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believed, indicates that the colony established here by Sir Walter 

 Raleigh had moved to the Croatans, friendly Indians. 



OHIO 



Logan Elm, 6 miles south of Circleville, in southern Ohio. It was 

 under this tree that Lord Dunmore, colonial Governor of Virginia, 

 made a treaty of peace with Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnees and 

 Chief Logan of the Mingos 2 years before the Revolution. Chief 

 Logan declined to be present, but sent a message which is considered 

 a classic of Indian oratory. 



Chief Logan's Message 



I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry 

 and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked and he clothed 

 him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained 

 idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites 

 that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said : "Logan is the friend of 

 the white men." I had even thought to live with you, but for the injuries of 

 one man, Colonel Cresap, who last spring in cold blood and unprovoked murdered 

 all the relatives of Logan, not sparing even his women and children. 3 There 

 runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This calls 

 on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted 

 my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. Yet do not 

 harbor the thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He 

 will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan? 

 Not one. 



The elm is now owned and cared for by the State of Ohio. Named 

 for Chief Logan, it is 70 feet high and nearly 22 feet in circum- 

 ference 6 feet above the ground. It has a crown spread of 148 feet. 

 In recent years it has been severely damaged by storms. Seeds from 

 this tree have been planted by the State forestry department, and 

 more than 100 seedlings have been transplanted in 88 counties in Ohio 

 with appropriate ceremonies. 



Centennial Oak (white oak), near Lake Punderson, Newberry, was 

 planted on July 4, 1876, by the Woman's Suffrage Political Club. 



Fort Ball Sycamore, at Tiffin. This tree was a sapling growing 

 within the walls of Fort Ball during the War of 1812. In 1926 the 

 Dolly Todd Madison Chapter, D. A. R., erected a tablet at the base 

 of the tree marking it as historic. 



OKLAHOMA 



Tribal Council Tree, Tulsa, a giant oak near the Arkansas River. 

 The bronze marker placed on it December 22, 1923, reads: "Tribal 

 Council Tree — Meeting place of the Creek Indians after their coming 

 to Indian Territory in 1828" (fig. 20). There is an interesting story, 

 too long to give here, of the Trail of Tears of the Creek Indians and 

 the carrying of the council fire (77). 



Pioneer Walnut, planted at Salem in pioneer days. (See Trees 

 notable for unusual size or age, p. 92.) 



On the Ochoco National forest is the famous "Sheep Shooters' 

 Tree," under which the cattlemen met in the range wars of 1904-1905. 



3 It has been proved that Logan was mistaken about Colonel Cresap's guilt. 



