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Rescue of Walter Knapp and early 19th century river routes
The text recounts daring frontier actions and escapes from 1810s to 1812 1818 era in Ohio and Detroit. It details Walter Knapp rescue from Sandwich Upper Canada jail aided by brothers James and Isaac, the risky river crossings, jail break near Detroit, and the broader context of wartime and postwar adventures along Maumee Portage rivers.
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Thua
Igiene Todiann
Iiah Everett
Maumee
Portage Rivers
Portage River
Sycamore
Lowery Sandusky
Fort Meigs
James
Tanna Woot
Walter
Moe
Tim
Hind
Isaac
Lothlo
John Palmer
Lanne
Holmes
Erith
Mrapy
Walter Knapp
Sandwich
Upper Canada
Detroit
Spring Wells
Lianc Knapp
Canada
Cir
Vnd
California
Mc Donald
New York
Eeaalend Tassel
Bape
Perrysburg
Mansfield Herald
J. W. Bailey
Ef. L. McKee
M’clelland
Matthew Brayton
Mapame
Remon Lizo
Tattler
Brayton
Miss Know
Indy
Columbus State Journal
Sons of Malta
Sandusky
Urbana Free Prees Aays
S. D
Railroad Co
Chase Gott
Chase
Shida
Ashland Zives
Albert Ely
Hinck River
Ashley
Congress
U. S. District Court For
Northern District of
Ohio