| Indians would often trade with the white settlers, but two Shawnees, Tecumseh and his brother had sided with the British during the War of 1812 and openly encouraged attacks on the white settlers. In 1813, Henry Dilbone, his wife, and a nearby neighbor, David Garrard, were massacred in northern Miami County by a Shawnee Indian named Mingo George. After Mingo was found and killed, the Dilbone’s four children were taken in and raised by neighbors. When a memorial was placed on the site years later, local historian Leonard U. Hill closed the ceremony with these words, "May all who view this marker be reminded that the present day comforts of life, the ease of acquiring a living and our assurance of security were not always thus. All of our pioneering ancestors endured many great hardships and a few, as the Dilbones, made the supreme sacrifice." |
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