Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of Jerome Township: Union County, Ohio
When the first settlers came into the territory in Jerome Township along Darby Creek, it was the favorite hunting grounds' of the Indians. In many places the traces of their wigwams still remained and the country was full of all kinds of game, including bears, deer, wolves, panthers, and small game.
Just north of Plain City, the Indians had a town where they lived in large numbers in wigwams covered with bark, until about the year 1800.
On the old Kent farm on Sugar Run was a sugar camp where the Indians manufactured maple syrup. Parties from Chillicothe Often came here to trade for large quantities of raccoon skins and other furs. At this time the Indians were generally friendly.
The first sheep were brought to the township by James Ewing and he had to keep them confined in a high pen built of logs to keep the wolves from attacking them. One day, a number of Indians called at his cabin and one of the dogs be longing to the Indians jumped into the pen and attacked the Sheep, whereupon Mr. Ewing took his ri?e and killed the dog. This made the Indians very angry, and they had some trouble. As it happened. Jonathan Alder, who had been among the Indians for many years and understood their ways, interposed and peace was established between the Indians and the white men.
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