Page images
PDF
EPUB

xii

85. August,

1786. January,
January,
Jan. 10,
Jan. 31,

March 1,
May 16,
May,
May 26,

June 30,

July 29,
August,

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

Indians threaten hostility.

Great confederacy of northwestern Indians formed by Brant.
Fort Harmar built.

Brant visits England to learn purposes of ministers.

Virginia agrees to independence of Kentucky.

Putnam and Tupper call meeting to form Ohio Company.

Treaty with Shawanese at Fort Finney, (mouth of Great Miami.)
Ohio Company of Associates formed.

Governor of Virginia writes to Congress respecting Indian invasions.
The negotiations as to Mississippi before Congress.

Resolution of Congress produces cession by Connecticut.

Congress authorises the invasion of northwestern territory.
Pittsburgh Gazette first published.

Mr. Jay authorized to yield navigation of Mississippi for a term of years.

September, Clark and his troops at Vincennes.

Sept. 14,

October,

October 8,

Connecticnt makes second act of cession.
Clark's troops leave him.

Clark seizes Spanish property at Vincennes.

November, Virginia protests against yielding navigation of Mississippi.
Great dissatisfaction in the west.

November, Governor of Virginia informed as to Clark's movements.
Great Indian Council in northwest; they address Congress.

Dec. 22,

[blocks in formation]

Fourth Kentucky Convention meets.

Ohio Company chooses Directors.

Meeting in Kentucky relative to navigation of Mississippi.
Wilkinson goes to New Orleans.

Dr. Cutler negotiates with Congress for lands for Ohio Company.
Congress make order in favor of Ohio Company.

Ordinance passed for government of northwestern territory.
Harry Innis refuses to prosecute invaders of Indian lands.
Kentucky Gazette established.

Symmes applies for land.

Entries of Virginia Military Reserve, north of Ohio, begin.
Fifth Kentucky Convention meets.

Ohio Company completes contract for lands.

Symmes' application referred to Board of Treasury.
Troops ordered west.

St. Clair appointed Governor of northwestern territory.
Preparations made by Ohio Company to send settlers west.
Symmes issues proposals for settlers.

John Brown, first western representative goes to Congress.

Indians expected to make treaty at Marietta.
Great emigration; 4,500 persons pass Fort Harmar.
Denman purchases Cincinnati.

The admission of Kentucky debated in Congress.
Ohio Company settlers land at Muskingum.

Marietta named.

[blocks in formation]

The admission of Kentucky refused by Congress.
St. Clair reaches northwestern territory.

July 28,

Sixth Kentucky Convention meets.

July 25,

First law of northwestern territory published.
Symmes starts for the west.

[blocks in formation]

Losantiville (Cincinnati) laid out.

Symmes reaches his purchase.

Great Indian Council in northwest to forbid treaties with separate nations. V
Seventh Kentucky Convention meets.

Columbia settled by Stites.

November, Dr. Connolly in Kentucky as a British agent.

Dec. 24,

Dec. 28,

Dec. 29,

1789. Jan. 9,

Spring,

June,

June,

The founders of Cincinnati leave Maysville.

Cincinnati reached according to McMillan.

Virginia passes third act to make Kentucky independent.

George Morgan removes to New Madrid.

Treaties of Fort Harmar concluded.

Wilkinson goes to New Orleans again.

Daniel Story, first teacher and preacher, in Ohio Company's purchase.
Symmes' settlements threatened by Indians.

Major Doughty arrives at Symmes' purchase and begins Ft. Washington.

xiii

[blocks in formation]

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

Western scouts withdrawn by Virginia.
Eighth Kentucky Convention meets.

Governor Miro of New Orleans writes Sebastian.
Congress empowers President to call out western militia.
President authorises Governor St. Clair to call out militia.
General Harmar reaches Cincinnati with 300 troops.

Governor St. Clair at Cincinnati, which name is then given it.
St. Clair goes west to Kaskaskia.

Gamelin sent to Wabash Indians. V
Indian hostilities take place.

St. Clair calls out western militia.

Ninth Kentucky Convention meets.
Troops gather at Fort Washington.
Harmar leaves Fort Washington.

Colonel Hardin with the advance reaches Miami villages.
Main army reaches Miami villages.

Trotter goes after Indians.

Hardin's first defeat.

Hardin's second defeat.

December, Kentuckians petition Congress to fight Indians in their own way.
December, Admission of Kentucky to United States brought before Congress.
December, Massie and others contract to settle Manchester.

1791. Jan. 2, Feb. 4, March 3,

Big Bottom settlement destroyed by Indians.
Congress agree to admit Kentucky.、

Excise laid on spirits.

Scott of Kentucky authorised to march against Indians.
Procter starts on his western mission.

Procter reaches Buffalo creek.

Procter is refused a vessel to cross Lake Erie.

St. Clair at Fort Washington preparing his expedition.
Procter abandons his mission.

Meeting at Brownsville against excise.

[blocks in formation]

Scott marches up Wabash.

July 27,

August 1,

Sept. 6,

Sept. 7.

Sept. 17,

Oct. 12,

October,
Nov. 4,

Nov. 8,

Wilkinson marches against Eel river Indians.

Collector of Alleghany and Washington counties (Penn.) attacked.
Meeting at Pittsburgh against excise.

St. Clair commences his march.

Fort Jefferson commenced.

Wilson maltreated in west of Pennsylvania.

St. Clair's defeat.

The remainder of the army at Fort Washington.

December, Convention elected to form Constitution for Kentucky.

1792. January 7, Peace offered by the U. States to the Indians, through the Senecas. January 9, Pond and Stedman sent west.

[blocks in formation]

Trueman leaves Fort Washington--Hardin also.

General Wayne moves westward.

Brant visits Philadelphia.

Fire lands given to sufferers, by Connecticut.
Indians seize O. M. Spencer, &c.

Great anti-excise meeting at Pittsburgh.

Washington issues proclamation on Excise law.

R. Putnam makes a treaty at Vincennes.
Adair attacked near Fort St. Clair.

Opposition to excise law diminishes.

December, United States troops at Legionville, on the Ohio.

1793. March 1st, Lincoln, Randolph and Pickering, appointed to treat with Indians. "V

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

Indians attacked Fort Recovery,

[blocks in formation]

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

Commissioners correspond with Governor Simcoe.
Commissioners meet Brant and hold a council.

Commissioners at Elliott's house, mouth of Detroit river.
Commissioners meet Indian delegates.

Final action of the commissioners and Indians.

Wayne leaves Cincinnati with his legion.
Wayne encamps at Greenville.

Wayne is joined by Kentuckians under Scott.
Lowry and Boyd attacked.

French emissaries sent west.

Field of St. Clair's defeat taken possession of by Wayne's troops.
Dissatisfaction in the West.

Opposition to excise feebler.

Whiskey riots recommence.

February, Lord Dorchester's speech to Indians.

The Mingo Creek Association formed.
Wayne prepares for his campaign.

General Simcoe builds a fort on the Maumee..
Democratic society formed at Pittsburgh.
Spaniards offer help to Indians.

French emissaries forced to leave west.

Contest respecting Presqu'isle.

Suits commenced against whiskey rioters.
First gathering about Neville's house.
Neville's house burnt.

Meeting at Mingo Creek.

July 26,

Mail robbed by Bradford.

July 26,

Scott, with 1600 men, joins Wayne.

Aug. 1,

Great gathering at Braddock's field.

Aug. 7,

Aug. 8,

Wayne near Maumee.

Washington issues proclamation against whiskey rioters.

[ocr errors]

Aug. 13,

Wayne sends his last peace message to Indians.

Aug. 18,

Wayne builds Fort Deposit.

Aug. 20,

Aug. 21,

Sept.

Sept. 11,

Sept. 25,

Dec. 28,

Sept & Oct

[blocks in formation]

Wayne meets and conquers Indians.

Commissioners of government meet committee of rioters.
British try to prevent Indians making peace.

Vote taken upon obedience to the law in Pennsylvania.
Washington calls out militia.

Fort Wayne built.

Indians ask for peace of Colonel Hamtramck.

Indians sign preliminaries of a treaty.
Prisoners are interchanged.

Connecticut prepares to sell her reserve.

Council of Greenville opens.

The Baron de Carondelet writes Sebastian.
Jay's treaty formed.

Treaty of Greenville"signed.❤

Council of Greenville closed.

Grant by Congress to Gallipolis settlers.

Connecticut sells Western Reserve to Land company.
Pinckney concludes treaty with Spain.

Dayton laid out.

Chillicothe founded.

M. Adet, French Minister, sends emissaries to disaffect the west to

the union.

Sebastian visits the southwest.

Cleveland laid out and named.

British give up posts in northwest.

[blocks in formation]

Difficulties with Spain begin.

August,

General Wayne died.

August,

First paper mill in the west.

1797.

Oct.

Oct.

1798.

Dec.

Power visits Kentucky, and writes to Sebastian.

Daniel Boone moves west of Mississippi.

Occupying claimant law of Kentucky passed,

W. H. Harrison appointed secretary of Northwest territory.
Alien and sedition laws passed.

Nullifying resolutions in Kentucky.

Death abolished in Kentucky, except for murder.

Representatives for Northwest territory first chosen.

1799; Feb. 4,

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

XV

Representatives of Northwest territory meet to nominate candidates for Council.

February, Kentucky constitution amended.

February Internal improvements talked of in Kentucky.

Sept. 24,
Oct. 6,

[blocks in formation]

Nov. 7,

Dec. 16,

1812. June 1, June 28,

Assembly of Northwest territory organizes at Cincinnati.

W. H. Harrison appointed delegate in Congress for N. West territory.

Indiana territory formed.

Connecticut yields jurisdiction of her reserve to the U. States, and U.
States gives her patents for the soil.

Treaty of St. Ildefonso.

Assembly of Northwest territory meets at Chillicothe.
First missionary in Connecticut Reserve.

W. H. Harrison appointed Governor of Indiana territory.
St. Clair re-appointed Governor of Northwest territory.

Cincinnati, in place of Chillicothe, again made seat of government for
Northwest territory.

Thomas Worthington goes to Washington to procure the erection of
Ohio into a state.

University at Athens, Ohio, established.

First Bank in Kentucky.

Congress agree that Ohio may become a state.

The Spanish Intendant forbids the use of N. Orleans by the Americans
Convention meets to form a constitution for Ohio.

Constitution formed.

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

Aug. 16,

Hull surrenders.

Aug, 15,

Sept. 8,

Sept. 17,

Oct.

Oct.

Dec.

1813. Jan. 10.

Massacre of troops near Chicago.
Fort Harrison attacked.

W. H. Harrison appointed Commander in Northwest.
General Hopkins attacks the Indians on the Wabash.
Governor Edwards attacks the Indians on the Illinois.
Colonel Campbell attacks the Indians on the Missisinneway.

Winchester reaches the rapids of Maumee.

Sends troops to Frenchtown.

British at Frenchtown defeated.

Americans defeated at Frenchtown, with great loss.
Massacre of the wounded.

Harrison retreats to Portage river.

Harrison advances to Maumee, and builds Fort Meigs.
Fort Meigs besieged.

General Clay reaches Fort Meigs; Dudley's party lost.
British return to Malden.

[blocks in formation]

Fort Stephenson besieged.

Aug. 2,

Siege of Fort Stephenson raised.

Aug. 4,

Sept. 10,

Victory by Perry, on lake Erie.

Sept. 27,

[blocks in formation]

British fleet prepare to attack Erie.

Perry's vessels leave Erie.

American army at Malden.

[blocks in formation]

Holmes's expedition into Canada.

J. C. Symmes died.

Expedition under Croghan against Mackinac.

Fort Shelby, at Prairie du Chien, taken by the British.
Treaty with Indians at Greenville.

McArthur's expedition into Canada.

Treaty of Ghent.

Various treaties with Indians.

Ohio taxes the Banks.

Pittsburgh incorporated.

Columbus made capital of Ohio.

Bank of Shawneetown chartered.

General Banking law of Ohio passed.
Indiana admitted to the Union.

1817. September, Northwest of Ohio bought of Indians.

Jan. & Oct. United States bank opens branches in Cincinnati and Chillicothe.

[blocks in formation]

The first steamer on Lake Erie.

September, Contest of Ohio and the United States bank.

1820. December, Nullification resolutions of Ohio.

[blocks in formation]
« PreviousContinue »