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

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Y-F 'Q sent to chastise them Both of these expeditions were defeated by surprise attacks of the Indians under Little flllwz wwf! 91 5 ' if tT1f W X Turtle W Qi!! If if President Washington then sent Mad Anthony Wayne famous as second soldier and first fighter of the Revolution to break the Indian power He arrlved at the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers where he erected Fort Defiance in January 1793 Here he offered to treat with the Indians but upon their refusal he marched down the Maumee reaching Roche de Boeuf a famous Indian landmark near the present c1ty of Waterville on August 18 1794 Here he built a small stockade Fort Deposit and pre pared for battle The Indians were encamped on the opposite side of the river and around Presque Isle where a hurricane had torn down the forests hence the name of the combat the Battle of Fallen Timbers On the morning of August .40 1194 he attacked and in a hot battle much of which was fought hand to hand routed the Indians During the battle the great chief Turkey Foot was killed while standing on a large rock trying to rally his forces The Indlans for years afterward visited th1s rock on which they had carved turkeys feet and made offerings to the Splflt of the chief After the battle Wayne burned the Indian village and crops for miles around and established forts and posts throughout the Indian country wma rom' MEIGS Wir gr in X VIVIA Vwfx 'V'! I Li ' I ,, ga' f fi M - Q41 '5 , ill' '4'-- ry ,W v Q- I ,if fu as QW UZV' iirllmi x f ff If b fx iss, i J , ,, ff . before they were finally subdued Had General Wayne not succeeded in crushing the Indians who were backed by Great Brit- ain it is probable that the dividing line between Can- ada and the United States would be the Ohio River rather than the Great Lakes. In 1803 Ohio was ad- mitted to the Union. The Maumee valley was again the principal battleground in the war with Great Brit- 1 : .ri Nfv x Xi X X x X pxt if X X ,a NSQRTE X bi K- i Eff .- '- -, , ,., ,, ain in 1812. 1 I I:-SERS! I General William Henry Harrison, commander -in - chief of the Army of the -fly, Northwest Territory, erect- K I i,i1ff,,,!','gf,L:f T 'M X: - if M -E 1 , h X 14 , 1- ,,- , Yffr I ,F r 1 V Vfaeig :iv - f Aa,-g,A ' . cf f 122-a Ifrvfs - lc, ed Fort Meigs on a high ' 41- x W X - -'fe-I 1 TECUMSEH bluff overlooking the Mau- 041210 v a Y E5 vs fig gy-1921 3454 X,-41 ol:-' . . J I I ful fwvf 1 Liyh fffffh' gd 'Z ,AQ 'O , If My Y, . . ' fl, A 'Q 'f fVV71Q27 4,5-,Aj A ff' , ' W, 1, aww 0 fm 2 ,W If ,'. ' ,f 1,7 W: , V1 f I . 'N my fx ',f V' fy, f ff, -f' f.' 'ir 01,4 ' - H uv i V T- ii N 4-'-'-'22f,f..,, QT . V1 'f , I IV f 1 , U L, r f W ,Mm,n,lqm . H K 1 -- -.' mf' -1 . ' . . . ' . Q V . Y . I I U 1 ' ' Q 1 . I - , . , . . A I F- Y l 9 , . , . , . . y . , Y . fl mi My ' , Wlmll' . If f 1' iw- ll V ' A f 1 w f .X ml l,,.f,p-f 'il 14.4 1 , f af x v X il ill!! iw 1 1' I' 1 Q I 'M' , iii ' fliwlvb l f ' f 41' V v if .f 1 M 411 'M' w I N W ' 'l V f fl X' ' 2,19 1 1 s W lm ! 5 E lk V! 1 7 ,Q , Q V ly: y 1 I 'D I J

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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

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t- 5 iff u-of mee just west of Perrysburg Oh1o It covered about n1ne acres of ground and was named n honor of the patrlotxc governor of Oh1o Return Jonathan Melgs The Brxtlsh commanded by General Proctor were statxoned dxrectly across the rlver whxle Tecumseh the great Shawnee 1n the grmp of h1s ldeal to defend the red men from the mvasxon of the wh1tes had h1s Indlans scat tered on both sldes of the r1ver Two S16geS oc curred one 1n May and one ln July The Brltlsh unsuccessful at length retreated On all sldes of the fort are graves of soldlers who fell 1n that v1c1n1ty durxng that war H fo -fc 0123 fl lllc Gt 1 5 7 fffr f if I, X HARRISON J-A On the lakes too the Amerlcans carr1ed on a glorlous campalgn On September 10 1813 Perry met and defeated w1th a home made fleet a large Br1t1sh fleet from Detroit takmg more pr1soners than h1s entlre force Th1s opened the way for Harr1sons operatlons at Detrolt where he defeated Proctor and Tecumseh at the battle of the Thames December 5 1813 breakmg the Indlan power for all t1me By the Treaty of Ghent December 1814 war was ended and the west reglon agam became peaceful In 1817 the Indlans rel1nqu1shed clalms and began the sad m1grat1ons westward They cast long farewell glances at the fertxle reglon as they slowly moved to the Indlan reservatlons west of the M1ss1ss1pp1 The Delawares left 1n 1829 the Ottawas ln 1838 and the Wyandots rn 1842 In 1832 the settlement Incllans Leaxlng the Maumee Valley 04 13 DO of Toledo was begun and 1ts rlse ln the last one hundred years has been phenomenal The Cathollc development of Oh1o has been even more remarkable than 1ts C1V1l h1s tory The labors of the early jesuxts have been rewarded by the spread of Cathol1c1ty throughout the west Th1s year the Cathollc Church cel ebrates the centennary of the first church bullt ln northwest ern Oh1o that of St Mary s at Txffln At the t1me It was erected, the dnocese of C1nc1n natx covered the entlre states of Oh1o and M1ch1gan and the eastern part of Wlsconsm Th1s great terrltory was pre s1ded over by Blshop Edward Fenwxck, who traveled w1th great dxfflculty, especlally m the wlnter months, to the d1f X YY: Q . l I ,fi 1 8 ' 5? Q MJ: f ig, W WS' ' ri v v v 'f' C , I g si. 51,77 K - . 5 r f!! . . . . S X. 3 1 Y ' I if -5 S . . . J X . , - , 1 5 9 - X 1 1 K ' v a ' , . . . , . . , I ! , . 7 5 Y ' 5 7 Y A A . . - . . ' 9 , .