Nassagaweya Township is a geographic township and former municipality now part of Milton .
72-831: The township was created in 1819, its name derived from the Mississauga word nazhesahgewayyong , meaning 'river with two outlets.' This refers to the fact that watercourses in the township drain to both Lake Ontario and the Grand River system. Nassagaweya township became part of the Town of Milton in 1974. Communities within the boundaries of the former township include: Campbellville , Brookville , Moffat , Haltonville , Darbyville , Guelph Junction and Sayers Mills . Nassagaweya historically contained Eden Mills and borders on Kilbride . The heritage house Nassagaweya in Brisbane, Australia
144-564: A Seneca village and spoke the language fluently) to advise the chiefs that the French were aware of their plans. Céloron writes that the warriors did not attack, but "filed before my camp and made the accustomed salute." Chiefs from the village visited the French camp the next day with pipes of peace , and Céloron reprimanded them for contemplating violence, adding: "I know how to make war, and those who have made war with us ought to know it, too." The following day, 10 August 1749, Céloron delivered
216-520: A Seneca word meaning "large bull thistles ." The original village was settled by Shawnees , possibly as early as 1725 or 1730 on low-lying land less than a mile north of present-day Ambridge in Beaver County, Pennsylvania . The population grew as groups of Lenape , Cayugas , Senecas , and Shawnees migrated west into the Ohio River Valley seeking to escape a smallpox epidemic in 1733 and
288-579: A census in Logstown in 1748, he identified the people as Tisagechroamis , his attempt at conveying the sound of their exonym name in Wendat . Other variants of this spelling were Tisagechroamis , Tisaghechroamis , Tisagechroan , Tisagechroanu , and Zisaugeghroanu . "The Tisagechroanu were the Mississagas from Lake Huron , a large tribe of French Indians, or under French influences. The name Tisagechroanue here
360-559: A drought in 1741, creating a multi-ethnic community. In August 1744 the town's population increased significantly when Kakowatcheky arrived with his band of Shawnee warriors and their families from Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania . Kakowatcheky is sometimes credited with founding Logstown. Another early resident was Opessa Straight Tail , who moved to Logstown some time before 1750. The town's population varied from approximately 200 to 500 people. In 1749 Céloron de Blainville observed fifty cabins housing about sixty warriors, suggesting
432-594: A few days after Céloron's departure, and reported that the Indians had told Céloron "that the land was their own, and while there were any Indians in those parts they would continue to trade with the English," adding that “to separate them from their brothers, the English, would be like cutting a man in two halves and then expecting him to live.” In September, 1750 the Ohio Company ordered Christopher Gist to survey lands along
504-560: A force of eight officers, six cadets, an armorer, 20 soldiers, 180 Canadians, 30 Iroquois and 25 Abenakis , Céloron moved down the river on a flotilla of 23 large boats and birch-bark canoes, on his "lead plate expedition," burying lead plates at six locations where major tributaries entered the Ohio and nailing copper plates bearing royal arms to trees to claim the territory for New France . Céloron arrived at Logstown on August 8, 1749. The Shawnee chief Kakowatcheky , fearing an assault, rallied
576-505: A general council he announced that King George's War had ended and that England and France signed a peace treaty. As a result, the English had no more war supplies for them and he distributed gifts instead. The chiefs complied with his request for a count of their warriors in the Ohio Valley region: Weiser was accompanied by "English traders, of whom there were above twenty," intending to formally establish trade with tribes represented at
648-621: A group of First Nations peoples located in southern Ontario , Canada. They are a sub-group of the Ojibwe Nation. The name "Mississauga" comes from the Anishinaabe word Misi-zaagiing , meaning "[Those at the] Great River-mouth." It is closely related to the Ojibwe word Miswe-zaagiing , which means ‘a river with many outlets.’ According to the oral histories of the Anishinaabe, after departing
720-631: A journal of his trip which Lewis Evans used in making his 1749 map. William's journey subsequently inspired his father's keen interest in the frontier. In 1749, the Comte de La Galissonière wanted to strengthen French control over the Ohio Country , and in August he ordered the military commander at Detroit, Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville to travel down the Ohio River to demonstrate French dominance. Leading
792-597: A low voice to those next to him, Why don't you shoot this French Fellow - Shoot him - shoot him. Afterwards, Céloron called the English traders who were living in Logstown to meet with him, "to whom I addressed a summons to retire into their own territory with all their servants...They answered...that they would do so, that they knew well they had no right to trade on the Beautiful River." Bonnecamps wrote in his own diary: The English there were 10 in number, and one among them
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#1732858421413864-540: A member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council , that one of his men, who had just come "down from ye Woods," had informed him that "the Indians at this side of the Lake Erie are making war very briskly against the French, but is very impatient to hear from their brothers, ye English, expecting a present of powder and lead; which, if they don't get, I am of opinion, by the best accounts, that they will turn to
936-610: A part of the men of the villages I had passed, who had come to seek refuge there, and to render them stronger...Besides these three nations there are in this village Iroquois from the Sault St. Louis ( Kahnawake ), from the Lake of Two Mountains ( Mohawks of Kanesatake ), and Indians from the Nepisiniques and the Abenakis , with Ontarios and other nations. This gathering forms a bad village, which
1008-465: A population of 200 to 250 total, while in late 1758 George Croghan noted forty houses for about one hundred and twenty warriors, suggesting a total population of 350 to 500. In late April 1745, the Pekowi Shawnee leader Peter Chartier and about 400 Shawnees, including Meshemethequater and Neucheconeh , stopped at Logstown to visit Kakowatcheky and to try to persuade him to join them. Chartier
1080-512: A prepared message from the Marquis de La Galissonière , the Governor of New France , which described how the English were deceiving the Ohio tribes and planning their "total ruin," adding: "I know the English only inspire you with evil sentiments, and, besides, intend, through their establishments on the Beautiful River, which belongs to me, to take it from me." The aged chief Kakowatcheky , listening in
1152-423: A right to look upon them as intruders and mere vagrants , their traffic being contrary to the preliminaries of the peace ( Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ), signed more than fifteen months ago. I hope, Sir, you will condescend to forbid this trade for the future, which is contrary to the treaties; and that you will warn your traders not to return into these territories; for, if so, they can only impute to themselves
1224-465: Is one of us alive. You are always threatening our Brothers what you will do to them, and in particular, to that man (pointing to George Croghan); now, if you have anything to say to our Brothers, tell it to him if you be a man, as you Frenchmen always say you are, and the Head of all Nations. Our Brothers are the people we will trade with, and not you. He then returned the belt of wampum, symbolically rejecting
1296-711: Is probably a misprint, for it is most often found Zisaugeghroanu." Starting in 1781 during the waning years of the American Revolutionary War , the Crown purchased land which encompassed much of present-day southern Ontario from the Mississauga in a series of transactions. They purchased the land to fulfill promises made in the Haldimand Proclamation concerning land promised to the Iroquois for their support for
1368-556: Is quite new; it is hardly more than five or six years since it was established. The savages who live there are almost all Iroquois; they count about sixty warriors." Céloron reported that he was informed that warriors in Logstown had planned to attack his camp during the first night, but that his well-armed force, sentinels, and carefully planned encampment discouraged them from doing so. Later that evening "the Chiefs, accompanied by thirty or forty braves, came to salute me." They apologized for
1440-552: Is seduced by the allurements of cheap merchandise furnished by the English, which keeps them in very bad disposition towards us. Céloron discovered some British traders living in Logstown. Incensed, he warned them to leave this territory which belonged to France. and wrote a scolding note to the governor of Pennsylvania, which stated in part: I have been very much surprised to find some merchants of your government in this country, to which England has never had any pretensions. I have treated them with all possible mildness, though I had
1512-428: The Marquis de la Jonquière , decided to send Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire back to Logstown to establish a permanent French base there. In early July 1750, Joncaire set out from Montreal with a staff of eight cadets and four soldiers, in addition to two Cayuga guides. They traveled with two canoes loaded with goods, including powder and shot, intended as gifts for the Indians and for trade. They proceeded down
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#17328584214131584-557: The Mississagi River . The Mississauga called for the core Anishinaabe to Midewiwin , meaning 'return to the path of the good life'. The core Anishinaabe peoples formed the Council of Three Fires and migrated from their "Third Stopping Place" near the present city of Detroit to their "Fourth Stopping Place" on Manitoulin Island , along the eastern shores of Georgian Bay. The homelands of
1656-472: The "Second Stopping Place" near Niagara Falls , the core Anishinaabe peoples migrated along the shores of Lake Erie to what is now southern Michigan . They became "lost" both physically and spiritually. The Mississauga migrated along a northern route by the Credit River , to Georgian Bay . These were considered their historic traditional lands on the shores of Lake Superior and northern Lake Huron around
1728-632: The 19th century, the Mississauga sought to gain compensation for the land granted to them but given to other settlers. In the 21st century, the Canadian government awarded the Mississauga of the New Credit First Nation nearly $ 145 million in settlement of this land claim. All the Mississaugas are a subset of the Ojibwe nation of 200,000 people. Historically, there were five First Nations that made up
1800-636: The Allegheny to Logstown, where Joncaire had orders to establish a trading-house, two stories high, its walls fitted with crénelés, ( loopholes ) for defense. Joncaire was directed to explore the region, to learn all he could about the Monongahela River , to find a new route from southern Ohio to Lake Erie, to visit Lower Shawneetown and establish relations with the chiefs there, and finally, to report back to Céloron in Detroit. Throughout September and October
1872-529: The British traders and Céloron's condescending attitude irritated the Shawnees, some of whom returned to their home villages, "tearing down and trampling underfoot with contempt" the French copper plates as they went." Governor James Hamilton sent George Croghan to Logstown as soon as they learned of Céloron's visit, to find out how the Indians had reacted to the French expedition. Croghan arrived in late August, only
1944-610: The Crown during the war, and to compensate the Iroquois for losing territory to American colonists. The sale of land by the Mississaugas of the Credit to the Crown was referred to as the "Between the Lakes Treaty." In 1848, the Iroquois granted land to the Mississauga within the former's Six Nations Reserve on Grand River. The Mississauga became established on the New Credit. Beginning in
2016-562: The Delawares and Scarouady supervised the Shawnees. The provincial government of Pennsylvania was anxious to keep Native Americans in the Ohio Valley from being influenced by the French. As early as 1731, agents from Montreal had visited communities along the Ohio River, distributing goods and urging the tribes to send emissaries to Quebec to establish alliances. On September 18, 1747, George Croghan wrote to Thomas Lawrence in Philadelphia,
2088-483: The English flag, saying that it had been put on display by some young men "for show...and without perceiving the consequences," adding that "our heart is entirely French." In contrast, William Trent recorded that as the warriors arrived, "every man discharged his gun loaded with ball & large shot into the ground between the Frenchmen's legs which almost blinded them & covered them with dirt. The Indians then came to
2160-447: The English should make no treaty in the country of the Ohio, I have directed the traders of your government to withdraw. You cannot be ignorant, sir, that all the lands of this region have always belonged to the King of France, and that the English have no right to come there to trade. My superior has commanded me to apprise you of what I have done, in order that you might not affect ignorance of
2232-416: The English traders [living in the town] and asked them if they should kill them, the English took pity on them, seeing Monsieur Céloron & his people much dejected & trembling with fear as they were sure of certain death should the traders advise them to it." Céloron described Logstown and its inhabitants briefly: This village consists of fifty cabins, composed of Iroquois, Channanous , Loups and
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2304-683: The English. In 1748, the colony of Pennsylvania sent Conrad Weiser , Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Six Nations, to Logstown. Arriving on August 27, he set up his headquarters in Croghan's trading post and visited the surrounding villages. Soon a large number of Delaware, Shawnee, Iroquois and Wyandot Indians gathered at Logstown, including the Wyandot chief Orontony and five other leaders from Kuskusky , who "behav’d like People of good Sense & Sincerity." Weiser met each tribe separately and then in
2376-487: The English. In his letter to Governor Hamilton, Croghan noted, "To enforce that speech he gave them a very large belt of wampum ," a symbol of the importance of his message. Keeshequeatama, Speaker for the Six Nations, replied: You desire we may turn our Brothers, the English, away, and not suffer them to come and trade with us again. I now tell you from our hearts, we will not; for we ourselves brought them here to trade with us and they shall live amongst us as long as there
2448-422: The French built about 30 log cabins , some with stone chimneys, on a plateau above the original Logstown village, and that these log cabins supposedly gave the town its name. However, George P. Donehoo says that the name "was probably due to the fact that large numbers of logs were left upon the flat after the floods in the Ohio River." Donehoo and several other sources report that the original Lenape name of
2520-546: The French challenge to end trade with the English. On 25 May Croghan met with Joncaire, who apologized for urging the leaders of Logstown to end trade with the English, saying that he was following orders from the Governor of Canada, but added that "he was sure the French could not accomplish their designs with the Six Nations, without it could be done by force; which, he said, he believed they [the French] would find to be as difficult as
2592-607: The French." In November 1747 Scarouady and other Iroquois leaders visited Philadelphia to sign the "Treaty Between the President and Council of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Ohio Indians," promising a military alliance against the French in exchange for supplies and trade goods. The Council obtained £200 worth of goods and sent Croghan to Logstown in April, 1748 to cement the terms of
2664-527: The Indians from the King, by Order of the President of Virginia," which "obtained me Quiet and Respect among them." Gist spent one night in the town and left the next day, observing the river downstream from the town: "The Bottoms upon the River below the Logg's Town very rich but narrow, the high Land pretty good but not very rich." After Céloron returned and reported his experiences, the new Governor-General of New France,
2736-524: The Mississauga Nations. Today, there are six, listed here along with their historical counterparts, where applicable: Logstown The riverside village of Logstown (1726?, 1727–1758) also known as Logg's Town , French: Chiningue (transliterated to Shenango ) near modern-day Baden, Pennsylvania , was a significant Native American settlement in Western Pennsylvania and
2808-639: The Mississaugas were originally claimed by the Huron/Wyandot , who were driven off by the Iroquois in the Beaver Wars in 1649/50. The Ojibwe Anishinaabe then moved into the area around 1700, pushing out the Iroquois. The French had previously called an Anishinaabe band near the Mississagi River Oumisagai or Mississauga and for unknown reasons began to apply that name to the Ojibwe who took over
2880-808: The Ohio (now in downtown Pittsburgh ) in an area on the east bank of the Ohio River opposite Aliquippa . The site is also due north of the Pittsburgh International Airport . Today the site is marked with a stone bearing a brass plaque placed there by the Fort McIntosh chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1932, memorializing the visit of Major George Washington to the town in November, 1753. A few sources claim that in 1747
2952-738: The Ohio to find an area of 200,000 acres that the Company could take possession of, according to a 1749 grant from King George II of England . Gist was instructed to Search out and discover the Lands upon the River Ohio, & other adjoining Branches of the Mississippi down as low as the great Falls thereof: You are particularly to observe the Ways & Passes thro all the Mountains you cross, & take an exact Account of
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3024-557: The Ohio tribes, the Pennsylvania government purchased gifts and sent Croghan and Montour back to Logstown. They arrived on 18 May 1751, and were welcomed warmly. Two days after they arrived, "Mr. loncoeur and one Frenchman more" arrived, accompanied by forty Iroquois warriors. On 21 May Joncaire called a council with the leaders of Logstown, and Croghan was also there. Joncaire requested that the leaders respond to Céloron's speech of August, 1749, challenging them to end all trade relations with
3096-511: The Ohio tribes. In late July, fifty-five representatives of the Six Nations, Delawares, Shawnees, Nanticokes , and Twightwees met at the courthouse in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and signed a peace treaty with the Pennsylvania Provincial Council . This treaty guaranteed commercial access to tribes across the Ohio Valley as far west as the Wabash River, an unprecedented diplomatic achievement for
3168-429: The Pennsylvania government received reports that a Frenchman named "Jean Coeur," or "John Ceur" was traveling up and down the Ohio River, distributing gifts and gaining influence with the Indians. Croghan returned to Logstown again in November, 1750, to tend to his trading post there. He wrote to Governor James Hamilton on 16 November: "Yesterday, Andrew Montour and I got to this Town, where we found thirty warriors of
3240-499: The Pennsylvania provincial government as early as 1734 to restrict the sale of alcohol in Native American communities because of the social and economic problems it caused. Croghan eventually decided to break open the kegs and spill the rum, in accordance with a newly-enacted Pennsylvania statute issued by Lieutenant-Governor George Thomas . After the gifts had been distributed, the chiefs told Weiser and Croghan, "Our brethren
3312-424: The Six Nations...They told us that they saw John Coeur [Joncaire] about one hundred and fifty miles up this River at an Indian Town, where he intends to build a Fort if he can get liberty from the Ohio Indians. He has five canoes loaded with goods, and is very generous in making presents to all the chiefs of the Indians that he meets with." Alarmed by these continued attempts of the French to maintain influence over
3384-687: The Soil, Quality, & Product of the Land, and the Wideness and Deepness of the Rivers, & the several Falls belonging to them, together with the Courses & Bearings of the Rivers & Mountains as near as you conveniently can: You are, also to observe what Nations of Indians inhabit there, their Strength & Numbers, who they trade with, & in what Comodities they deal. Gist arrived in Logstown on 25 November, describing
3456-426: The West Side of the Ohio, and tended Corn on the East Side of the River." On the east bank of the river, a few homes were built on a grassy terrace above the floodplain, the so-called "upper town." In 1747, the Six Nations Confederacy Haudenosaunee sent two headmen as emissaries to live in Logstown and supervise the Iroquois allies: Tanacharison , a Seneca , and Scarouady , an Oneida . Tanacharison oversaw
3528-413: The White Men have indeed tied our hearts to theirs. We at present can but return thanks with an empty hand till another opportunity serves to do it sufficiently...In the meantime, look upon us as your true brothers." Among those accompanying Weiser was Benjamin Franklin 's illegitimate son, William Franklin , only nineteen at the time, probably sent by his father as a part of his education. Franklin kept
3600-423: The audience, was apparently outraged. George Croghan , who arrived in Logstown a few days after Céloron had left, told Richard Peters that Old Cackewatcheka was so exasperated at the Pride & Insolence of the French pretending to say that the Indian's land belonged to them that while he [Céloron] was in the midst of his Speech, the old King being blind and unable to stand without somebody to support him said in
3672-426: The council, to create a stronger relationship that would further exclude the French from operating in the region. During the council, a trader from Maryland named Nolan arrived with 30 gallons of rum and began to sell it to the Indians, much to the dismay of Weiser and Croghan, who were afraid that violence would erupt if the Indians drank too much. Several of the Logstown leaders were also unhappy, as they had petitioned
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#17328584214133744-457: The evils which might befall them. I know that our Governor-General would be very sorry to have to resort to violent measures, but he has received positive orders not to allow foreign merchants or traders in his government. During the night, Céloron was warned by Chabert de Joncaire that preparations were again being made in Logstown to attack the French camp, and he gave orders to his men to prepare for battle. He then sent Joncaire (who had lived in
3816-438: The idea of building a French fort nearby. In his letter of 16 November to Governor Hamilton, Croghan then adds: "We have seen but very few of the Chiefs of the Indians they being all out a hunting, but those we have seen are of opinion that their Brothers the English ought to have a Fort on this River to secure the Trade." Governor Hamilton was evidently anxious to pursue this opportunity, and wanted Croghan to obtain approval from
3888-428: The idea of constructing a blockhouse , and Governor Duquesne began preparations to send French and Canadian troupes de la marine to the south shore of Lake Erie, under the command of Paul Marin de la Malgue , to build a road and construct a series of forts ( Fort Presque Isle , Fort Le Boeuf , Fort Machault ), and later, Fort Duquesne . The Ohio Iroquois had been reluctant to allow the English to build forts in
3960-411: The lands immediately north of Lake Ontario . On the 1675 Carte du Mississippi et des lacs Supérieur, Michigan et Huron , the Mississauga were recorded as "Missisakingdachirinouek" ( Misi-zaaging dash ininweg : "Regular-speakers of the Great River-mouth"). This was not how the Mississaugas originally knew themselves, but they eventually adopted the name and use it today. When Conrad Weiser conducted
4032-432: The main section of the town was built on the broad, flat floodplain along the east bank of the Ohio River, with a few structures located on the west bank. Gardens and cornfields were planted on both sides of the river, on fertile, alluvial flatlands , where the town's residents cultivated maize , beans, squash, gourds, tobacco, and sunflowers. One source states that "in the year 1752...the Shawanese Inhabited Loggs Town, on
4104-446: The men of my detachment brush themselves up as well as possible, so as to give them a better appearance, and I arranged everything...in good order, as I considered this one of the most considerable villages of the Beautiful River (the Ohio River)...When I was in sight of the village I discovered three French and one English flag...I had M. de Joncaire tell them to ...knock down the English [flag], or I would have it taken away myself. This
4176-451: The method they had just tried, and would meet with the like success." At another meeting with the town's leaders on 28 May, the Speaker of the Six Nations addressed Joncaire directly, saying, "Is it not our land (stamping on the ground, and putting his finger to Joncair's nose)? What right has Onontio (the Governor of New France) to our lands? I desire you may go home directly off our lands and tell Onontio to send us word immediately what
4248-455: The path of the Ohio River as it appeared before reaching the town: "Down the River...to Loggs Town, the Lands these last 8 [miles] very rich, the Bottoms above a Mile wide, but on the SE side, scarce a Mile wide, the Hills high and steep. In the Loggs Town, I found scarce any Body but a Parcel of reprobate Indian Traders, the Chiefs of the Indians being out a hunting." In the town he found the people suspicious of his reasons for being there, as it
4320-412: The reasons of it, and he has given me this order with so much the greater reason because it is now two years since Monsieur Céloron, by order of Monsieur de La Galissoniere, then Commandant General, warned many English who were trading with the Indians along the Ohio, against doing so, and they promised him not to return to trade on the lands, as Monsieur Céloron wrote to you. Joncaire apparently abandoned
4392-399: The region. As early as March 23, 1731, Seneca chiefs sent a message to Governor Patrick Gordon : "It is [our] land but your people may trade there but not build Stone or Timber houses, but of Bark." Twenty years later, the English began working to obtain permission to build forts. George Croghan was in Logstown in November, 1750 when the residents mentioned to him that Joncaire was exploring
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#17328584214134464-403: The site of the 1752 signing of the Treaty of Logstown between the Ohio Company , the Colony of Virginia , and the Six Nations , which occupied the region. Being an unusually large settlement, and because of its strategic location in the Ohio Country , an area contested by France and England, Logstown was an important community for all parties living along the Ohio and tributary rivers. Logstown
4536-415: The town's population in its defense. According to William Trent , "the Indians ran to their arms and hoisted the English Colors. Cawcaw-wi-cha-ke, the Shawnese King about 114 years of age, set his back against the flag staff with his gun in his hand and desired the young men to kill them all." Céloron was enraged by the sight of the British flag, but noted the armed warriors, writing in his journal: I made
4608-412: The treaty and secure the tribes' loyalty to the British. Conrad Weiser was to follow in August with more gifts. Croghan met in council with 1500 men at Logstown, and finding the Council's gifts insufficient for all of them, he added an additional £224 in powder, lead, knives, flints, brass wire, and tobacco from his own stock. This gesture was influential in maintaining the alliance between the British and
4680-408: The village was Maughwawame, which translates to "extensive flats." The French referred to the town as "Chiningue" which Father Joseph Pierre de Bonnecamps notes was their designation and not a Native name: "We called it Chiningue, from its vicinity to a river of that name." Donehoo says that chiningue is a French word for beaver, but also suggests that it may be a corruption of ochenango,
4752-407: Was a prominent trade and council site for the contending British and French colonial governments, both of which made abortive plans to construct forts near the town. Logstown was burned in 1754 and although it was rebuilt, in the years following the French and Indian War it became poor and was eventually abandoned. Logstown is located in Harmony Township , about 14 miles northwest of the Forks of
4824-402: Was already clear to the Natives that the colonial governments were hoping to take possession of the land: "The People in this Town, began to enquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, I was come to settle the Indian's Lands and they knew I should never go Home again safe." Gist invented a reason for his visit, that "I had a Message to deliver
4896-436: Was angry with the Provincial government of Pennsylvania for their failure to control the sale of alcohol in Shawnee communities, and his plan at that time was to bring as many Shawnees as he could over to French protection. He was on his way to Lower Shawneetown to address the Shawnees living there. Kakowatcheky, however, refused to join him, and Chartier and his people left Logstown after a brief stay. Most sources agree that
4968-495: Was done immediately, a woman cut the pole and the flag has not been seen since...I fixed my camp securely near the village, and made it appear as strong as it was possible for me. I had body guards placed on the right and the left, I ordered sentinels to be placed at a short distance from each other, and bivouacked for the night. The Jesuit priest Joseph Pierre de Bonnecamps , who accompanied Céloron, wrote about Logstown, which he called by its French name: "The village of Chiningué
5040-417: Was his reason for using our Brothers so, or what he means by such proceedings, that we may know what to do; for I can assure Onontio that we, the Six Nations, will not take such usage." On 4 June 1751 Joncaire wrote directly to Governor Hamilton from Logstown, in French, with a warning: Monsieur the Marquis de La Jonquiere, Governor of the whole of New France, having honored me with his orders to watch that
5112-435: Was named after the township being the birthplace of the house's owner John Gillies. By 1862, there were six schools in the township: 43°32′00″N 80°01′59″W / 43.5333°N 80.0331°W / 43.5333; -80.0331 This Ontario geographical article about a location in the Golden Horseshoe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mississaugas The Mississaugas are
5184-446: Was their chief. Monsieur de Céloron had him come, and ordered him, as he had done with the others, to return to his own country. The Englishman, who saw us ready to depart, acquiesced in all that was exacted from him, — firmly resolved, doubtless, to do nothing of the kind, as soon as our backs were turned. Céloron then distributed gifts and departed from Logstown on 12 August, proceeding downriver to Lower Shawneetown . The expulsion of
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