Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-23
of French sovereignty in Americi
Great Britain in 1850.
Recovery of British Posts.

col. John BfadstreetS expedition tor
the recovery OF the nine British posts
| captured In the Pontiac conspiracy sailed
their larger water craft-sixty long boats
with Leo men-into Sandasky bay UP To-
| the lower falls of the Sandusky Fire
monb. where they encamped September
~ li64. the westernmost point reached.
Returning, camped near where the old
fort stood on the carrying place between
Lakes Sandusky and Erie. where lsreal
| Putnam began clearing the ground to
construct "A fort and embarked for Nj
agara.
During The revolutionary war Mai
De Peyster. the British commandment.
! sent Buffers rangers with cannon from
! Detroit up to the lower falls of the San
| dusky. where they supported the Indians
| In the renulSe OF Crawford's expedition
in iaA2. which eliminated I'm the burn
ing of Col Crawford at the stake.
| Later the British established post
! at Lower Sanduskg Fremont.
Tablet erected by the Ohio Society.
Daughters of The American Revolution"
Second Similar in Value.
1t is not often thar one gets so much
history in so concise a form. The second
inscription is similar in value and con-
ciseness. and reads as follows:
WAR OF 1872
Capt. Barclays British feet transport
Ing Gen. Proctor's British army. sailed
up the Sanduskr river TO make their as
sault on Fort Stephenson August l and
- 1919. of which Gen sherman wrote:
The defense of Fort Stephenson by
ICroghan and his gallant littie band
was the necessary precursor Is Perry's
victory on the lakes and Of Gen. Har-
rison's triumphant victory at the battle
lof the Thames. This assured to our i'm
mediate ancestors the mastery OF the
great west. and from that day TO this
ia hRp h.a mn 1xxrar II ~
nation.
"'Gen. Harrison sent expert rlhemen
from his army to help serve the guns
on Commodore Perry's ships IN the battle
with the British fleet of this landing.
from which, on September To- 1913. Perry
sent the following lacoui. note: I'VE
have met the enemy and they are ours:
two ships. two briggs, one schooner and
one sloop."
Gen. Harrison Immediately marched
/, his troops over the old Sandusky Scioto
trail to this landing, but transported the
stores down the Sandusky river and
dragged the boats across the de Lery Por-
tage from Sandusky bay 10 Lake Erie.
The troops constructed a strong fence OF
brush and fallen timber across from
Portage river To Sandusky river. Within
this Enclosure their horses were turned
loose. Gen. Harrisons army embarked
on Commodore Perry ships september
20, stopped at Put-in-Bay and Middle
Sister Island and landing in Canada Sep
TENDER "a, where Proctor with his Brit
ish regulars. was defeated and Tecumseh.
| with many of his Indians killed in the
, battle of the Thames. October 3, 1913.
THE returning Ohio and Kentucky vol
unteers with their British prisoners. coll
lected their horses here. marched to their
homes over the old Sandusky- Scioto trail.
which has since been known as the Har-
rison trail of the war of 1877.
Erected by the National Society OF
the United States Daughters of 1872. state
Of Ohio"
Harrison's Campaign.
The third inscription also refers to
Gen. Harrsons campaign and the story
have already told you. and is as fol-
lows:
American Expedition, 1918.
Across the de Lery Portage from Fort
Seneca to Detroit and the invasion OF
Canada is noted in Capt. r. b. McAfee's
History. 1sl6.'
Maj. Gen Harrison. on receiving word
of Commodore Perry's victory. proceeded
to Fort Stephenson and ISSUED his orders
for the movement of the troops and
transportation of the provisions. military
stores. etc. to the margin of the lake
preparatory to their embarkation The
troops were marched down the old SAN
duskyScioto trail 10 its northern ter
minus on Lake Erie.
I'm bringing down the military stores
and provisions from the posts on the san
| dusky river to the vessels on the lake,
, short land carriage became necessary u
expedite emharkation. 1t was deemed
more safe and expeditions 20 transport the
stores and drag the boats across the
isthmus, which was accomplished be-
tween the 18th and 10th of the month
September, 1873. Each regiment was
ordered to construct a strong fence OF
, brush and fallen timber in front of its
encampment, which extended from Port
age river to Sandusky river. Within this
Enclosure their horses were turned loose
to Craze on the ample pastures OF ex-
celent grass.
The de Lery trail is now Fulton street.
and runs through the town of Port elm
ton from the lake 10 Sandusky bay, lined
on both sides for a considerable distance
with attractive cottages. with stately trees
and lovely gardens. on the banks OF
Sandusky bay. at the southern end OF
the trail the Colonial Danes will erect a
monument Of powders and ii Will bear
similar inscriptions. which VIII continually
remind the people of that place that they
tread historic ground and instill into the
souls of future generations the lessons
l OF patriotism which such monuments al
ways teach
Site of Fort Sandoski.
On the site OF old Fort Sandoski. the
first fort built I'm Ohio hy white men. on
the bank of the Sandusky bay. at the end
of the southern end Of Fulton street, the
monument will bear this inscription.
Fort Sandoski.
''l1i5-l1is.
"1I5o- l15l.
'116l-1163.
The first fort built by white men in
Ohio erected by British traders from
Pennsylvania and Virginia ia lIi5. under
the protection OF the Huron Chief Mich
olas: destroyed BY him after his defeat
in IT'S, prior to his removal to the III
nois country. Rebuilt by the British in
1850: usurped By the French IN FOL
again rebuilt by Brit II sold ers in 1861.
after the surrender Of quebec and FrenC II
sovereignty in America, and anaiy de-
stroyed at the outbreak III Pontiae's con
spracy May Is, 1868, when the fort vas
burned and the entire garrison massac cred
with the exception of The commandant.
Ensign PAUL, who was carried off a
prisoner to Pontiac, then besieging De
troit
Erected by Ohio Society. Colonial
! Danes Of America"
Upon another face of the monument 10
the following inscription:
French expedition 1904 across the de
I,ery portage from Quebec to Detroit.
Michilimaquinak (Mackinacl as noted in
the journal Of the Chevalier Chaussetros
de Lery, which on August 1, l1o4, landed
near this spot and discovered the ruins
of the old fort.
Here follows a roster Of his troops. ZSo
officers and men
British Expedition, 176O.
The third inscription IS as follows