TREATY OF EASTON (1758): THE PROMISE TO UNPROMISE
admin The week was chaotic, but at its end a mutual concurrence was forged, the official date being October 26th, 1758. In its Genesis, the result was alluded to be spectacular;…
SHINGAS: HERO/OUTLAW OF THE OHIO COUNTRY 🦃
“WE HAVE GREAT REASON TO BELIEVE YOU INTEND TO DRIVE US AWAY. WHY DO YOU COME TO FIGHT IN THE LAND GOD HAS GIVEN US? WHY DON’T YOU FIGHT IN…
Letter by George Washington to the Seneca Chiefs, 29 December 1790 🪓🌽
As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery. —Ben Harper A sad and powerful example of how broken promises and dismantled treaties commenced…
THE CAPTURE&LEGEND OF JOHN CARPENTER 🪓
While there are many tales of capture and killings all along the areas of the Ohio Valley, few are remembered or even recorded. However, the ones that do survive arrange…
TREATY OF FORT HARMAR (1789): The Reversal of “Fortune” Treaty 📜
The Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789) was a treaty made between the United States and the Haudenosaunee, Ojibwa Odawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Wyandot, and Lenape, all Indigenous nations with territorial claims…
THE CINCINNATI TABLET 📜🐢
Measuring approximately 5 inches in length, 3 inches in width, and 0.5 inches thick, the Cincinnati Tablet is made from a very fine-grained sandstone and is undoubtedly the most iconic…
Fort Ancient tools found in Maysville, Kentucky
Many of these primitive tools belonged to various tribes of the Algonquian peoples who primarily inhabited West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. They are most likely descents of the…
MESINGW (Missing) 🐢
Mesingw is the Lenape Mask Spirit, a powerful, sacred medicine spirit who maintains the balance of nature, appears to Lenape men in dreams, and is the focus of certain traditional…
MONACATOOTHA: WARRIOR&CHIEF OF THE ONEIDA 🪓
“Monacatootha: Fearless Indian Chief of Beaver County.” The infancy of the American Indian in Beaver County is both sacred and obscure. Many of its residents claim some form of descendance…
THE TREATY OF GREENVILLE (1796) 🦃🐢🦅
To the white settlers, this treaty was known as the Treaty with the Wyandots but formally titled A treaty of peace between the United States of America, and the tribes…