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1778. Treaty with Delaware Indians at Pittsburgh.

Virginia grants Henderson and company the Green river land.
Governor Hamilton, from Detroit, re-takes Vincennes.

1779. Boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia settled.
Clark is notified of the capture of Vincennes.
Clark's extraordinary march from Kaskaskia.

Clark's miraculous re-capture of Vincennes,
Governor Hamilton sent a prisoner to Virginia.
State of Delaware objects to land claims of Virginia.
Americans suspect and attack the Iroquois.

First settlement of Lexington, Kentucky.
Virginia passes additional land laws.

Maryland objects to land claims of Virginia.

Brodhead's expedition against the Allegheny Indians.
Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois.

Bowman's expedition against Indians in Miami valley.
Fort Laurens on Tuscarawas abandoned.

Indians treat with Brodhead at Fort Pitt.

Rogers and Benham attacked by Indians.

Land Commissioners open their sessions in Kentucky.
Congress asks Virginia to reconsider land laws.
Continued Indian outrages about Fort Pitt.

1780. Hard winter.-Great suffering in the West.
New York authorizes a cession of Western lands.
Fort Jefferson built on the Mississippi.

Great emigration to the South-West.

Virginia grants lands in Kentucky for education.

St. Louis attacked by British and Indians.

Louisville established by law.

Byrd with a large force invades Kentucky.

Clark prepares to attack the Shawanese.

Clark builds block house opposite the mouth of Licking.

Marches thence to Upper Miami.

Clark defeats the Shawanese and destroys their property.

Battle of King's Mountain in N. Carolina.

Scarcity of provisions-almost famine at Fort Pitt.

South-Western boundary of Pennsylvania definitely established.

1781. Laws of Virginia prevent sale of provisions out of the State. Renewed efforts for an expedition against Detroit.

Virginia makes her first act of cession.

Spaniards from St. Louis take Fort St. Josephs, near Lake Michigan.
Jay instructed that he may yield the navigation of Mississippi.

New York cedes her Western lands.

Brodhead attacks Delaware Indians on Muskingum.

Gen. G. R. Clark solicits aid from Western Pennsylvania.

Clark addresses Col. Lochry of Westmoreland.

Lochry, Orr and others raise a force and descend the Ohio.

Lochry killed-his troops taken prisoners.

Mary Heckewelder born, first white child in Ohio.
Americans begin to settle in Illinois.

1781. Chickasaws attack Fort Jefferson.

Moravians carried to Sandusky by British and Indians.
Moravian Missionary taken to Detroit.

Williamson leads a party against Moravian Indians.
Clark forestalls surplus provisions of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvanians disgusted with the grasping conduct of Clark.
Col. Brodhead prevents Virginians removing cannon from Pitt.
Great emigration of girls to Kentucky.

Washington county, Pennsylvania, established.

1782. British establish a military post at Sandusky.
Moravian Indians murdered by Americans.
Moravian missionaries taken to Detroit.
Attack on Estill's station-whites defeated.
Crawford's expedition-taken prisoner and burnt.
Attack on Bryant's station.

Battle at the Blue Licks; Kentuckians defeated.
Land offices opened for Virginia lands.

Clark's second incursion through Miami valley.
Provisional articles of peace with Great Britain.
Rice's Fort, near Wheeling, assailed by Indians.
Lexington, Ky., incorporated by Virginia Assembly.
Fort Nelson built at falls of Ohio, Louisville.

Catfish, (Washington,) Pennsylvania, first laid out as a town.

1783. Hostilities between United States and Great Britian cease.
Kentucky formed into one district.

Congress calls on the States to cede lands.
Peace proclaimed to the army.

English propose to carry away slaves.

Washington protests against course of English.
Rufus Putnam applies for lands in the West.
Baron Steuben sent to receive Western posts.

Cassaty sent to Detroit.

Virginia withdraws Clark's commission.
Definitive treaty of Peace.

Washington writes to Duane about Western lands.
Congress proposes terms of cession to Virginia.
Congress forbids all purchases of Indian lands.
Congress instructs Indian Commissioners.
Virginia grants Clark and his soldiers lands.

Virginia authorizes cession on terms proposed.

British leave New York, (taking slaves.)

Col. Daniel Brodhead opens first store in Kentucky, at Louisville.

1784. Col. James Wilkinson opens second store in Kentucky, at Lexington.

Treaty of Peace ratified by the United States.

Virginia gives deed of cession.

Indian commissioners re-instructed.

Pittsburgh re-surveyed; population increases.

Treaty of Peace ratified by England.

Virginia refuses to comply with treaty.

1784. England refuses to deliver up Western posts.
Treaty with Iroquois at Fort Stanwix.

Logan calls a meeting at Danville.
First Kentucky Convention meets.
Kentucky receives many emigrants.
Maysville, Kentucky, settled.

1785. Treaty with Delawares, &c., at Fort M'Intosh.

Severe penalty against settling north of Ohio river.

All previous settlers forced from their homes.

Officers of United States enjoined to prevent families crossing Ohio.
An attempt to settle at mouth of Scioto in defiance of law.

The aggressors are killed by Indians.

Ordinance for the survey of Western lands passed.

Second Kentucky Convention meets.

Don Gardoqui comes from Spain.

Third Kentucky Convention meets.

A colony emigrates from Virginia to Illinois,

Great confederacy of Northern Indians formed by Brant.

Fort Harmar built at mouth of Muskingum.

First survey of lands in the North-West Territory, (Congress land.)
Morgantown, Virginia, established.

1786. Brant visits England to learn purposes of ministers.

Virginia agrees to independence of Kentucky.

Putnam and Tupper call meeting to form Ohio Company.
Treaty with Shawanese at Fort Finney, (mouth of Miami.)

Ohio Company of associates formed.

Governor of Virginia writes to Congress respecting Indian invasions.

The negotiation about Mississippi before Congress.

Resolution of Congress produces cession by Connecticut.

Congress authorizes the invasion of North-Western Territory.

Pittsburgh Gazette commenced; first printing in Ohio valley.

Jay authorized to yield navigation of Mississippi at a definite term.
Pursuant to invasion of N. W. Territory, Clark marches to Vincennes.
Clark ascends the Wabash to Vermilion river.

Kentucky troops become mutinous, and return home without discharge.
Clark abandons the expedition, and returns to Vincennes.

Connecticut makes a second act of cession.

Americans seize Spanish property at Vincennes.

Virginia protests against yielding navigation of Mississippi.
Great dissatisfaction throughout the West.

Governor of Virginia informed of Clark's movements.

Great Indian council in North-West-they address Congress.
Frankfort, Kentucky, established by Virginia Assembly.

1737. Fourth Kentucky convention meets.

New England Ohio Land Company choose directors.
Meeting in Kentucky relative to navigation of Mississippi.
Wilkinson goes to New Orleans.

Dr. Cutler negotiates with Congress for lands.
Congress makes order in favor of Ohio Company.

1787. Ordinance passed for government of North West Territory.
Innis refuses to prosecute invaders of Indian lands.

Kentucky Gazette established at Lexington.
Symmes of New Jersey applies for land.

First entries of Virginia reserve lands North of the Ohio.
Fifth Kentucky convention meets.

New England Ohio Land Company completes a contract.
Symmes' application referred to Board of Treasury.
United States troops ordered West.

St. Clair appointed Governor of North-Western Territory.
New Englanders of Ohio Land Company prepare to go West.
Symmes issues proposals for settlers.

John Brown, first Western Representative, goes to Congress.
Fort Franklin, on the site of Franklin, Pennsylvania, built.

1788. Indians expected to make a treaty at Marietta.

Denham purchases the site of Losantiville, (Cincinnati.)
The admission of Kentucky debated in Congress.
New Englanders of Ohio Company land at Muskingum.
Marietta and her avenues named with pomp and pageantry.
Admission of Kentucky refused by Congress.

St. Clair reaches the North-Western Territory.
Sixth Kentucky convention meets.

First law of North-Western Territory published.
Symmes starts for the West.

Losantiville (Cincinnati) planned and surveyed.
First Court held at Marietta.

Symmes reaches his purchase; is overjoyed.

Another Grand Indian council in the North-West.
Indians forbid treaties with separate nations.

Seventh Kentucky convention meets.

Columbia settled by Stites and others.

Doctor Connolly in Kentucky as a spy and British agent.

The founder of Cincinnati leaves Maysville.

Cincinnati reached according to McMillan.

Virginia passes third act to make Kentucky independent.

Colonel George Morgan, of New Jersey, at New Madrid.

Almanacs first printed at Lexington, Kentucky.

Great emigration West: about five thousand persons pass Fort Harmar.
Maysville, Kentucky, established a town.

1789. Treaty of Fort Harmar concluded.

Wilkinson goes to New Orleans again.

Daniel Story first clergyman and teacher at Marietta.

Symmes' settlement threatened by Indians.

The force sent to protect Symmes go to Losantiville.

Major Doughty builds Fort Washington at Losantiville, (Cincinnati.)
Western scouts withdrawn by Virginia.

Eighth Kentucky convention meets.

Governor Miro of New Orleans writes to Sebastian.

Congress empowers President to call out Western militia.

President authorizes Governor St. Clair to call out militia.

1784. England refuses to deliver up Western posts.
Treaty with Iroquois at Fort Stanwix.

Logan calls a meeting at Danville.
First Kentucky Convention meets.
Kentucky receives many emigrants.
Maysville, Kentucky, settled.

1785. Treaty with Delawares, &c., at Fort M'Intosh.

Severe penalty against settling north of Ohio river.

All previous settlers forced from their homes.

Officers of United States enjoined to prevent families crossing Ohio.
An attempt to settle at mouth of Scioto in defiance of law.

The aggressors are killed by Indians.

Ordinance for the survey of Western lands passed.

Second Kentucky Convention meets.

Don Gardoqui comes from Spain.

Third Kentucky Convention meets.

A colony emigrates from Virginia to Illinois.

Great confederacy of Northern Indians formed by Brant.

Fort Harmar built at mouth of Muskingum.

First survey of lands in the North-West Territory, (Congress land.)
Morgantown, Virginia, established.

1786. Brant visits England to learn purposes of ministers.

Virginia agrees to independence of Kentucky.

Putnam and Tupper call meeting to form Ohio Company.
Treaty with Shawanese at Fort Finney, (mouth of Miami.)

Ohio Company of associates formed.

Governor of Virginia writes to Congress respecting Indian invasions.
The negotiation about Mississippi before Congress.

Resolution of Congress produces cession by Connecticut.

Congress authorizes the invasion of North-Western Territory.

Pittsburgh Gazette commenced; first printing in Ohio valley.

Jay authorized to yield navigation of Mississippi at a definite term.
Pursuant to invasion of N. W. Territory, Clark marches to Vincennes.
Clark ascends the Wabash to Vermilion river.

Kentucky troops become mutinous, and return home without discharge.
Clark abandons the expedition, and returns to Vincennes.

Connecticut makes a second act of cession.

Americans seize Spanish property at Vincennes.

Virginia protests against yielding navigation of Mississippi.
Great dissatisfaction throughout the West.

Governor of Virginia informed of Clark's movements.

Great Indian council in North-West-they address Congress.
Frankfort, Kentucky, established by Virginia Assembly.

1737. Fourth Kentucky convention meets.

New England Ohio Land Company choose directors.
Meeting in Kentucky relative to navigation of Mississippi.
Wilkinson goes to New Orleans.

Dr. Cutler negotiates with Congress for lands.
Congress makes order in favor of Ohio Company.

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