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Little Miami river; thence up the main stream 

 of the Little Miami to the place where a due 

 west line, to be continued from the western 

 termination of the northern boundary line of the 

 grant made to the Ohio company, shall intersect 

 the said Little Miami river ; thence due west, 

 continuing the said western line to the Great 

 Miami river ; thence down the Great Miami to 

 the place of beginning. 



Settlements commenced in the autumn of 

 1 789, on this tract, under the direction of Col. 

 Symmes, principally by emigrations from the 

 State of New Jersey. But the settlers here 

 were subjected to embarrassment similar to 

 those of the Ohio company, in consequence of 

 the Indian war. The settlement made little 

 progress until after the conquest of General 

 Wayne, and the treaty with the Indians, in the 

 succeeding year. 



Not long after the commencement of these 

 settlements, another of considerable magnitude 

 was begun, on a tract of land, called the Con- 

 necticut Reservation, situated on the northeast 

 corner of the State, and bounded east by the 

 Pennsylvania line,on the north by lake Erie, and 

 extending westward as far as Sandusky lake. 

 These settlers came principally from the State 

 of Connecticut. 



These were the first settlements undertaken 

 on a large scale, within the limits of the State 



