| Show Brigham H if Roberts Makes Timely suggestion New N A ew e American A Ill e riC a ri Monument io on umen ni a t A That the Point Where the West Grew Greta Out of the ti East I 1 Be Made trade a o National Park With Great New Neto Monument To Honor HonorAt H o n o 5 I t tI tI tt I I l N N I r t 1 i 1 J J At the Forks of o the Ohio Where Vl the Six I ix Luckily the Point of o Land Has No Build Buildings Nations Remove No N Private Ownership to Indian Fought Bad Back the Westward w ings lags to American Advance Where iere Great Britian B we Outbid and Is in the Hands of a Patriotic Sought ou ht to Hold Control and Where the French a S Society at Liberty to Turn urn It Over war to the Fought Washington Nation for tho man I f f that was wa V raised on a I a farm Is s soon to build I A K is Fl great rat monument m lit on ou the tho rarer arm which raised a n II mon man Lincoln III bo t t o given ghen i at the time Urn of ot the anniversary of ut Ills birth a I tribute h In m enduring g stono expressive le of or how tenderly the tho world IM is coining to feel of ot Us Ils most moat gently gentle I memory A background of or history enlightens any ny nation MUon Tho The monuments t cols erected r mc tel ted call the tho younger generation Fl to see BOO what whal an Inheritance l nl 1 e rl they gained gl ned front from t tho the older H Ii Roberts of at Salt Sail SailI Like I City once standing at tho the forks e of two tIN great grent rivers o they the n flow w together to make tho great Ohio saw there their the tho ho need ne rt er d of at a f still slUt ono U more uro great treat American monument as al broad bread In to Its ils as Is American sentiment Who ho of at all the tho sculptor s can CIUI build In the thc sentiment Westward cst ward the thin Course ot ur lakes Its Way Vay Where had the west Its beginning Where Its Us gateway I Where was wan tho thin heart of ot tho move moc movement mat ment out of or which 13 seaboard colonies Became a Nation Go Co back bacle of ot tho thin days of ot railroads und and look to Virginia tho the mother of ot states u as II well ivell as as tho the mother mothel ot of presidents Then IMn you hurl find a U condition which Is ill yet yetto to 10 be W fully funY recognized i and which In to Intertwines tho name numo of ot Washington IS as of ot the th thein as i a do tho the events move auto largely remembered battle lIat tic In which ho he fought to overcome Cor 1 ls III t tA A X monument to on a D na lift national national park to bo be 10 made at ut tho Um very forks of ot tho the Allegheny and with hila rivers which will preserve for tor a background tho spot through which watch the tho west grew wew out of ot the Ihn cast east mill cold where first tho the Indians then the French and then tho the British of or Americans to contested c thin the rights pass Iris Is tho the thing which B It II H Roberts suggests In tho iho February I Issue of ot tho the Mutual Improvement Era Ern the sug suggestion took look tho the form Conn of ot a 1 normal formal drawing up lip of ot the proposition Copies bound boun In Vellum have hao havel ot of o the magazine l teen ben sent to tho the Mayor laor of ot Pittsburg tho the con Ibo tho governor of or Pennsylvania delegation deler from that state and commercial bodies located within It It It In la still too loo early carly to expect replies relInes To men Inen In ht Salt StIlt Lake Lahe versed In n national history the appeal ot of tho the caso case Is vivid and Thu much neglected his hlll historical spot Is tho the to which Wash Vash Washington ington went on tilt Ills his military hue mis lion Ion and ana it tt was to notify tho the French occupants o that they tho were not hint welcome he carrying his commission CUIllI from rout tho thin of Virginia YI Shoo tho iho first pioneers passed that way over tho the old l leading west a I nation has hall up powerful even eyen even in such a II bar barren ren watte te HH liS Salt Bait Lake Lako valley was pie pic pictured tend In the thu old chronicles That rant a I Han I of oC this 1118 hostile western soli BOI should point tack IncH along tho thin way WilY that thu l the tho western fathers etude malic their route canto past the out outI I ot at the tho east coat to lo designate Il tho Where the great groat gateway of ot tho the west date a It national monument IH III fitting still aM at timely today when wo cl the birthday of ot tho the Father of ot his hili Couil Coul try tr Mr yin 11 Roberts standing on tho iho point ot of land where holo tho the mighty water moot meat wrote as liS follows of ot the th opportunities they seemed scented to present to him POETIC You have havo rend read Moored Meeting of ot thin the Waters s 1 If Ie not nol than thon do 10 so so for Cor forIt forit It Is s ono one of or that much neglected poets most limo st pleasing t descriptive sentimental sentiments I soul BOU 1 who huts has IUS visited the tho Sweet Vale Valo Vallor or Avoca Avorn Yoca at the point whom where the deny clear streams situates u ot or f Avon and Ato Avoca to meet aceL be hc between tweet tween HIll and aid In the County Count of ot Ireland It Is 20 0 years ears the iho th writer writer stood upon the hill t that thal overlooks r H tho the e of ot Moores s spI poem and pI Id In silence acquiesced le n In 10 the charms n of the spot celebrated by tho the Irish poet though the poet tin the writer was alone at the tho time tillie and IIII tho iho added lI charm of oC friendly companionship was not there thero to Increase c the chic Interest that Ihal nature fatu 1 fro had shed d oer o er tho scone so Sc that In iii his case case It it Will was soft of ot streamlet and nail hill that constituted tho Iho vales chief charms The Tho writer was reminded m m ed of or this 20 0 visit to lo the tho vale val of or Avoca with Its mooting ot of the tho w waters as aR hn hI recently reran fly stood under tho ho shadow ot of Washington heights Height near Heat Pittsburg IlInd and saw saS sa t a n mightier Meeting ot off the Waters than would bo ho possible In fn Ire Ireland Ir e land It was wal an American meet meeting meeting ing fag of at rivers and aUd not an inch meeting of at brooks brooksI I refer to the meeting of ot tho the Morton J and Allegheny rivers immediate immediately ly IS 1 below the tho most westerly point ot of the tho city of Pittsburg Tin Tho first stream conies from tho limo south but turns wester westerly ly I on striking tho the height h of ot land l on un which tho thin modern city of ot Pittsburg stands Tho Thu second stream flows from the time northeast but meanderingly sweeps westward tt N on striking tho ti m aids sido of ot tho the height of lend land nil before referred to and meeting the they to together gether torn form m the Ohio which In III the na nn native tare tive American language lan whence It comes COntes means Beautiful river a namo surely ly appropriate for this one no noor of or Americas noblest streams On the tho left bank of time the Ohio at least leal for tUI some somo distance below boJo Pittsburg tho thin wooded bluffs broken hero and an there by b deepcut deep deepcut cut ravines rise 0 majestically loin from the tho rivers tho right rl bank is Isle less s ma nta majestic jostle jestic In appearance but at nt some somo points scarcely less leas beautiful MOST HISTORICAL SPOT Tho The point of or land which overlooks this American meeting of ot tho the waters marks marIes tins the th moat lt westerly part ot of tho lira city of ot Pittsburg is ono one of ot Ameri Amerl Americas Americas cas most historical spots slots und and It might be added ono one of or Americas most I neglected tl historical spots Hero stands tho ho only remaining moan monument ment occupancy of territory tho ho United States west of tho tha Allegheny mountains It Is the tho little stono and brick redoubt of at old Fort Pitt built bult by Col Bouquet Douquet In n 1764 1761 It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a II ell building not more mono than feet Ceet In diameter It has two mind In each story has a n square oak log running entirely round tho the build building ing IlIg mt with loop holes at Intervals which commanded all the tho approaches to old oldFort oldFort Fort FOlt Pitt It was us during the tho groat Indian In lan UD rising planned by h tho the noted chief ot or tho lino that Col Dou liou Douquet BouQuot luet marching under orders from Jon Gen Amherst reached Fort 1 Pitt und timid relieved It front from the thc five days duys attack upon it by b u a largo large force of ut In Indiana ins diana Time The attack upon tho little gar garrison rison numbering but bul men was most determined Tho Indians ap nt approached tho the fort on Oil tho the night l ot ut tho the of ur July 1704 1761 crawling under thin tha banks of o the tho two rivers Civets tho tin and Ind Allegheny digging holes with their knives In which they the were completely loreI JI front from tho the limo JIm of ot this the th fort tort On ono one stile side says nays a I roll reli reliable able description of ot the circumstance tho the entire hank bunk was lined with these burrows from which tho the Indians shot volleys ot of t bullets arrows aril arid rows into ado tho the fort COlt Tho Thu yelling was wall terrific ferrule and tho the women and children In tho the crowded barracks clung to each other othel lu ill abject terror This Thin attack J 1 r m 8 h Y l s lJ 33 1 M r n i ir r It o I Ir r e r mL c ft t tr l r Va r v T k Tr k ka 1 a ti M a A t xh r rt s 4 a ar tf t w wS r S k t 4 r Y t rows r rM h ht a t t M 1 r a r S N Ir 1 1 A Y a 1 a 1 P d l S A r J F Fc r c a s S t t Q a 17 2 r i i r j t r lasted lastell five days On the dho August 1st of the Indians heard the tile rumor of oi Col CoI Bouquets approach which them to move move on nn and BO so tho tired garrison was relieved l r rOn On the of ot August Bouquet pt en encountered encountered countered the tho Indians at ut Bushy Hun Run Runabout about 23 5 miles east of Port Fort Pitt Tim The battlo battle raged for tor two days dan but hut thu tho Eng Emig lish officer won n a n complete victory though ho lost officers 8 and men menOn On tho the of ot August ho arrived aniel at Port Fort Pitt but hut his force was not suf to warrant his pursuit of or tho the savages laugel further Into tho the west neat at nt that U t time tine In was during Ills hits stay at Fort Pitt after his hla rescue of ot It that ho hc erected tho the block house In question The Tho colonel observed that tho moat which surrounded tho time fortifications por dry when the tho rivers were low so 50 that the limo Indians could crawl cm vl up uptime time tha ditch and l shoot any guard or col flier who might show how his head above tho time to parapet It was vs n II 8 to prevent this ills that Col Cl Bouquet ordered or ordered the tha block blockhouse blockhouse house erected CIVILIZATIONS CONTESTS But lint this Pittsburgh Point iii cd with events oven III of ot much snore moro Import Importance ance that than incidents connected with avith this Indian war tho time latter may lofty bo hO It was wall hens lloro that two quite gaits distinct civilizations met In their time it struggle for tor tho the possession of at the tho In Interior tenor of or America Franco tho the natural strategic point of ot tho thu Forko of ot tho the Ohio and amid designed making It rifle ono of at a chain of ot forts torts ox ex extending tending leading front from Niagara to the tha i pl III i following tho the Ohio Tho Thu work of oi building tills this t line lIno of oC torts forts a n tho the attention of oC tho the British authorities In limo tho American A m at n colonies Specially 1 Y did dill It attract the tho attention of Gov dlo of at Virginia an irascible old ohl f Scotchman little likely to submit quietly to lo what ho he regarded regaled us liS the thu In Invasion invasion of his sovereigns dominion It trust must bo be remembered laid claim to conquered by till the o 0 Iroquois Indians or Five Fite Nations who I by II the treaty of at Utrecht had hod been accounted British subjects To ro claim title to tho limo lands hinds over which tho de do depredations predations of the Five Fite Nations ranged was 10 practically to claim nil all tho thu lands between tho tim Allegheny mountains and nHI the Mississippi und anti northward to thin the lakes as ns also between Ottawa multi and Lake Huron north of ot the lakes may leav leaving mayhug hug ing nothing to France but the tho of at Quebec On the th theother other hand laid Franco France claimed tho the whole of ot the tho American continent ox cepl tho the narrow strip of ot sea coast eastward of the tho Allegheny mountains Whatever concessions she hud bull been beell forced Into halo by tho the treaties of at Utrecht 1713 and Alx Aix la I i 1748 she sho ho repudiated a and planned to take possession of what sho dime regarded us as her own by b time the erection of ot tho limo afore afore aforesaid aforesaid said Bald lino of forts forta Se territory of ot his king by this thle tort fort build building lug ing of ot the time French Governor Dill resolved to formal protest to those actually In such buch work and call coll upon them to desist In III pur pursuance of ot thlu this resolution dispatched ho a II certain young Virginian then thep known knowlI to famo only as lut tho best athlete In Virginia amid a brother to Lawrence who had hI tho the distinction of ot laving having boon been educated In iii England and who was also JI to stock stockholder stockholder holder In ht the tho trading companion doing business with tho the Indians UH as fur till west as nil the tho Ohio VISIT It wits was in III December 1753 1713 17 3 Washington In company with witha ft a tow frontiersmen tron appeared appenrod nt at II t Port Fort Lo 10 and presented Governor protest against French inva invasion sloe sion of ot o t inn lands ds so notoriously known k l to belong to Great Britain The Tho French commander St limo tho thin young Virginian lr courteously an nil ho hovas was vas bound to do and prepared a I polito answer to Governor com coin communication Informing him that ho trams but put u II soldier carrying out tho uro orders of t his hits superiors but lut promised pt to for tor forward ward vard his letter to time the Marquis Du Duquesne quesne and ami await awall his orders from Fort Lo Le Ington passed tho Forks of tho the Ohio and being struck with the tho locality as all afla asa a 11 strategic point of ot great value In III tho the struggle then pending between Franco mind Great Groat Britain ho recommended on his return to o Virginia tho the building of or ofa orn ofa a n British h fort tort thero there The Tito recommend recommendation anon was acted upon U Captain VII llam Trent a commissioned in inthe thin the British army arm but formerly an all Eng English English lish Indian trader of or the better bolter class Willi dispatched with a 0 company of or backwoodsmen to build buill tho the proposed fort tort Meantime Governor lo was exerting himself to raise the tha necessary troops std and munitions at war to garri garrison son sou tho fort COlt Ho Ito appended appealed to tho tau other oth other other er colonies for al 1 but hul as ILS the tho lands landa invaded belonged to Virginia or orto orto orto to Pennsylvania into to which was uses then thon not nol quite certain tho other oilier colonial c were welo not disposed to vote voto money and mon mOil to defend then them Aside Ashl from tho the troops troop raised In Virginia old mid Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania tho the utmost help Governor could obtain was Willi the of ot three or ur four hundred 1 men from fromm North Carolina Carollea two companies front from Now York and find ono tram from South Caro Curo Carolina lina Tim Tha troops from Virginia were uvero to be bo commanded an by b Joshua Fry with Washington second In lit command Cap Caplain lain Trent anxious to obtain 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