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FRo11neRPLa yeRS Assoczanon HanOhook F O R rhe pRoOucrwn OF: FROnTleR SplRlT, 1799 eoneo ky TeRR J CochRan Rescanned / edited by Martin BarKer November 2018 Editor's Note This handbook is a work in progress. It is the intention of the Board of Directors of the Frontier Players Association that this handbook be continually added to and improved in order to benefit the production of Frontier Spirit, 1799. Updates and revisions will be made available periodically and each handbook recipient will be asked to place these revisions in his or her handbook. Additionally, it is the intention of the Board that each family shall have a copy of the handbook, in order to supply a common source of information to provide continuity in its annual production. In the Fall of 2018, the entire document was rescanned and digitized. To make the document more legible, some sections were scanned from the actual magazine articles from which they were originally drawn. Other pages were cleaned up to eliminate unwanted smudges and marks. eontents Section -A.: What is the Jrontier Players -Association? Section A is not 'fhe History of 'jrontier Players contained in this edition. eurrent Yloster of the east and Support erew of Jrontier Players Section lj: ................................................................................................................................Historical Background for the production. Page 5 A BriefHistory of 'fhe Early Settlement of ]airfield eounty bg qeorge Sanderson., Esq. 2ane's 'trace bg .Norris :J. Schneider and elair e. Stebbins How 'fo}Vlake A eountry: "Che Ordinance of 1?8?: 'Che:Ji rst Step in .Nation!Jui lding bg Ht:1rrgeoles Ordinance of the Northwest 'territory 'fhe 2ane Jamily 'free Section e: ...............................................................................................................................Biographical Sketches of Notable Persons. Page 51 'farhe, <;;rand Sachem bye. A. tJuser ([arhe bg 'l:helmaftfarsh Ad.dre!is of Tarhe, Grand Sachem of the Wyandot .Nation to the Assembiage at the Treaty of Greenviile, 'July 22, 1195 interpreted bg gse,ac �ane Simon Kenton bg David A. Simmon$ Arthur St. elair bg 7. ,Martin West £ewis Wetzel: Warfare "iacticson 'Che:Jrontier bg qeorge earroll 'fhe i4dventure ,tit Wetzel's Spring by eurtSchmidt Samuel Brady, eaptaln of Spies hg eurtSchmidt eaptain Pipe hg Don tJlackburn Section D: ..............................................................................................................................Domestic }Vl.atters Page 88 eookware and eookery bg tJeth fjilgun 18th eentury Medicine bg Wi/Uam .Cee Davis., ,M. D. Apples and 'fhe ,;tlmerican Jrontier hg Coren E. Heinlen Put fly Jor 'the Winter ( Preservingfood over the winter months) bg {Jeth fjilgun eourtship and }VI.arr/age bg tJeth yilgun Section E':. ............................................................................................................................Research and persona development for cast members. Page 116 Developing ,4 Persona: A t::gnicDoes His Nesearch,Part g bg Edward e. J)faurer ereating ,4Persona: With Particular Attention'l'o 'l'he.Cadies bg eathg 'Johnson Section ?I:. ............................................................................................................................elothing of the 18th eentury 'jrontier Settlers. Page 128 elothing in the late 18th eentury: An Overview (!Jard goods, Ege wear, �ootwear, Hair) bg 'l:errgeochran .Notes on }VI.en's elothing bg 'l:errg eochran Picking 'fhe 18th eentury }Vl.an's Pocket ( What the 18th eenturg man tgpicallgcarried) bg (Jeth (3ilgun }Vliscellaneous illustrations of men's clothing, accoutrements, and guns Paying ,4ttention 'fo Details ( Do's and Don't'sfer an accurate portrayal) bg (Jeth(3ilgun Women's Everyday elothing on the 'jrontier, Parts 1 and 2 bg eathg 'Johnson Underpinnings ( /)foreinformation on ladie'sclothing) bg !Jeth(3ilgun Hats of Every Sorte ( Hats fer the ladies) bg !Jeth qilgun Section t;;:. ............................................................................................................................':Indians Page 181 Shawnee History Huron History ( :Includesthe historgof the Wyandots, who were descended fromthe Huron) Wyandot elothing bg e. A. (Juser ':Illustrations of Delaware and Huron Warriors 'fhe ':Indian 9n War bg 'l'edSpring ':Indians guns, war clubs, tomahawks, and types of lodges illustrationsand textbg 'l'edSpring -Alternative Shelters for Rendezvous: 'CheWigwam by Nex.Norman Section H: .............................................................................................................................Resources Page 234 Where can 9 buy the stuff 9 need? Recommended books and periodicals .Updated.Period.Clothing.&.Outfitters.Website.List SECTION B Historical Background I - A BRIEF HIS'roRY EARLY SE'ITLEMENT OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY. ■&INU THE SUB!ITANCE Ot' A U:CTURt:, DELIV£RF.D BEFORE TH£ LANCASTER LITERARY INSTITUTE, WITH ADDITIONAL F'ACT8 BY GEORGE SANDERSON, ESQ. LANCASTER: PUBLISHED BY THOMA!I Wl.:TZI.ER. 1851. APP RO BATOUY REMARKS. Tbe fongoing Leot.uro wu puhliHhed in the IAnoa,.ter papen IIOOn aR.r ita delinry. J.t.11u P•ao1v..,, Eaq., the t.ben oditor of tlae Lan outer 0-et.e and &pro., lntroduoodit to hia readers in the following •pprobatory and tnatbt'ul remarks: "Our paper of thia wook, u will bo eeen, oontaim, nothing like iLR uaual variety, iibut mOBtly tllled witha Lectureot our follow-t.c>wn1man, Gen. GIIO. 8.t.ND■IUION, on the early 111ttlomont of thiB town and itto vi cinity. Thi.II, it ii preeumed, no ope will regret, for there oan be no aubjeot monin&ereating to the prOAont inhabitant.of thia oouoty, than a faithful hiatory of the inoidenta and oventa oonneo&ed with the fint aet,. tl-ent ofthe Amerioan wilda, and more particularly with tboee thatoo ouned on I.be BpOt where we now dwell in peaoe and undilltnrbed tran quility, aurronnded by all t.bo oomfo� am) plenty found in tho .-dor aettled portions of tJae eut. In the recital of the faote hero reoorded, tlae prMeDt and 111ooeediog gonorationa are made acquainted with the perila and hardahipa whioh the fi.l'llt. 110tttersondurod for their llllkee ; for it i■ not often that the fathor of R f11milyundenakM the dangono and auft'erinp of afrontier lifo for hi" own l,onoftt, but for the ""ke of hi,, children and� d-ndanta. "The aoton in the -ROIi eo •oil doaoribodin the hiAtory under oon aideration, ban mOlltly p-.1 away; 1111<1 had not the MAN, to whom .,,. u-eindebted for thia Leoture, u1ulcrtalrnn t.he toalc of omboJyiog, and 6 gi-ring to the publio IIO many in&erening r.ot., manyof themwould ba·ye been loet forner; for he ia now almolt the only Ii-ring witne11 ofthe -.eaand timeaIJ)Okon of-we willyenture •Y• to the only one who ia oompeten&to t.he &ult of oolleotlng and unnging th- for publlouae. LE C 'r URE. A• the mumen tlw prenil, and t.be o'llllloma obee"edare nearly t.be -e in all new aettlement.l, we oan •Y trom muoh experienee and per- -1 obeerTation, that. I.he Leoturer bu oon4Dedhill d_,jptiou to aim- Ther-ut genemtion oa.aa fonn■o jutoouoeptiona of t.be wild ulll ple fllOta-nothing hu been added by Wt.Y of embellilhmen&. In all wildem- appeannoe of the ooontry in whioh we now dwell, pnviowi to lt.1Nttlement by white people; it waa, in •hort, acoun&ry, new eettl-ent.l the inhabitant.I are remarkably kind and neighborly, "WIien ■othl• dwell but beuto of p,ey, though they may have previo1111ly beeu entire atrangen to HOh other. A■cl - - wild ou,dlleree Uau lbt17." Kno-.ing theirm11\u&I dependenoe they live almoetlike one family,Moh Theland!, wuered bytheaouroeit t.bo of Hockhocking river, and now rendering to bia neighbor all tho kind ollioea in bill power. A.rtiolea of oomprehended wit.bin the in-ot limi"'or tho rounty of Fairfield, were. when 11.nt diaooTered by eome of the early eeUler11 at !'tluietta, o,.,;ed food, in putioular, are divided with a genel"OWIhand, and the o11'118r and oc,c,apied by I.heWyandotte tribe of I ndi111111, and were highly prue,t never reeervee any portionto him1!8lf while a. neighbor ia d811titul.e. AR by tbe oocupanta u a Taluable bunting ground, being well filled by al i& � kinda- to _,h other and mutual depeadenoe, thedeniseu most.all kin.di of guae, and animals of fur. The prineipal toWD of the aation 1ltood along themargin of tb.o prairie belwoon the eouth end of ofthe woodleeem to hue eeoa.ped the ounieAdam', of fall." Broad IIQ'e8t and Tbomu Ewing', canal hMin of tho preNnl town of 1-oaeter, and ex&adlng baeltto lhe baMof the hi1111Uutb of the Metlio din Epi.,pal ohnreb. It iii thataid the towncontained in 1790abo ut oae hUDdred wir-, and a population of 8ve hundred -la. It wu .uedT......, or. illBagliab, the 0..-.,ou,,a, and derived iu namefrom tbd of the prinoipal obieC of t.be tribe. The obief"• wigwam in Tarhe, lltood apoa the bank of tho prairie, near whoro the fimrth look ill huill oa the Booking canal, and near whoro a 1-utif'lll apriug or water &ow ed Into tbe Hookhoolung river. The wigwuna wero built or the bark of t.n., eet on pol• in &be form of a 11ttgvounp, wilh one aqua.re open. fronting a flre, and about the belghth of a man. Tho Wyandotte tril"• numbered at. that. da7 about flve hundred warrion, and were • ferooiou" and ange people. The1 made frequont aUaokR oa tho white llllttle> -"' along the Ohioriver -killing, -lping and capturing tho ■et&len, without regard to age,NJ:, or condition. War puti,•8, on variou oc-, MNODB, ate&oked. lat. boa&e deeeending the river, eon!Aining emigrante from themid&. SW., -king oew bomea in Kentucky, by which, in - 9 8 l'Ull.-h • pnlW tMnt.o." On I.he gnen nard of I.he prairie ., .. \eld � 11 nut. gambol of the Indiana; aod bore too wu manyao - many ln.c-. whole funili00t \-.ne viotima to die -1pi.Dg uut.ad -bl.ageof the wvdonone ol of I.be molll.powerful t.n1-, takincooua '41mabawk. lJJ I.he treaty of Gr ..nvillo, in 179�, the WyaocloUe9 ce oll for • " WV p.&h "upon110me •• or defenoel- frontMrpoet.