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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 12 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Elkswatawa, 1775- (search)
Elkswatawa, 1775- Indian, known as the Prophet; brother of the famous Tecumseh; born in Piqua, the seat of the Piqua clan of the Shawnees, about 4 miles north of Springfield, O., early in 1775. He was a shrewd deceiver of his people by means of pretended visions and powers of divination. By harangues he excited the superstition of the Indians; and such became his fame as a medicine-man, or prophet, that large numbers of men, women, and children of the forest came long distances to see this oracle of the Great Spirit, who they believed could work miracles. His features were ugly. He had Birthplace of Tecumseh and the lost one eye in his youth, and, owing to dissipation, he appeared much older than his brother Tecumseh. The latter was really an able man, and used this brother Elkswatawa, the Prophet. as his tool. The Prophet lost the confidence of his people by the events of the battle of Tippecanoe. On the evening before the battle the demagogue, surrounded by his du
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison, William Henry 1773-1812 (search)
ctions were issued before the disaster to Hull was known. He hesitated to accept the commission because of the delicate relations in which it might place him with General Winchester, commander of the Army of the Northwest. He pressed forward to Piqua, and sent a detachment to relieve Fort Wayne (q. v.). At Piqua Harrison was joined by mounted volunteers under Johnson, when the army in the wilderness of Ohio numbered 2,200 men. The Indian spies reported: Kaintuckee is crossing as numerous as ts camp on Sept. 18, when the latter resigned his command to that superior in rank. The troops almost mutinied, for they revered Harrison. The latter returned to St. Mary to collect the mounted men from Kentucky, to march on towards Detroit. At Piqua he received a letter from the War Department assigning him to the command of the Northwestern army, which, it was stated, would consist, in addition to the regular troops and rangers in that quarter, of the volunteers and militia of Kentucky and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Piqua, council at (search)
Piqua, council at Late in 1750 the Ohio Land Company sent Christopher Gist, a dweller near the Yadkin, to explore the Ohio region as far as the falls at Louisville. He arrived at the Scioto Valley early in 1751, and was kindly received by the great sachem of the Miami Confederacy, rivals of the Six Nations, with whom they wergents of Pennsylvania and Virginia were there, intending to make a treaty of friendship and alliance; and there, also, were white traders. The council was held at Piqua, far up the Scioto Valley. It was then a town of 400 families, the largest in the Ohio region (population in 1900, 9,090). On Feb. 21 the treaty was concluded, a message to the English beyond the Alleghanies: Our friendship shall stand like the loftiest mountain. In the spring the French and Indians from Sandusky struck the Miamis a stunning blow. Piqua was destroyed, and the great chief of the Miami Confederacy was taken captive, sacrificed, and eaten by the savage allies of the French.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
pany for occupation and settlement of the Ohio Valley......1748 Celeron de Bienville's expedition to and down the Ohio River to the mouth of the great Miami......1749 England grants the Ohio Company 600,000 acres of land......1749 Gist and Croghan lead a party of English explorers into the Ohio country......1749 Charles Townshend, of the English ministry, urges the forcible seizure of the Ohio region......1752 French and Indians attack the English trading-post of Pickawillany (Piqua), capture and destroy it......June, 1752 Duquesne sends a French expedition of occupation into the Ohio Valley......1753 Dinwiddie, governor of Virginia, determines upon the forcible occupation of the Ohio country......1753 Expedition of Washington to St. Pierre at Le Boeuf......1753 Frederick Post, first Moravian missionary in Ohio, settles on the Muskingum......1761 Treaty of Paris: France cedes to England all Canada and the French possessions from the Alleghanies to the Mis