Show cleveland pioneers had no trouble with indians cleveland was never bothered by hostile indians on the contrary the early settlers indian neighbors were for the most part very friendly trading freely bringing game to sell at the doors ot of the pioneers cabins A typical indian neighbor was the famous chief seneca whose people had an encampment on the east side of the cuyahoga Cuya hoga a little north of superior avenue fora number of years seneca was frequently in or about the young town and always at peace and on good terms with the whites who remembered him as a noble specimen of indian character the only time that cleveland had anything to fear from indians was during the war of 1812 when the british had enlisted some of them against the americans notes a writer in the cleveland plain dealer but the scene of action was always east or west or north of cleveland A small military force was stationed here and built fort huntington a log redoubt on the lake front near W third street there were an a early historian writes alarms alar goia alv a I 1 excursions comings and gouLA fc anxiety and commotion but the tort fort was never put to the test of attack or siege |