![]() ![]() On August 28, 1815, while Hough was traveling to Fort Defiance from the North Cape of Maumee Bay, the Brig Commerce crashed into the rocks of Western Africa. ![]() James Riley was the Captain of the American Brig Commerce. Unbeknownst to Riley he would eventually become a free man and end up a Deputy Surveyor working in the Great Black Swamp of Northwest Ohio and following in the footsteps of Hough a mere six years later. ![]() Hough along with 12 crew members surveyed the Michigan Meridian North while Riley and 11 shipmates were strapped on the backs of camels and marched across the Sahara Desert. When Deputy Surveyor Benjamin Hough crossed the Maumee River in Ohio on September 29, 1815, Captain James Riley was half way across the world stripped naked and tortured into what seemed to be a life of slavery. A 3.460Mb PDF of this article as it appeared in the magazine-complete with images-is available by clicking HERE ![]()
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