Mu 1798, anthu oyamba okhala ku America okhazikika ochokera kum'mawa adafika ku Western Reserve ya Ohio. Anayamba kugwetsa nkhalango za m’mphepete mwa nyanja kum’mwera kwa nyanja ya Erie. Ndipo m'menemo, adapeza nyumba zambiri zakale zadothi ndipo pafupifupi paliponse zokhala ndi mikondo yopangidwa bwino ndi zinthu zina zakale zomwe zaiwalika komanso zomwe kale zinali ndi anthu ambiri - anthu mwachiwonekere osiyana kwambiri ndi Amwenye a Massasauga omwe amakhala m'dzikolo.
Mbadwo usanadze ofufuza oyamba osamukira ku Pennsylvania ndi kum'mwera kwa Ohio adapezanso zofananira: zomanga zapadziko lapansi za Circleville ndi Marietta, Ohio, zidalengezedwa kale panthawi yomwe Aaron Wright ndi mabwenzi ake adayamba kuwononga nyumba zawo zatsopano. Conneaut Creek, yomwe pambuyo pake idzakhala Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Zodabwitsa zomwe Aaron Wright adatulukira mu 1800
Mwina chinali chifukwa chakuti anali mnyamata wosakwatiwa amene anali ndi mphamvu zambiri, kapena mwina chinali chifukwa chakuti anasankha kukhala ndi nyumba yaikulu. "wopanga zitunda" manda. Ziribe zifukwa zomwe zidakhalapo, Aaron Wright adalowa m'mabuku a mbiri yakale ngati wotulukira "Conneaut Giants," anthu akale okhala ndi mafupa akulu akulu a Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Munkhani ya 1844, Harvey Nettleton adanena izi “malo okwirira akalekale okhala pafupifupi maekala anayi” unali m’mudzi umene posakhalitsa unadzatchedwa New Salem (pambuyo pake anadzatchedwa Conneaut), "kupitilira chakumpoto kuchokera m'mphepete mwa mtsinje kupita ku Main Street, m'bwalo lozungulira."
Harvey Nettleton adanena mu akaunti yake:
“Manda akale ankasiyanitsidwa ndi timipata tating’ono pamwamba pa dziko lapansi toikidwa m’mizere yowongoka, yokhala ndi mipata yoloŵererapo, kapena tikwalala, tikukuta dera lonselo. Akuyembekezeka kukhala ndi manda zikwi ziwiri mpaka zitatu.
Kukhumudwa uku, pakuwunika kozama kopangidwa ndi Esq. Aaron Wright, kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1800, anapezeka kuti nthaŵi zonse anali ndi mafupa aumunthu, odetsedwa ndi nthaŵi, amene akakhala mumlengalenga anaphwanyidwa ndi fumbi.
Manda a mbiri yakale pa dziko la Aaron Wright anali odabwitsa mokwanira, mu kukula kwake ndi makonzedwe a manda; koma zomwe zinali kumanda aja komanso manda oyandikana nawo zidakopa chidwi cha Nettleton.
Zitunda zomwe zinali chakum’maŵa kwa mudzi umene tsopano umatchedwa Conneaut ndi malo aakulu okwiriramo pafupi ndi Tchalitchi cha Presbyterian akuwoneka kuti analibe kugwirizana ndi malo okwirira a Amwenye. Mosakayikira iwo amalozera ku nyengo yakutali kwambiri ndipo ali zotsalira za fuko lomwe linatha, limene Amwenye sanali kulidziŵa.
Machulu amenewa anali ang'onoang'ono, ndipo anali ofanana mofanana ndi omwe ali omwazikana m'dziko lonselo. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri kwa iwo ndi chakuti pakati pa unyinji wa mafupa a anthu omwe ali nawo, pali zitsanzo za amuna akuluakulu, omwe ayenera kuti anali pafupi ndi mtundu wa zimphona.
Zigaza zinatengedwa kuchokera ku zitunda izi, zibowo zake zomwe zinali zokwanira kulowetsa mutu wa munthu wamba, ndi mafupa a nsagwada omwe amatha kuikidwa pankhope ndi malo ofanana.
Mafupa a mikono ndi miyendo ya m’munsi anali ofanana mofanana, kusonyeza umboni wa m’maso wa kunyonyotsoka kwa mtundu wa anthu chiyambire nthaŵi imene amuna ameneŵa analanda nthaka imene tikukhalamo tsopano.”
Zimene Nehemiya Mfumu anapeza mu 1829
Nkhani ya Nettleton inafalitsidwa kwambiri pamene inafotokozedwa mwachidule mu Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, 1847. Howe akulemba za Thomas Montgomery ndi Aaron Wright akubwera ku Ohio m'chaka cha 1798, komanso za kupezeka kwa “malo aakulu okwirira” ndi “Mafupa a anthu opezeka m’zitunda” pafupi.
Howe akubwereza lipoti loti pakati pa mafupa osaphimbidwawa, Ena anali a amuna omangidwa modabwitsa. Amanenanso momwe, mu 1829, mtengo unadulidwa pafupi ndi wakale "Fort Hill ku Conneaut" ndi kuti mwini wake wa malowo, "A Hon. Nehemiya Mfumu, ndi galasi lokulirapo, anawerenga mphete 350 zapachaka” kupitirira zipsera zina pafupi ndi pakati pa mtengowo.
Howe akumaliza kuti: "Kuchotsa 350 kuchokera ku 1829 masamba 1479, chomwe chiyenera kukhala chaka chomwe kudula uku kudapangidwa. Izi zinali zaka khumi ndi zitatu asanatuluke America ndi Columbus. Mwinamwake zinachitidwa ndi mpikisano wa zitunda, ndi nkhwangwa yamkuwa, popeza kuti anthu anali ndi luso loumitsa chitsulo chimenecho kuti achidule ngati chitsulo.”
Chaka chomwecho chimene mbiri ya Henry Howe ya Ohio inawonekera buku lina lochititsa chidwi linasindikizidwa ndi Smithsonian Institution, lotchedwa. Zipilala Zakale za Mississippi Valley. Pa lipoti la seminal la EG Squier ndi EH Davis likuwonekera kufotokozera koyamba kosindikizidwa kwa "Fort Hill" chizindikiro chachilendo chisanachitike ku Columbian chomwe chili pamalo a mnansi wa Aaron Wright, Nehemiya King.
