. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. e commission took effect the1st clay of February, 1788, to continue three years, and he held the post until1802. In the beginning of his administration he met the tribes who complainedthat the whites were not willing to regard the Ohio River as a boundary, at FortHarmar (now Alarietta)—erected in 1785-86 on the right bank of the MuskingumRiver at its junction with the Ohio, in honor of Gen. Josiah Harmar—in orderto make treaties with them; and in his address he reminded them that they hadbeen allies of Great Britain in the Revolu


. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. e commission took effect the1st clay of February, 1788, to continue three years, and he held the post until1802. In the beginning of his administration he met the tribes who complainedthat the whites were not willing to regard the Ohio River as a boundary, at FortHarmar (now Alarietta)—erected in 1785-86 on the right bank of the MuskingumRiver at its junction with the Ohio, in honor of Gen. Josiah Harmar—in orderto make treaties with them; and in his address he reminded them that they hadbeen allies of Great Britain in the Revolutionary war, and the loss of the landswas one of the consequences of defeat. The first division of the Northwest Ter-ritory was into Ohio and Indiana. Ohio was admitted into the Union and Michi-gan was created, and the boundaries of Michigan extended to take in a goodpart of North Dakota. DRAWING THE LINE It was when the religious excitement attending the rise of the ShawneeProphet was at its height, that Tecumseh took advantage of it to incite the Indians. ^K^ ^ ^ «^H- P ■ /^^^K^B 1^ R^- ■ Xj ^SO^ i George Washington •John Adams


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