SENECA COUNTY:

CONTAINING

A DETAILED NARRATIVE

OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE ITS FIRST

SETTLEMENT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME;

A HISTORY OF THE INDIANS

THAT FORMERLY RESIDED WITHIN ITS LIMITS;

'G EOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS,

EARLY CUSTOMS,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, &c. &c.

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION,

CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STATE, FROM THE DISCOVERI
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOWN TO THE YEAR 1817,

TO THE WHOLE OF WHICH IS ADDED

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

Tabular Views, &c.

BY CONSUL W. BUTTERFIELD.

NEW-YOR

SANDUSKY:
1. CAMPBELL & SONS, WATER STREET.

1848.

DEDICATION.

TO

ROBERT G. PENNINGTON, ESQ.,

THESE UN PRETENDING PAGES

ARE INSCRIBED

WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND RESPECT,

HIS HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

CONSUL W. BUTTERFIELD.