ine, Cossitt's Corner, etc.--until 1824 when the present name
was adopted. In 1818 Joshua Forman bought an interest in the Walton
tract, had a village plotted and became the "founder" of the city.

[Illustration: Champlain's Attack on an Iroquois Fort

(_From Champlain's "Nouvelle France," 1619_)

Of this Indian fort which stood near Lake Oneida, Champlain says:
"Their village was enclosed with strong quadruple palisades of
large timber, 30 ft. high, interlocked the one with the other,
with an interval of not more than half a foot between them; with
galleries in the form of parapets, defended with double pieces of
timber, proof against our Arquebuses, and on one side they had a
pond with a never-failing supply of water, from which proceeded a
number of gutters which they had laid along the intermediate
space, throwing the water without and rendering it effectual
inside for extinguishing fire."]

Several political events of national importance have occurred in
Syracuse. The Free Soil movement in N.Y. began at the Democratic State
convention held here in 1847, when the split occurred between the
"Barnburner" and "Hunker", factions of the Democratic party.

These factions grew out of a dispute over questions involving the
Erie Canal. The "Barnburners" were the radical element,
determined to oust the "reactionaries" in office no matter at
what cost to the party, and were given their name from the old
instance of the Pennsylvania farmer who burned his barns to get
rid of the rats. The "Barnburners" opposed the extension of the
Erie Canal and, after 1846, the extension of slavery in the
Territories. The "Hunkers," conservative and influential, were so
called from the Dutch "honk," which signifies "station" or
"home." Thus, "honker" or "hunker" meant one who "stayed put,"
and was opposed to progress.

The famous "Jerry Rescue," manifesting the strong anti-slavery sentiment
in Syracuse, took place in 1851, following the enactment of the Fugitive
Slave Law in 1850.

In the winter of 1849-50 an intelligent slave arrived in Syracuse
traveling from Mississippi to Canada. He decided to remain, and
after having for a while worked under Charles F. Williston, a
cabinet maker, he opened a little shop of his own. On Oct. 1,
1851, the slave-hunters pounced on him and shut him up in a
building then standing on the sit