The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-06

sulting expansion and unlcn OF the
Colonies
The first volume begins with dc.
scription OF the 'Debatablc Land" as
the wilderness lying contiguous to the
Ohio River and its tributaries Is call
cd The men who. as carly Indian
traders, We're associated with the his
tory of the "Debatable Land are mem
toned at length.
The Iroquoians, of the Susquehanna,
are treated Of next. pictures of the site
of Fort Demolished, of the Susuuehan-
ma Fort Of 1870. of Crcsaps Fort
marking the north line IF Maryland
as originally granted. and the site Of
the town occupied by the Conestoga
with valuable maps rendering nistori-
cal text doubly valuable Mich Of
this text contains records Of early
Colonial government policies regarding
the Indians and the names of indivi-
duals who figured in different transac-
tons with them, bringing out many
hitherto unpublished historical points
The chapter relating TO The Petit
coat Indians of Petticoat Land" has
reference TO the Delaware tribes to
whom the Five Nations. speaking
through the Governor of Pennsylvania
In 1882. said: Since YOU lave not
hearkened to us nor regarded what
we have said. now we Will put PETIT
coats on you, and look upon you as
women for the future, and not as
men" In 1854, the Delawares at Al
legheny made the following plaintive
appeal to the Six Nations: '.uncles Of
the United Nations, we expect to be
killed by the French. your father; we
desire. therefore, that you will take Off
our petticoat. that we may fight for
ourselves. our wives and children: in
the condition we are in. without adc-
quate arms or ammunition. you know
We can Go nothing Perhaps" con-
cludcs the author, in this chapter. "the
reason for the attacks OF The Della
wares on the whites during 1855 and
sc may have been that, after Brad
docks failure. the Delawares had
found Pennsylvania to be ruled by
race of men more womanly and abject
than themselve men who were not
only willing but eager TO put on and
wear the pett!coat which these Della
ware Indians had become manly
enough to cast aside"
The Sewanee Indians come next with
d description of the towns they built
on the Ohio. Among these was Picka-
willany, built with the help OF the
Pennsylvania traders and not far from
another Shawnee village. Little Pick
town, where John Finley LED Daniel
Boone on Boone's first visit to Ken
lucky in 1859. Then come accounts
OF the early traders Of Conestoga.
Donegal and PaXtang and of the trans
Allegheny movement of the Della wares
and the Shawnees. The author writes
at length and interestingly OF tho
Shamokin traders. Shamokn being q
large and populous town on the Sus-
I,
This chapter has in it sketch OF
Madame Montour and her son An
drew. classed by Mr. Hanna S the
most picturesque characters in tho
Colonial history Of Pennsylvania,
Madame Montour being the daughter
OF French father and an Indian
mother. and married to Carondowanna,
a famous Indian chief. The following
out Of the Frankstown and Raystown
paths. account OF the Ohio NIingoes
and Wendats, the Iluskuskies. on the
Beaver, and Logstown, on the Ohio.
bring the first volume to a finish
Volume second gives detailed
sketch OF George Croghan. the king OF
the traders. who came TO America from
Ireland in l741, and lived on the Ale
gheny River where Pittsburs now
stands. 1t also describes the Indians OF
the Ohio Valley and their localizn-
ton in it before the white man came;
mentions the lower shawnee town.
Chillicothe, on the Ohio tells Of tho
OF John Finley and Kentucky
before Boone came; gives the tracing
of the Pickawillany Path. and COM
ments on the Indian trade and Penn
sylvaEia traders.
The perils OF the path trodden by
traders and explorers and marked
by the graves Of many is fully told.
The volumes arc thoroughly ndcxed.
and, as valuable addition to early
American history, mus: rank very
high indeed
The author exempllfes his idea that
the task of the historian OF the pres
ent seems 70 be ito acquire moro
facts, and not so much pseudo piiiloso-
ply; more documents, and not so
many dissertations OF the science of
accidents; more particulars and less
gencraliZation.'
The volumes are handsomely bound
and fine examples of the typographcrs
art