this treaty was made was located on the Dover plains, perhaps on or very near the site of Canal Dover. Let our readers remem her that this meeting resulted in the restora- 1 ion to their friends of all the prisoners held by the tribes in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum valleys. The forks of the Muskin gum (present site of Coshocton) was the place selected as being most convenient for receiving the prisoners; and hen1 over three hundred captives were set free to return to friends and home. It may be interesting to some of our readers to know the route over which Boquet marched on his way from Tuscarawas (Bolivar) to Coshocton, From Tuscarawas he marched to Sugar Creek (which was then called Margaret’s creek) which was crossed near the mouth of Broad Run, about a mile from Strasburg; thence to the vicinity of Winfield; thence up Broad Run valley, entering Sugar Creek township in section four range three; thence along the east side of Sugar Creek, passing near the sites of Ragersville and Baltic crossing the dividing ridge and entering the valley of White Eye Creek, which he followed to a point near the forks of the Muskingum. On
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