mouth of the Muskingum on the 7th of April, 

 and immediately began to clear the land on the 

 eastern side of the river. In the month of Au- 

 gust, eight families had arrived, who inhabited 

 the temporary buildings, erected for their ac- 

 commodation, on thatpleasent and commanding 

 situation where the beautiful and thriving town 

 of Marietta now stands. In the course of the 

 autumn more arrived, so that, at the beginning 

 of June, 1 790, there were twenty families on the 

 ground. 



It was the intention of this company, among- 

 whom were many of the officers of the revolu- 

 tionary army, to have made a rapid settlement, 

 but the Indians beginning to commit depreda- 

 tions, checked the emigration from the Atlantic 

 States. In the winter of 1791, several persons 

 in the out stttlements were killed, and others ta- 

 ken prisoners. The people were obliged to erect 

 posts of defence at Bellepre and at Wolf Creek. 

 Marietta was strongly stockaded, and the inhab- 

 itants lived in a garrison state, until after the 

 victory gained by General Wayne, on the 20th 

 of August, 1794. 



Soon after the Ohio company had made this 

 purchase, another contract was made with Con- 

 gress by Col. John C. Symmes, for a tract of 

 land supposed to contain about one million of 

 acres, lying within the following limits : begin- 

 ning at the mouth of the Great Miami river, and 

 thence running up the Ohio to the mouth of the 



