That spring and summer Leavitt wielded an axe to cut a clearing , on which he built a blockhouse , the first house in the new township of Turner .
Leavitt 's relations with the native Algonquian tribe were apparently warm .
That spring and summer Leavitt wielded an axe to cut a clearing , on which Leavitt built a blockhouse , the first house in the new township of Turner .
Leavitt 's relations with the native Algonquian tribe were apparently warm .