H I S T E O F O H I O “ N A T U RAL AN D C I V I L . W Y C A E A T A T E A . M . B L B R , ' MEER OF T II E AMERICAN ANT I QUARIAN SOC I ET Y ; OF T HE RE OD E ISLAM ? HIST ORICAL socT Ir ; OF T HE L YC EUM OF NAT URAL III ST ORT OF NEW YORK ; AND OE T HE AMERI CAN GEOLOGI CAL EOCI~ ' ‘ ‘ T O OE W EST ERN ANT I UI’I I ES T o ET Y ; AU H R. Q ; ux T o PRAIRI E DU CHIEN, ET C ., ET C. F I R S T E D I T I O N . Entere ccordin to the t o ss e d a g ac f Congre , in th year eighteen hun dred and th rt -e ht i y ig , B Y C L E E A B A T W A T R , ’ In the Cle k s Offi ce of the D s of O o r i trict Court hi . T H E Y O U N ‘ G M E N’ O H I O . f i a ou an as T HIS volume is respect ully ded c ted to y , d the des a a n tin y of this gre t st te soo will be , so this book is delivered af i . n n m m to you for s e keep ng I writi g this volu e , y thoughts a a w s t in t e f n n a h ve l ay res ed on you , h ull co fide ce th t you will c arry out all the grea t m ea sures of your fa thers ; that you f and k a a i will recti y our errors, eep p ce with the ge n which ' ou . Y fa a n m an n y will live our thers h ve do e ore th they eve , a n n a a of ask you to do. They h ve eve go e he d the age in . s uff n an d a n a which they lived. Their toil , s eri gs priv tio s h v e i m e in e a bee n but feebly dep cted by this work, b c use , I did ‘ t - beast in nam of what he had d n no wish to their es t y o e, as a duty which they owed to their children . of n a r The liberties this cou try, h v e bee n prese ved by those l who achieved them ; and their sons ' hav e also preserved them u n n a ff a n m a til very rece tly ; bu t gre t e orts h ve bee de, are m a n a ma f m n a all ki g, nd will be de to pull ro be e th it, the main a s on i o m of . SO a pill r , wh ch ur te ple liberty rests f r as I cou ld in m a f o the n i of a this volu e, pl ce be ore y u pri c ples your f thers, as n of I a f a n . the cy osure liberty, h ve e rlessly d o e so I a n n of f u h ve every where , spoke exulti gly the uture, b t m n f i an me nf a a l s y you g r ends, c dor compels to co ess, th t l uch 4 DEDICAT ION. a i m n of a a a n i n p ass ges , n y writi gs, l te ye rs, h ve bee wr tte n n of with a he avy heart . However, to you , u der the directio n n I mmi m m a kin d Providen ce, ki d i deed to you , co t y volu e , a a n I f for in and all the . spir tio s which eel , your prosperity, common with your paren ts and friends . ff If this Republic must be destroyed , it will be e ected by d of on m ar destroyi ng the liberty of speech a n the press , so e p ' ticu la a t x n n n a m nts r subject , first ; but e te di g its e cro ch e , ALL freedom of speech an d of the press will be blotted out . In that c ase the party then in power will seize the occ asion to n n m i a an d n i tre ch the selves n the high pl ces , u less the people shed rivers of blood those in office will rem ai n an i n cubus W a on d . n a da a a n the bo y politic he th t y rrives , r ther th yield of n m en a r e a m n a t Up the liberties this cou try, to the who i i g n I f own O a n their destructio , would pre er to see our hio, bre sti g m of w ar a n if an d n the stor , lo e, n eed be , our citize s , either m a n a n n n a a and V d i t i i g their grou d v li ntly, ictoriously , or y ' n lor iou s . If Un n m a a g l , i g ’ y Liberty ever quits this io y her l st fo n m n otsteps , ti ged with blood , be i pri ted deeply on every a n an d pl i every hill of Ohio . My youn g frie n ds ! we liv e in an n f an d a a eve t ul period , you cn h rdly expect to sustai n of n m the liberties this cou try, without the ut ost vigilan ce . Wa cth e m en in at Wa n W t h power shi gton city . ha t I say to I sa all— a m — you , y to w tch the , because they n eed it watch -« a all a a yourselves w tch p rties, nd resist every e ncroachmen t on . wa of f n an a your rights Be re too closely ollowi g y p rty, an d n ot a m an a fa be sure to dhere too uch to y popul r vorite . Bitter experience teaches us to do so no more Y ours truly, CA E A W L B T ATER . O n 25 1838 hio, Ju e , , P R E F A C E . T HE hi o of h s w o w i st ry t i rk , h ch has be en on the au ’ t o han d m or an w n a s sin cit w s h r s s , e th t e ty y e r , e a o rigin a o ct m an d a few ll y p r je ed , d e s rem arks . T h a t it has cost m e n o m a o ion of an x n d s s ll p rt e te d e life , i tru e , bu t, w r m f i n d w i a he the y r e s ll ffi x to it, a v al u e com m en su rate w i h w ha of abo car di i en c im an d on w hi h t t l r , e , l g e , t e m ey, c it has cos t m e I do n ot now . Its a is m w n an , k p l n y o , d w as on in c m a n ow to the u b icw ho a ar d l g s e d e k n p l , pp e e to a ro of it w n a s s c. w o or i n f pp v e , t e ty y e r in e T p t o s o the o i in a i o hav b n a ad b i r a i r g l h st r y ”e e e l re y p u l sh”e d , el t ng o ou r “ an ci n w o n t t “ n h t e t rks , a d o he I dian s w o once in h abited the te rr ito ry n ow in dclu ded w ithin the s tate of Ohio . T he Na tu r al His to ry has b een gre atl y abridged from r In a m an u ci w i o o f n i my o I g l s r p ts , th the h p e re d er n g th at “ a of m w a ab to com m on a . p rt y o rk , ccep t l e re ders My G o o ica ur co m e m u ch i and m on u naid e l g l s v e y st t me e y , - W h I ha r o cd by an y go v ern m en t p atr on age .