Princeton in Gibson County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Native Americans
8,000 B.C. — 1811
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021
1. Native Americans Marker
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Native Americans. 8,000 B.C. — 1811. Many Native American tribes have inhabited the Princeton area over the centuries, including the Piankeshaw, Wea, Shawnee, Deleware, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, Miami and Pottawatomi tribes. These peoples fished the area's rivers and streams, hunted for buffalo, bear and deer, grew corn, beans and squash and made clay pottery and flint arrowheads. They ate elk, birds, turtles, mussels, clams, nuts, seeds and other plants, all found in abundance here during that time. They did not pollute their rivers as we do today, and the Wabash River was said to run crystal clear, at times shining white. The tribes of the area primarily lived in wigwams constructed out of arched wooden poles, thatch, tree bark and animal hide. They traveled by way of canoe or trails and traces (primitive paths cut through the dense wilderness). The north-south route called the Red Bank Trail started at the Ohio River just north of Henderson and went through Princeton to Vincennes. The east-west route known as the Patoka Trace ran from Corydon through Princeton. The intersection of these two trails is now where Broadway and Main Streets cross in downtown Princeton. Early settlers also traveled these trails and traces. When the 1st settler, John Severns, arrived on the banks of the Patoka River just north of present-day Princeton, he befriended two tribes living there, the Shawnee and the Miami. Good relations between the Native Americans and settlers did not last long with the subsequent wave of immigrants to the area, and the U.S. government soon used force to push the Native Americans off of their lands. The Native Americans lost the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and eventually ceded all of their Indiana lands to the U.S. government, forcing them to relocate to unfamiliar lands and climates in the West.
Many Native American tribes have inhabited the Princeton area over the centuries, including the Piankeshaw, Wea, Shawnee, Deleware, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, Miami & Pottawatomi tribes. These peoples fished the area's rivers & streams, hunted for buffalo, bear & deer, grew corn, beans & squash & made clay pottery & flint arrowheads. They ate elk, birds, turtles, mussels, clams, nuts, seeds & other plants, all found in abundance here during that time. They did not pollute their rivers as we do today, & the Wabash River was said to run crystal clear, at times shining white. The tribes of the area primarily lived in wigwams constructed out of arched wooden poles, thatch, tree bark & animal hide. They traveled by way of canoe or trails & traces (primitive paths cut through the dense wilderness). The north-south route called the Red Bank Trail started at the Ohio River just north of Henderson & went through Princeton to Vincennes. The east-west route known as the Patoka Trace ran from Corydon through Princeton. The intersection of these two trails is now where Broadway & Main Streets cross in downtown Princeton. Early settlers also traveled these trails & traces. When the 1st settler, John Severns, arrived on the banks of the Patoka River just north of present-day Princeton, he befriended two tribes living there, the Shawnee & the Miami. Good relations
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between the Native Americans & settlers did not last long with the subsequent wave of immigrants to the area, & the U.S. government soon used force to push the Native Americans off of their lands. The Native Americans lost the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 & eventually ceded all of their Indiana lands to the U.S. government, forcing them to relocate to unfamiliar lands & climates in the West.
Location. 38° 21.326′ N, 87° 34.216′ W. Marker is in Princeton, Indiana, in Gibson County. Marker is at the intersection of West Broadway Street (Indiana Route 65) and North West Street, on the left when traveling east on West Broadway Street. Marker is located in the heritage plaza at the southeast corner of Downtown Princeton Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 West Broadway Street, Princeton IN 47670, United States of America. Touch for directions.
The Battle of was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who opposed European-American settlement of the American frontier. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to attack the confederacy's headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River. Harrison accomplished his goal of destroying Prophetstown. The win proved decisive and garnered
Harrison the nickname of "Tippecanoe". The defeat dealt a fatal blow for Tecumseh's confederacy and, though comeback attempts were made, it never fully recovered.
(Submitted on January 17, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 49 times this year. Last updated on October 16, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 17, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
