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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 32 26 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Burgoyne, Sir John, 1723-1792 (search)
began an invasion of the province of New York by way of Lake Champlain and the Hudson Valley. He left St. Johns on the Sorel (June, 1777) with a brilliant and well-appointed army of 8,000 men, and ascended Lake Champlain in boats. At the falls of the Bouquet River, near the western shore of the lake, he met about 400 Indians in council, and after a feast (June 21, 1777) he made a stirring speech to them. On July 1 he appeared before Ticonderoga, which was inadequately garrisoned. General St. Clair, in command there, was compelled to evacuate the post, with Mount Independence opposite (July 5 and 6), and fly towards Fort Edward, on the upper Hudson, through a portion of Vermont. In a battle at Hubbardton (q. v.) the Americans were beaten and dispersed by the pursuing British and Germans. St. Clair had sent stores in boats to Skenesboro (afterwards Whitehall), at the head of the lake. These were overtaken and destroyed by the pursuing British. Burgoyne pressed forward almost u
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cincinnati, Oh., city (search)
ected a blockhouse there; and in 1790 Major Doughty built Fort Washington on the same spot. It was on the eastern boundary of the town as originally laid out, between the present Third and Fourth streets, east of Broadway. A village grew around it. A Cincinnati in 1812. pedantic settler named it Losantiville, from the words l'os anti ville, which he interpreted the village opposite the mouth —mouth of Licking Creek. It was afterwards called Cincinnati. The name was suggested by General St. Clair in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. The fort was made of a number of strongly built log cabins, hewn from the timber that grew on the spot. These were a story and a half high, arranged for soldiers' barracks, and occupied a hollow square enclosing about an acre of ground. In the autumn of 1792 Governor St. Clair arrived at the post and organized the county of Hamilton, and the village of Cincinnati, then begun around the fort, was made the county seat of the territory. In 18
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Darke, William, 1736-1801 (search)
Darke, William, 1736-1801 Military officer; born in Philadelphia county, Pa., in 1736; served under Braddock in 1755, and was with him at his defeat; entered the patriot army at the outbreak of the Revolution as a captain; was captured at the battle of Germantown; subsequently was promoted colonel; and commanded the Hampshire and Berkeley regiments at the capture of Cornwallis in 1791. He served as lieutenant-colonel under General St. Clair, and was wounded in the battle with the Miami Indians, Nov. 4, 1791. He died in Jefferson county, Va., Nov. 26, 1801.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gaither, Henry 1751-1811 (search)
Gaither, Henry 1751-1811 Military officer; born in Maryland in 1751; was actively engaged throughout the Revolutionary War; served under General St. Clair in the campaign against the Miami Indians in 1791; and at one time was in command of Fort Adams and Fort Stoddart. He died in Georgetown, D. C., June 22, 1811.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Garfield, James Abram 1831-1881 (search)
the State. The campaign of General Harmar in 1790 was only a partial success. In the following year a more formidable force was placed under the command of General St. Clair, who suffered a disastrous and overwhelming defeat on Nov. 4 of that year, near the head-waters of the Wabash. It was evident that nothing but a war so drve. The State of Connecticut did not assume jurisdiction over its people, because the State had parted with her claim to the soil. By a proclamation of Governor St. Clair, in 1788, Washington county had been organized, having its limits extended westward to the Scioto and northward to the mouth of the Cuyahoga, with Marietta the government of the State for the use of the grantees and the parties claiming under them. Whereupon, in pursuance of this authority, on Sept. 22, 1800, Governor St. Clair issued a proclamation establishing the county of Trumbull, to include within its boundaries the Fire lands and adjacent islands, and ordered an election to
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Girty, Simon 1750-1815 (search)
Girty, Simon 1750-1815 Partisan; born in Pennsylvania about 1750; was a spy for the British at Fort Pitt in 1774. When the Revolutionary War broke out he became a leader of the Indians and took part in numerous atrocities. In 1778 he went to Detroit, inciting the Indians on the way to hostility against the United States. He was present when Col. William Crawford (q. v.) was tortured to death by the savages, and it is alleged that he manifested joy in Crawford's agony. In 1791 he was present at the defeat of Gen. Arthur St. Clair, and while Gen. William Butler lay wounded he ordered an Indian to kill and scalp him. He also took up the cause of the British in the War of 1812. He died in Canada about 1815.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Jonathan 1748- (search)
Hart, Jonathan 1748- Military officer; born in Kensington, Conn., in 1748; graduated at Yale in 1768; enlisted in the Continental army, serving throughout the War of the Revolution, attaining the rank of captain. After the war he entered the regular army as captain; was promoted to major. He participated in various campaigns against the Indians under Generals Scott, Harmar, and St. Clair. In the battle with the Miami Indians, while protecting the rear of the army, he and his command were overwhelmed by superior numbers and almost all were killed. He was the author of the Native inhabitants of the Western country, which appeared in vol. III. of the Transactions of the American Society. He died on Miami River, O., Nov. 4, 1791.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
ms to the United States. The country so ceded was our first territorial acquisition, and became known as the Northwest Territory. A government was provided for it under the ordinance of 1787, and President Washington, in 1789, appointed Gen. Arthur St. Clair its governor. The various tribes of Indians inhabiting that part of the country objected to the jurisdiction of the whites, just as some of the Filipinos have done in the Philippine Islands, and they made war on the whites, under Michikiniqua, chief of the Miamis, as the Filipinos have done under Aguinaldo, chief of the Tagals. Under date of Oct. 6, 1789, President Washington forwarded instructions to Governor St. Clair, in which he said: It is highly necessary that I should, as soon as possible, possess full information whether the Wabash and Illinois Indians are most inclined for war or peace. . . . You will, therefore, inform the said Indians of the disposition of the general government on this subject, and of their
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Investigating committees. (search)
Investigating committees. The first investigating committee appointed by Congress was in the case of the defeat of Gen. Arthur St. Clair (q. v.). It was a special committee, empowered to send for persons and papers. Their call upon the War Department for all papers relating to the affair first raised the question of the extent of the authority of the House in such matters. The cabinet unanimously agreed that the House had no power to call on the head of any department for any public paper except through the President, in whose discretion it rested to furnish such papers as the public good might seem to require and admit, and that all such calls must be made by a special resolution of the House, the power to make them being an authority which could not be delegated to any committee. This decision of the cabinet established the method ever since practised of calling upon the President for public papers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Little Turtle, me-che-cun-na-qua 1809-1812 (search)
Little Turtle, me-che-cun-na-qua 1809-1812 Chief of the Miami Indians; received instructions in a Jesuit school in Canada, it is believed, and was remarkable for his mental vigor and great common-sense. Little Turtle was a brave and skilful military leader. He commanded at the defeat of Generals Harmar and St. Clair, the former in October, 1790, and the latter in November, 1791. He was present in the fight with Wayne at Fallen Timbers. The chief, who spoke of Wayne as the chief who never sleeps, urged his people to make peace with such a formidable warrior. He was one of the signers at the treaty of Greenville. Early in 1797 he visited President Washington at Philadelphia. There Kosciuszko, then on a visit to the United States, gave Little Turtle a pair of elegant pistols. He died in Fort Wayne, Ind., July 14, 1812. Livermore, George, antiquarian; born in Cambridge, Mass., July 10, 1809; received a common-school education; was greatly interested in historical research.
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