceded thai
most of the islands in the Niagara river
belonged to the United States.
| During the war of 1872 the Niagars
frontier was in the heart Of the border
warfare. Lewiston. Fort George. New.