Central Catholic High School - Centripetal Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Q Cfhe fH1stor1c fmaumee CUalleq By ROBERT GALE 31 EAUTIFUL romantic valley of the Maumee rich in legend and history favorite camping ground of the Indians battle ground of savage and white well was it called the paradise of the Great Lakes region for here the deer and the wild fowl were plentiful the fish were easily caught and the fertile soil grew the maize and beans No other section east of the Mississippi boasted so many wigwams The Maumee Valley may well be called the bloody ground since lt has been the theatre of so many sanguinary events It was opened up to white civilization only through a pathway of blood , almost without parallel in the history of the United States Illia' V l 4 The exact date of the earliest visit of the white man to this region is uncer N Zim Nl L vw Wm-T like we il law t1laviaui.4f2fw,7f.-au. ffigfa-:rag A.- 3 L., 3 IN IAN CANOES tain although it is probable that La Salle the great French explorer Jour neyed up the river in 1669 and the adventurous Jesuits in their desire to 4sM'JU'afig,vvv A RTW iXXiiliX i 3 men journeyed from their comfortable homes in France to brave the hardships and terrors of the wilderness for the further advancement of the word of God. They did much to further civilization and they administered to the savages as kindly as they would have to their own brethren back in France. The French who controlled Canada were interested in this Ohio region because of the many fur-bearing animals found here. Frontenac governor of Canada sent exploring parties through this region to establish forts and posts. One of these Fort Miami was constructed on the Mau- mee River near the rapids close by the 'XIOP bring the light of faith to region as early as 1670 Among these was the re markable Father Marquette who touched the Maumee about this time. These great 'T '1 . gg i . ip .E M M D. I Ori N li . l i Jesuit Missionary Instructing, Indian. rv :' 2' i J-QD-'C 'X no 2-in DQ-1931 . f I 9 ll O U Y I I V . , . . , i . , . . Y , . 1 JW If , WWW . . . . . ,MM ', KW . . ' H lH1,,f V lHgllil01..il.,,fg,L-a....,.f-a , ' W UL, 11,5 ey-..- n r II l , ff 1 'l - ' 'ffm ' .-- .ff . kg 1, ,X ix . X A 4 . y Qi, -T 'T i' gi Q' fa -E Nl' 9 , K , T ,-'yi-gr AL . Q51 T i-iw fair-r' '- ' ' ' ' t .Zag 1 -F i ' ' ' , -- -gg! Y, - -fy D 4 ONMAUMEE . , . . y -Y , . - 7 I li .ff .,,:, f fy ff f , y ' ' ' 'diig-f the Red Man, visited this F' K 5 1 fb W iii ' - l,l llflx J fxl-X t 'wiki' K5 ll 155 get t , 1 N la, .5 - V.: K X. ,XXX xx .gt V K K S51 X, X . CALUVIET 'H 1, 'Q' XXX , A ., nxnvivzor -lj Y, K dz. X ' l We t l ng T A l ' X ff! X 1 X l ll l w s w VQ l X A . . l 5 All 0 1 P 1 P V 'D 7li 'vivid ii l N. 'QM I f I in l ,E . W ,, l -f, , . J l 4 . h 1 2 . . - 1- i , as 5 X!! it as T n x , f I ., X , y ' J Pfhql 'l u w xx , Nw, I 1 A X lf, 'I F I ' mix X K X V I I 1,1 f I M url x X X , X l '1 ll l xi li lx 1 Y w

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,CT '56 2-:rt Aux ,Of rfisfkizvlz-a ,J 4 Interest In and Around the Maumee Valley . ,.., ,uh Q71 IVA , 'FE' Along the beautiful scemc U S Route 24 between Toledo and Defiance Where the lustonc St Josephs and The Niagara Perry, flagship t e St Marys Rivers umte to form appears today Maumee One of the beauty spots along the Looking toward Fort Melg. Maumee River Where the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers meet Liz gpg I I QV' N I K IQX ,lily ' l el M 4 ' X ye I 4 K 1 M 1 , M I ' , . ' ' . ' n h ' , ' ' , as it

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z-4-gay ,Of rage 3-be present s1te of Maumee Clty Another post was erected at the Junctxon of the St Marys and St joseph s rlvers at the present Slte of Fort Wayne Ind1ana K The Northwest Terrxtory remalned 1n the hands X f of the French from the t1me of exploratxon to 1763 the close of the French and Ind1an War when they lost the reglon through the Treaty of Parls whlch ceded the Northwest Terrltory to the Br1t1sh Durmg the French occupatlon of the valley mls slonarles from the Detroit mxsslon statlon v1s1ted these parts among whom were Father de la Rlch ardle Father Potler and Father de Bonnecamps Father Potler sald Mass ln Ohlo 1n 1749 at the present s1te of Fremont for the Wyandot Indlans whom he accompamed mto northwestern Ohlo when they wlthdrew from the settlement about the first record of Mass bemg sa1d 1n th1s reg1on Georgxan Bay Thxs IS T 5X X X 4-ei N W x XX -Q! iff, E! K I x F5051 ,Q lQI LITTLE TURTLE although earller m1ss1on jf,,j,5 ar1es may have offered lt 'N Wf f X fyf 7 R f 'XXFK' The Br1t1sh occupatlon of th1s valley lasted twenty years from 1763 to 1783 Durmg th1s t1me th1s land was over run by settlers and the Ind1ans began t grow angry Thelr dlscontent found utterance 1n the personallty of the great Pontlac powerful Ottawa ch1efta1n who formed a con splracy wlth every major trxbe IH the west coun try The war belt whlch he sent from the Alle ghenles to the M1ss1ss1pp1 and from the Great Lakes to the Carolmas moblllzed almost all the Ind1an trlbes Thls great statesman reahzed that wal fi les PONTIAC the prxzed huntlng ground of the Ohxo Valley The day set for the uprlsmg arrxved N1ne Br1t1sh forts y1elded lnstantly and twenty thou sand settlers were drlven from thelr homes 1n the Ohlo Valley Pontrac personally led the slege on Detrolt the strongest fort m the region and con tmued It for many months At last Colonel Bou quet and General Bradstreet arrxved wxth supphes and remforcements and defeated the Ind1an plans The Redskms sued for peace and that granted Pon t1ac returned to h1s trxbe m despaxr sadly see mg the Indian lands glve way before the settlers Durmg the next twenty years the Indxans proved troublesome and two expedltlons one under Gen eral Harmer and another under St Clalr were Glllla the t1de of the encroachlng whltes spelled rum to 1,84 NW XS so sf f xv: if fffn f G .ANTHONY WAYNE - . . 1 , cp . ' --X ,A ' ' . ' - X We, Nl.: , ff- - n - ' ' , l'ff'f'p f,W'71' vs 1 ' Z , . ' ' i ' fy pflllllmlxl ll 'lg ll . ' if Lf do re ' - X , e X X . . I ' . A 8 f fQ 'X 'll SX G i ,aff ll I ' ' . . Q l ' ' . . - - . . . I 'Q 4 - Q I O l ' I . v I . WN ww , 7-F 6 X i u ' F :Q X . lv 'l Wx? it ' . ' 6' elWllf?ll1,'r1f:Y Taffy X ' W'ryA l'. ' . fl , Og' 13'-Eff, ix. M y lx sig ff, ,X 1 X U ' 'f 'ff ,f f 1 X jyxx X x ' . . wx L, N Xl fy f YX , Q5 . . 45 N I f X V' l xwgl ' ' A gg -SA lfflllllll - l, I l I - I FT7 l 1 , l 1