The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-13
THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER.
originally tIi- Es11rc Was bestowed
- upon che AHeEheay.

!
/ originally the Ha1ric Was bestowed
- upon tlle AIIeEheny.
Captain Celeron WINS in many re-
/ spects a reTiasi;ilbla man. He was the
-first white 1r.,a 10 descend both the
I Aiieaheny ana Chic rivers and tnke
! possession of the country IL the name
/ OF the king Of I'Tsace Ten years be
: fore la. peact-5sa the remote country
! of the C-h!clsasasys At the head OF a
| small company and later commanded at
various times the French posts at De-
/ troit Niagara and Lake Champlain.
When. toward the middle OF the cen
fury. 1t became apparent from the for
nation or the Ohio company. an or
| ganiZation OF English gentlemen which
Included the names OF Lawrence and
Augustine Washington brothers OF
! George Washington, that some move
ment was to be made toward the Oc-
cupation of the Ohio valley. the French
decided to take the initiative them
selves. Bot. parties claimed the terri
tory, the English by right of the dis
coyeries OF tine Cabots and the French
on the explorations OF La Sale. made
in 1852.
CeIeron was the man chosen by the
Marquis de Ia Galissoniere. then gov
ernor general OF Canada. for the difficult
task. His instructions were to follow
the Ohio CHE Allegheny was then con-
sidered part Of the former), deposit
ing leaden plates. claiming possession.
as he went.
On the morning OF the 24th OF July.
1T49, the iesrty reached Conswan -
creek. the little stream connecting
Lake Chatis..iua with the Allegheny.
They had considerable difficulty WIKI
the Indian. however. 50 that it "a;
not until r15 OF the 29th that riicy
reached the .llieEhcny proper. R!sit
near Ware: Ce.eron buried the list
of the leuG.I mates. upon which vas
engraved t., ollowinS: .
"In the y--ir 1T40. in the reign OF
Louis XIV. King of France. We.
CeIeron, l.4n.Ier OF n detachment
sent by " .c Marquis de Ia Calls
soniere. - tJlior general of Sew
France. T. establish tranquility Ia
some InGtl IS v'I1-es OF these cai1toHi.
have bus..e plate of lead at the
coufuencc 4c Ohio and Chausag-
Qua, th!s ny OF July. near the
river Ohio, wise Belle riyiere. as
a Inouuilc The renewal OF the pos
session y, avc taken of the said
river Ch!5 "a OF all those which
ernrSy into uld of all the lands on |
botl ei-S. -. .ls tie sources q the /,
said rivc- enjoyed or ought to (
have boon dyed by the kings OF I
France p Ing and as they have !
there mat. led themselves by arms [
and by T. yes. especially those OF [
ISysvici:. gc..t and AK la Chapelle."
1t VIII b.. 3ssserved that the stream {
was then aei Belle riviere" 0he (
scautir,I str,. because it was +
thought T. part OF the Ohio /
There are -erent explanations. as 1
to how riis stream became finally I
known - =, Allegheny. according I
to Frederic. Post. Allegheny was the
Delaware l. &c for the Ohio. There y
another tie ~ that the name comes
from the =, ,cSewi, an ancient Indian
tribe that oace Aourished on the banks
OF the Miss ssippl. Schoolcraft says:
''The banks ~ this stream were In an-
Client time; occupied by an Important
tribe. now unknown, who preceded the
Iroquois an DeIawares. They were
called AIIc.hans by Golden In the Lon
don edition OF his work, and the river
is named .NieSan by Lewis Evnns in
his celebrated map OF 1855" There
was also al sther name used by Evans
for tho Allegheny. It was Palawa-
KunlSI and Is derived from the name
given the rlyer by the Shnwanese-
gives the name as Palawi-
Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.