All the western states and territories . wilderness, exposed to this severestorm, without hut, tent, or covering, and what was still more appalling, withoutprovision, and without any road or even track to retreat on, and were neaily 100miles from any place of shelter. On the third day of the storm, they luckily killed casion, when he had pressed his suit with great earnestness, and asked for a positive an-swer, she feigned coolness, and would give him no satisfaction. The lover resolved to betrifled with no longer, and bade her farewell, forever. She perceived her error, but he wasallowed to g
All the western states and territories . wilderness, exposed to this severestorm, without hut, tent, or covering, and what was still more appalling, withoutprovision, and without any road or even track to retreat on, and were neaily 100miles from any place of shelter. On the third day of the storm, they luckily killed casion, when he had pressed his suit with great earnestness, and asked for a positive an-swer, she feigned coolness, and would give him no satisfaction. The lover resolved to betrifled with no longer, and bade her farewell, forever. She perceived her error, but he wasallowed to go far down the lane before her pride would yield to the more tender emotionsof her heart. Then she ran to the gate and cried, Return, J^nathnn I Return, Jonathan Ilie did return, they were joined in wedlock, and in commemoration of these happy wordsof the sorrowing girl, they named their first child, Return Jonathan—afterward a hero inour war for independence, a noble western pioneer, and a devoteid frinnd of the Cherc2ieo3 OHIO. 151. Geave of Simon Kentok. two wild turkeys, which were boiled and divided into 28 parts, and devoured withgreat avidity, heads, feet, entrails and all. In 1796, Massie laid the foundation of the settlement of the Scioto valley, by lay-ing out on his own land the now large and beautiful town of Chillieothe. Theprogress of the settlements brought large quantities of his land into market. Gen. Massie was a member of the convention which formed the first state consti-tution. In 1807, he was a competitor witii Return Jonathan Meigs for governor,they being the two most popular men in Ohio. Meigs was elected by a sliglitmajority. Massie contested the election, Meigs having lost his residence by legislature decided in Massies favor, whereupon he magnanimously 1813, this noble pioneer was gathered to his fathers. Simon Kenton, a native of Culpepper county, Virginia, and one of the bravest and noblest ofwestern pioneers, and thefriend
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