Some of our chiefs make the claim that the land belongs to us. It is not what the Great Spirit told me. He told me that the land belongs to him, that no people own the land, and that I was to tell this to the white people.
Kannekuk, Kickapoo Prophet
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PRE-HISTORIC BACKGROUND The Amerinds Crossing Beringia Paleo-Indians in Ohio Archaic Period Formative or Woodland Period Hopewell
LOCAL HISTORY 1600s 1669 - 1740 1747 1754 - 1763 1755 1765 - 1774 1776 - 1783 1780 1783 - 1790 1791 1793 1794 1795 Early 1800s War of 1812 War of 1812 is Over
FORT LOCATIONS Fort Auglaize Fort Greene Ville Fort Jefferson Fort Loramie Fort Piqua Fort Recovery Fort St. Mary's Fort Wayne Shelby County Blockhouses
IMPORTANT INDIANS & CHIEFS Chief Blackhoof Blue Jacket Bright Horn Chief Cornstalk Chief Peter Cornstalk Captain Johnny Chief Little Turtle Captain Logan James Logan ME-SHIN-GO-ME-SIA Chief James Perry John Perry or Lollway The Prophet Tecumseh WAY-WEL-EA-PY John Wolf or LA-WA-TU-CHEH
IMPORTANT PEOPLE Daniel Boone Colonel John Hardin General William Henry Harrison Colonel John Johnston Simon Kenton General Arthur St. Clair General Anthony Wayne
INDIAN TRIBES Miami (Tweightewee) Shawnee In Sidney & Shelby County, Ohio Treaty of Greene Ville
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