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Title: Philip Seymour, or, Pioneer life in Richland County, Ohio : founded on facts
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: M'Gaw, James Francis, 1823-1872
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America
Publisher: Mansfield (Ohio) : R. Brinkerhoff, Herald Steam Press Print
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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,as the wilderness then was tenanted by Indians and wildbeasts. The Indian tribes holding possession of Ohio at this time,were the Shawnees, Wyaudots, Miamis, Pinkashaws, Dela-wares, Eries, Winnebagoes, and some portions of the SixNations. The Shawnees are said to be the oldest inhabitantsof this State. 5 INTRODUCTION : Among the tribes whicli inhabittd this region of Ohio,were the Delawares and Wjandots. A settlement of Dela-wares existed at Greentown, on the Black Fork, and one atJeromeville, now in Ashland county. These Indians professedfriendship for the whites, and up till 1812 they had livedamicably with them. Among the Indian chiefs friendly to the American cause,was Captain Pipe of Jeromeville, who previous to the treatyof Greenville in 1795, was the most inveterate enemy of thewhites. Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, were the leadingspirits of those arrayed against the white settlements; andthrough their influence many a cheerful cabin hearth wasmade desolate. O a o>
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S^ PHILIP SEYMOUK. OR PIOXEEK LIFE IN EICHLAND COUNTY CHAPTER I, ADYENTURF- OF PHILIP SEYMOUR WITH KANOTCHE AND THE BEAR. ririHE sun liacl just risen, and31 was pouring his flood of light,upon hill-top and valley, as PhilipSeymour, a young and gallant back-woodsman, started from his cabinupon the banks of the Black Fork,in search of game. A loveliermorning never opened upon theearth. A pleasant and refreshingbreeze swept gently through theforest, while the golden, mellowrays of the rising sun fell softlyupon the variegated landscape,mantling it with that dreamy beau-ty, which in a poetic mind awakens those sweet fan-cies that fill the soul with holy inspiration. Aheavy dew had fallen during the night, and eachtiny drop, as it hung pendant on llower and

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