Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-09-15

III Note:-Governor Penn sent cople
lof these messages to Arthur st
) Clair. who was then at Ligonier, hav
, ing just come from Ft. Pitt. wher'
he was in conference with Captain
Pipe, (an Indian chief from the Mus
) kingum), Guyasutha and Mingo ant
other chiefs. Sir William johnson
J, had died and they desired to main
) tain the treaties, but the Virginian
were set on trouble and were ever
then marching with about 500 mef
to go to the Muskingum and punish
i the Shawnees. In July, Major An
gus Mcdonald, with about 700 mer
rendezvoused at Wheeling and erect.
ed Fort Fincastle. Then on July &c
about 400 of them left Wheeling
and marched across to the Mus
kingum and destroyed the Indian
| town of Wakatomika, about where
Dresden is now, and then went down
the river destroying everything they
came to.
Lord Dunmore sent letter which
accidentally CD fell into the hands
of St. Clair, ordering the attack on
| the Indians on the Muskingum and
even to go to the Scioto.
1
was known as Lord Dunmore's war.
| st. Clair thought it was partially
| started to interrupt the trade that
| Pennsylvania was getting from the
| Indians, and so states in letter to
! Governor Penn.
There was more or less friction
between Virginia and Pennsylvania
about trade and territory at that
time, and any excuse was better than
none to get into the field.
The following is copy of the ad-
vertisement for an election alluded
to in the Side Lights, published
some weeks ago. It shows that the
settlers were equal to self-govern-
ment, and, if undisturbed, would
| soon have laid the foundations of a
state on the Ohio river.
| Advertisement
March IL, 1855.
Notice is hereby given to the in
| habitants of the west side of the
Ohio river that there is to be an
: election for the choosing of mem
bers of the convention for the franz
| ing constitution for the governing
| of the inhabitants, the election to be
held on the 10th day of April next
| ensuing, viz: One election to be held
at the mouth of the Miami river,
and one to be held at the mouth OF
| the Scioto river, and one on the
| Muskingum river at the dwelling
| house of Jonas Memzons; the mem
| bers to be chosen to meet at the
| mouth of the Scioto on the goth day
of the same month. @&
1 do certify that all mankind
| agreeable to every constitution
| formed in America, have an un-
doubted right to pass into every va
| cant country, and there to form
| their constitution, and that from
| the Confederation of the whole
United States, congress is not en-
powered to forbid them, neither is
| congress empowered from that Con-
| federation to make any sale of the
| uninhabited lands to pay the public
debts, which is to be a tax levied and
lifted (collected) by authority of the
legislature of each state.-( (Signed)
John Emerson.
We can find no record of the re-
suit of the election.
Copy of the report of Philip Lie
bert. He was cadet in the artll-
lery corps, and was sent by Captain
Doughty into the Indian country for
intelligence. Colonel Harmer sent a
copy of the report to the secretary
of war and this is taken from the
manuscript files of the war depart
ment:
Fort Harmar,
July 20, 1885.
On the 18th of March last l left
this place with orders from Major
Doughty to pass through the Della
ware and Shawnee towns....to OBJ
serve the disposition, and to find
out, as far as possible, the inten-
tions OF the savages, whether hos
tile or not; and to assure them Of
the friendly disposition of the Amer
leans. (The British were stirring
the Indians up, working from De-
troit and Canada).
I pursued the course of the Ohio
in a canoe until the 21st of March,
when / reached the Big Miami.
when / proceeded up the Miami,
which l found very rapid;....o the
9th of April l fell in with Della
ware town, the residence of Pokon-
gekalas, chief of great repute.
left on the 10th of May. having
been from the 9th of April at two
Shawanese and four Delaware towns,
and some scattering settlements OF
Wyandots. On the 18th of May 1
arrived at the Delaware and Wyan-
dot town...I staid three days. ..and
arrived at Mcintosh on the 2Sth OF
May I left my canOe....and pro-
ceeded through the remainder of
my journey on horseback.
At every town I....assured the In
dams that the thirteen great fires
(refefring to previous treaty.
were determined to hold fast the
chain Of friendship. 1.-The command
ing officer at Fort Harmar had sent
me to see them, to smoke with
them and to invite them to come and
see him. Many have promised to
come....In Pokongekalas's town II
met the Big Cat, very great war
rior, and George Washington: they
were glad to....see me and promised
to protect me-. 1.-The whole town was
drunk....I saw sixteen of the Six Ma
tions. they came from Niagara. to