All the western states and territories . various kinds, which are suppliedwith fuel from the inexhaustible mines of stone coal in the vicinity. TheFemale Seminary at this place, situated on the bank of the river, is a flour-ishing institution, and has a widely extended reputation. It contains about9,000 inhabitants. Steubenville was laid out in 179S, by Bezabel Wells and James Ross. It derivesits name from Fort Steuben, which was ereeted in 17S9, on High-street, near thepite of the Female Seminary. It was built of block-houses connected by palisadefences, and was dismantled at the t-me of Wayn
All the western states and territories . various kinds, which are suppliedwith fuel from the inexhaustible mines of stone coal in the vicinity. TheFemale Seminary at this place, situated on the bank of the river, is a flour-ishing institution, and has a widely extended reputation. It contains about9,000 inhabitants. Steubenville was laid out in 179S, by Bezabel Wells and James Ross. It derivesits name from Fort Steuben, which was ereeted in 17S9, on High-street, near thepite of the Female Seminary. It was built of block-houses connected by palisadefences, and was dismantled at the t-me of Waynes victory, previous to which it OHIO. 125 had been garrisoned by the United States infantry, under the command of ColonelUeattj. The old Mingo town, three miles below Stenbenville, was a place of note priorto the settlement of the country. It was the point where the troops of Col. Wil-liamson rendezvoused in the iniamous Moravian campaign, and those of ColonelCrawford, in his unfortunate expedition against the Sandusky Indians. It was. ^iew in Sieiihenville. Tlio onKrnviiifi: shi)\vji tlie .iniii-M-OK-. of >(Hrkt-stre!t, lonldiif? wen the ri.^hr; a p^u-lioii nl ili- on tliK \o\\ ; tils .St«u!)envir;« aiil RailroHil crosses.^ arket-street in the distance, ncai- wliidi ;ire Woolen Factories. also, at one time, the r^sidence of Logan, the celebrated Mingo chief, whose formwas strikinix and manly, and whose magnanimity and eloquence have seldom beenequaled. He was a son of the Cayuira chief Sklkellimus, who dwelt at Shamokin,Fa., in 1742, and was converted to Christianity under the preaching of the Mora-vian missionaries. Skikeliimus highly esteemed James Logan, the secretary of theprovince, named his son from him, and probably had him baptized by the Logan took no part in the oLl French war, which ended in 1760, that ofa peace maker, and was always the friend of the white people until the base mur-der of his family
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