The Trading Path

Blue Ridge And Peaks Of Otter(s) Source (LOC)

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Comanche Lodge

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Early Kentucky Settlers Attacked

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A Respectful Look At Henry Dodge

"For two centuries the family of Tristram Dodge, who landed on Block Island (off Rhode Island) in 1661, prospered from its instinct of migration. Its trail winds throughout the land, marked by Indian wars, exploits in frontier settlements, and a decoration for Israel Dodge from General George Washington for heroic action in the Battle of Brandywine. The record gained new strength with Henry Dodge, born to Israel and his wife, Nancy Ann Hunter, six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

Vincennes, Indiana (early settlement where Moses Henry lived)

"The date was October 12, 1782, and he was the first white child born in what is now Indiana. An Indian chief of the Piankeshaw, seeing the baby, threatened to kill him. But Moses Henry, a manufacturer of arms, in whose house Henry Dodge was born, saved him by telling the chief that the child and mother would not stay there but would soon leave for their home in Kentucky. In gratitude, Nancy Ann named her firstborn after their benefactor, Moses Henry.  Eight years later Israel left his wife, son, and six-year-old daughter at Bardstown (where he had built the first stone house and tavern) to seek adventure and fortune in the Spanish country, in what is now Missouri." [Source]

William Richardson Married Jane Cameron Grant

A couple whose families who were part of early Detroit history:

Source: Richardson's War of 1812: With Notes and a Life of the Author, By Richardson (Major, John)

Jane Richardson was living in Brant County in 1851.

Jane's great-grandmother was Janet (Cameron) Grant, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (who is also my ancestor -- combine the previous link with my family tree starting with my Dad for the complete lineage back to Sir Ewen Cameron).

Battle Of Calabee Creek

Sign At Fort Mitchell, Alabama (Jim's Photo Collection)

"In January 1814, having recovered from his wounds, Floyd was ready to make a second advance...".

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Not Caught On The Brink Of A Precipice

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"We have a legend here in the valley, located at Fall Brook. A respectable writer says, where this stream plunges a hundred feet down a dizzy chasm, General Sullivan, after one of his battles with the Indians, drove many of his dusky foes, covering the rocks below with their mutilated bodies. This
same exploit has been located at Watkins glen and at Niagara, but the truth is, it never occurred, as the Indians knew the country too well to be caught on the brink of a precipice; besides, Sullivan came into this valley after the ambush of a portion of his force near the head of Conesus lake, on their return from a reconnoitering expedition, and no Indians were found in the vicinity. In his report of his march no mention is made of such an exploit. Yet this in some minds is history." [Source]

Emboldened By Braddock's Defeat

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"(1755).  Braddock's defeat (July 9) emboldened the Indians...".

Lochry's Lament

A tribute to soldiers of Lochry's Defeat (my ancestor, William Roark, was one):

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Wayne and Little Turtle

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General Anthony Wayne and Little Turtle at Greenville.

The Grahams Were Attacked Here

Jim's Picture At Palms Americana

While following a little road along side the Greenbrier River, we found the Graham Cabin, built by Col.Graham in the 1770’s.  It was the site of a Shawnee attack in 1777 where Colonel Graham's daughter was taken captive. The Colonel spent eight years following tips until he located his daughter and brought her back home.

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William Roark: A Lochry's Massacre Survivor

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The Westmoreland [Pennsylvania] men found themselves the prisoners of Joseph Brant, the famous war chief of the Mohawks, with a large band of Iroquois, Shawnees and Wyandots. George Girty, a brother of Simon, was in command of some of the Indians. The fierce Shawnees could not be controlled, and began at once to kill their share of the prisoners.

While Lochry sat on a log a Shawnee warrior stepped behind him and sank his tomahawk into the colonel's skull, tearing off the scalp before life was gone. It was with great difficulty that Brant prevented the massacre of the men assigned to the Mohawks and Wyandots.

About 40 of the Westmorelanders were slain, most of them after the surrender. The captives whose lives were spared numbered 64 (this source says 70). Among those who escaped death were Captains Stokely and Orr, the latter being severely wounded in the left arm.  Source: Old Westmoreland...

My ancestor William Roark's life was spared; made difficult, yes, but spared nonetheless.

The massacre as described by another survivor, William Worthington.

A Victory For General George Rogers Clark

The National Park Service's view of General George Rogers Clark's actions.

Abrupt End Of Mansin's Service To The Crown

Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution ..., Volume 2, by Lorenzo Sabine, has a compilation of several mini-biographies, including that of Henry Mansin.

Mansin, Henry. Native of Prussia. Emigrated to Philadelphia from London about 1772. Went to Jamaica and thence to North Carolina. After the rising of the people at Ninety-Six, South Carolina, he joined John Stuart, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and retired to St Augustine, Florida, when he was appointed Captain in the corps of Rangers. He sold his commission acted as Stuart's* agent for awhile; and in 1777, went to New York and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Queen's Rangers by Sir William Howe. He went with the Royal Army to Philadelphia and was taken prisoner.  *[Note: I'm also researching Alexander Cameron who was an associate of Stuart]

According to this site, Lieutenant Henry Mansin, a German speaking officer in the Queen's Rangers, entered Lancaster County, searching for recruits, horses and general support for the loyalist cause.  On his second trip, in February 1778, several farmers caught Mansin and several of his co-conspirators stealing horses.  

 Henry Mansin and a man named Wendel Myer were hanged.  

The General Orders for the hanging were found in "General orders...and Lt. Col. Wm. S. Smith":

McKee, Et Al, Move To Ceded Territory

On June 7th, 1784, the Huron and Ottawa Indians who claimed ownership or proprietary rights in the country surrounding Detroit, gave by treaty* a tract of land seven miles square at the mouth of the Detroit River to the following British officers or fighters who had been associated with them in the recent war;--Alexander McKee, William Caldwell, Charles McCormack, Robin Eurphleet, Anthony St. Martin, Matthew Elliott, Henry Bird, Thomas McKee and Simon Girty.  *Page 27 in link    [Source of Article]

McKee's Town was in Ohio, not Ontario.  After the Revolutionary War, McKee was a British officer/fighter who received ceded land in British Canada.  

Alexander McKee and Simon Girty were thought to be part of Lochry's Defeat, as was my ancestor, William Roark (on the defeated American side).  Stirring up trouble probably made McKee less welcome in Ohio.

Chief Little Turtle

Biography of Little Turtle.

From Jim's Palms-Americana blog:

The burial site of Meshekinnoquah, or as his friends called him Chief Little Turtle, who rose to be the Chief of the Miami Nation. He led the Indians in the defeat of Colonel LaBalme in 1780, then defeated General Harmar at the Battle of Kekionga in 1790. In 1791 at Fort Recovery, Ohio he defeated General St. Clair in America's worst defeat by Indians with over 1000 killed. He was stopped with the entire Indian Confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers by General “Mad” Anthony Wayne, he was a signer of the Treaty of Greenville, met with three US Presidents; Washington, Adams and Jefferson and when he died in 1812 he was laid to rest in the Miami burial grounds with full U.S. Military honors.

Former Military Enemies In A Land Transaction? Colonel Thomas Browne And General "Lighthorse Harry" Henry Lee

While browsing the Florida Memory site, the name Judge Augustus Brevoort Woodward caught my eye.  He was an historical figure in Detroit.  To my surprise and delight, there was a letter on the site from H. Lee (Henry Lee IV, half brother of Robert E. Lee) to Judge Woodward dated September 15, 1824.

It got even better!  The letter referenced land granted in East Florida to Col. Thomas Browne, an officer of the British Army, by the Creek and Seminole Indians and further, a deed of conveyance from Browne to Mr. Lee's father, the late General H. Lee.

Excerpts below:

Dear Sir,

I must beg you to excuse the liberty I am about to take with you, and must trust to your goodness for my apology. By inspecting the enclosed papers No—1, 2, and 3 you will perceive that No. 1 is an authentic copy of a grant from the Creek and Seminole Indians of a certain territory in E. Florida to Col. Thomas Browne an officer of the British army during the American War—...

 of a deed of conveyance from the said Col. Browne to the late Genl. H. Lee my father...

Colonel Browne was the father of Captain Donald Cameron's second wife, Elizabeth Brown.  I may be a descendant of Captain Cameron's son by his first marriage.


A description of Browne and Lee's military interaction
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Convicted In Arkansas, Jailed In Detroit

Wiley Sukey, Town King of Coweta, who was convicted in the Western District of Arkansas, served his time in Detroit, Michigan.  It was not uncommon for prisoners convicted in the West to be incarcerated in Detroit.  Detroit is sited in an article about the Territorial Prison in Wyoming.  Belle Starr was held in Detroit.

From United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs:



Wiley Sukey was found in an affidavit in 1905 for Josephine Posey Boston's Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes (Creek Dawes packets) taken at Muskogee, Indian Territory.  He was no longer in Detroit! [Source]

John Ross, Chief Of The Cherokee

Portrait of John Ross

From Tennessee history:
Although only one-eighth Cherokee by blood and bearing no physical features common to Native Americans, John Ross considered himself a full-blood Cherokee... .  ...known among them as Tsan-usdi – a Cherokee term meaning "Little John". As he grew into manhood he was called Guwi–sguwi meaning "the egret or swan" – a name that came to be known over the years as "Coowescoowe".

See “Our Hearts are Sickened”: Letter from Chief John Ross of the Cherokee, Georgia, 1836, at History Matters).

The Life of Chief John Ross on YouTube.

The David Laughton Estate

The DAVID LAUGHTON estate was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 46) Estate of David Laughton, Deceased
Twp. of Clay, St. Clair County [Territory of] Michigan
3 August 1836
Jacob Harsen applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of David Laughton, lage of the County of Cook in the State of Illinois, deceased

Jacob Harsen of the Township of Clay as principal and William Harsen and Francis Harsen of same place, sureties

This David Laughton mentioned in treaty?