A few miles distant from Bartram's Garden, in the old village of 

 Darby, now within the boundaries of Philadelphia, lies the Bartram 

 farm where in 1699, the future botanist was born, the son of an 

 English Quaker who had followed the fortunes of William Penn to 

 the New World. Near the spot was a great oak, in later days rated 

 as the largest oak in the State, and estimated at the time of its down- 

 fall in 1910, to be seven hundred years old. It was reported as an 

 unusual tree by the University of Pennsylvania and various Forestry 

 Associations. After the old oak had fallen, it was found to be made 

 up of two trees grown together. 



Its historic value lies in the appropriate association "of the first 

 oak of Pennsylvania with the first botanist of that State and of 

 America." 



Corner Oaks 



At the foot of Marlin's Mountain, Marlinton, W. Va., a cluster 

 of old trees known as "Corner Oaks" have long been associated with 

 the memory of General Andrew Lewis, the hero of Point Pleasant. 

 General Lewis volunteered his services in the expedition to take 

 possession of the Ohio country in 1754. 



At the battle of Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Great 

 Kanawha River, he acted as Commander in Chief of the American 

 troops, and gained a signal victory over the Indians of the Shawnee 

 Confederacy under the celebrated Chief Cornstalk. This battle was 

 noted as being the most severe conflict with the red men up to that 

 time. General Lewis was also Washington's military trainer, and the 

 latter endeavored to have him appointed Commander-in-Chief of 

 the Armies of the Revolution. 



Corner Oaks bear the following inscription: 



"General Andrew Lewis, Oct. 6, 1751. 



"Struck-by-the-Ree's Tree 



At Yankton, S. D., stood until a few years ago, an oak known to 

 the first settlers there as "Struck-by-the-Ree's Tree." Beside com- 

 memorating a savage encounter between the Sioux and the Ree 

 Indians, it had also been used by the former tribe as a burial tree. 



The Sioux Chief who bore the title "Struck-by-the-Ree," was 

 born in the late summer of 1804, at the time when Lewis and Clark, 

 captains of the famous expedition to explore the far west, were en- 

 camped on Green Island, in the Missouri River, near the present 

 site of Yankton. The Yankton tribe of the Sioux Indians met with 

 them there, and together they held "a grand council, powwow and 

 carousal." 



One day, Captain Lewis heard that a papoose had just been born 

 in one of the Indian lodges. Sending for the child he wrapped him 

 in the American flag, prophesying that the boy would become a leader 

 of his people, and a good friend of the white men. His prediction was 

 fulfilled, for Struck-by-the-Ree not only became a chief of his tribe, 



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