CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Natural History. 



Prefatory Remarks ----- 9 



Geology --------10 



Sandstone -------13 



Millstone— Flint Family - - - 16 

 Marble— Lias - - _ - - - 17 

 Clintonite -------18 



Iron ores— ^Clays - - - - - 19 



Coal 23 



Prairies in Ohio ----- 25 

 Reliquiae Diluviaiias - - - - 31 

 Slate and Limestone Regions — 



Limestone ------ 37 



Mortar 39 



Organic Remains ----- 40 



Primitive Rocks ----- 41 



Rivers — Ohio river - - - - 44 



Muskingum -------46 



Hocking — Scioto ----- 47 



Little Miami ------ 49 



Great Miami — Mad river - - - 50 

 Maumee — Sandusky - - - - 51 



Huron — Cuyahoga ----- 52 



Grand river -------54 



Alluvial deposites - - - - 56 



Mineral springs ----- 58 



Delaware springs Petroleum 



springs --59 



Lake Erie, its Islands and Min- 

 erals 60 



The Fishes, &c. - - - - _ 53 



Reptiles --------65 



Wild animals, &c. - - _ _ 67 

 Botany — Trees — Oaks - - - 71 

 Walnuts— Maples — Dogwoods — 



Coffee tree — Magnolias - - 72 

 Pawpaw — Butionwood — Pines — 

 Poplars, &c. ----- 73 



The Frost Grape 76 



Native Flowering Plants - - - 78 

 Medicinal Plants ----- 81 



Plants naturalizpd atCincinaati 82 

 Naturalized Plants - - - - 88 



Naturalized Trees, &c. - - - 90 

 Grasses, native and naturalized - 92 

 Birds, resident and migrating - 93 

 Medical Topography, Diseases, 

 Climate, Tornadoes and the 

 Winters in this state - - 96 

 Milk sickness ------ 97 



Currents of Air _ _ _ - 101 

 Oui- Winters - - - - • 103 



PERIOD I. 



Civil and Political History 107 

 Lord Dunmore'a War « - - 110 



Indian Treaties ----- 125 



PERIOD II 



First settlement of Ohio - 128 

 Harmar's Campaign - - - - 133 

 St. Clair's Campaign aiid Defeat 136 

 Wayne's War ------ 144 



First Territorial Legislature- - 162 

 Remarks on the Constitution of 



Ohio 171 



PERIOD III. 



Organization of the state 

 government ----- 176 



Burr's Expedition - - 

 " Sweeping Resolution" 



179 



183 



