Produced by David Widger STORIES OF OHIO By William Dean Howells Copyright, 1897, by American Book Company. PREFACE. In the following stories, drawn from the annals of Ohio, I have tried to possess the reader with a knowledge, in outline at least, of the history of the State from the earliest times. I cannot suppose that I have done this with unfailing accuracy in respect to fact, but with regard to the truth, I am quite sure of my purpose at all times to impart it. The books which have been of most use to me in writing this are the histories of Francis Parkman; the various publications of Messrs. Robert Clarke and Co. in the “Ohio Valley Series”; McClung’s “Sketches of Western Adventure”; “Ohio” (in the American Commonwealths Series) by Ruf us King; “History and Civil Government of Ohio,” by B. A. Hinsdale and Mary Hinsdale; “Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley,” by W. H. Venable; Theodore Roosevelt’s “Winning of the West”; Whitelaw Reid’s “Ohio in the War”; and above all others, the delightful and inexhaustible volumes of Henry Howe’s “Historical Collections of Ohio.” W. D. H. CONTENTS. I. The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk II. Ohio as a Part of France III. Ohio becomes English IV. The Forty Years’ War for the West V. The Captivity of James Smith VI. The Captivity of Boone and Kenton VII. The Renegades VIII. The Wickedest Deed in our History IX. The Torture of Colonel Crawford X. The Escape of Knight and Slover XI. The Indian Wars and St. Clair’s Defeat XII. The Indian Wars and Wayne’s Victory XIII. Indian Fighters XIV. Later Captivities XV. Indian Heroes and Sages XVI. Life in the Backwoods XVII. The First Great Settlements XVIII. The State of Ohio in the War of 1812 XIX. A Foolish Man, a Philosopher, and a Fanatic XX. Ways Out XXI. The Fight with Slavery XXII. The Civil War in Ohio XXIII. Famous Ohio Soldiers XXIV. Ohio Statesmen XXV. Other Notable Ohioans XXVI. Incidents and Characteristics STORIES OF OHIO. I. THE ICE FOLK AND THE EARTH FOLK.