Territorial Governor, William Henry Harrison, in a treaty with Indians held at Vincennes, secured lands which for the first time opened the entire north bank of the Ohio River for settlement. — — Map (db m45881) HM
Married to William Barnett, Feb. 29, 1808. He was born Sept. 27, 1786, drowned in Ohio River Sept. 24, 1854. William was the great, great, great grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Daniel G. Doty, 1846 - 1934, protected his grandmother's grave by . . . — — Map (db m244936) HM
The great Shawnee leader lives on as a symbol of Native pride and pan-Indian identity. In the years 1810 and 1811 Tecumseh defended the rights of his people in meetings in Vincennes with William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory. . . . — — Map (db m61831) HM
Indian and pioneer trail from Anthony’s Ferry (Henderson, Ky.) on Ohio River to Vincennes. Connected with road to Nashville and there with Natchez Trace. Served Illinois trails, north and west, at Vincennes. — — Map (db m99122) HM
Side 1
Here, Shawnee warrior Tecumseh met with Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison in August 1810 and July 1811. Tecumseh spoke for a growing confederacy of American Indians led by his brother The Prophet (Tenskwatawa); he denounced . . . — — Map (db m185673) HM
So named in honor of French Canadian, Francois-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (1700–1736).
In 1732, he built a fort here to protect the claims of France in the New World.
In 1736, Vincennes was burned at the stake by Chickasaw Indians . . . — — Map (db m176264) HM
Harrison became Governor of Indiana Territory 1800; he administered government of District of Louisiana 1804-1805. In Vincennes, he served as a contact during the expedition; surviving records document his support and his involvement in decisions . . . — — Map (db m23251) HM
The Shawnee Indians have come. They passed by the garrison, which is three miles above Vincennes, on Sunday last, in eighty canoes. They were all painted in the most terrific manner. They were stopped at the garrison by me, for a . . . — — Map (db m226373) HM
Indians formerly wrapped their dead and secured them in the trees here. At the time of white settlement the wrappings were disintegrating and the bones were falling to the ground. — — Map (db m44937) HM
1837—1937
One hundred years ago, the last tract of land owned by the Miami Indians, who inhabited this territory, was turned over to the government. All titles to land in this vicinity date back to 1837.
This stone commemorates . . . — — Map (db m72590) HM
Eastbound Side: You are now entering Papakeechie's Reservation, 36 square miles. This Miami Chief, also known as Flat Belly, held this land from 1828 to 1834 when it was returned to the National Government. It was later owned by the Wabash . . . — — Map (db m44930) HM
Large Potawatomi village and first white settlement were here. Lima Twp. had first white settler in county, first white child born, first public school, and first commissioned twp. high school in Indiana. — — Map (db m212714) HM
In Memory of
Chief Shipshewana
and his band of
Pottawattamie Indians,
removed from this reservation
Sept. 4, 1838 and escorted to Kansas
by a company of soldiers.
One year later, the heartbroken Chief
was allowed to . . . — — Map (db m73391) HM
Pioneer Indian trail originally connecting Rock Island and Detroit. Indians and early settlers traversed this route including Black Hawk (1767-1838), Chief of the Sauk Indians. Trail now alternates between US 30 and 330 across Lake County. — — Map (db m204911) HM
Ideal Section
During the first few years of its existence, the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) worked feverishly to promote the idea of a transcontinental highway. The excitement and enthusiasm of Americans for better roads became well . . . — — Map (db m213124) HM
A French Jesuit Priest. One of the earliest Christian teachers of the American Indians landed here AD 1673 in company with the French explorer Louis Joliet. — — Map (db m226864) HM
World's largest freshwater sand dunes in the world line the southern shores of Lake Michigan.
5th largest lake in the world and largest lake in Indiana.
Over 3,500 ships and planes lay at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
You are . . . — — Map (db m226866) HM
Here, the Potawatomi Indian Trail, a southern branch of the old, historic Ft. Wayne - Ft. Dearborn Trail, proceeded in a southwesterly direction through old Lake Station (East Gary), Liverpool, and on past the Indian ceremonial grounds at . . . — — Map (db m202721) HM
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century. — — Map (db m231382) HM
The Ordinance Line located here was intended to form northern borders of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, but these resp. borders were shifted northward at statehood. Called “Indian Boundary Line” in Indiana, it formed here borders between . . . — — Map (db m77262) HM
In the aftermath of George Rogers Clark’s conquest, skirmishers from Cahokia led by Capt. B. Hamelin and Lt. T. Brady, who had raided Fort St. Joseph, were defeated and captured near here by fur-trader Etienne Champion and Potawatomi allies of the . . . — — Map (db m72908) HM
Hoosier Slide was located directly across the harbor. Standing over 200 feet high, it was for centuries a landmark for the Indians traveling the lake and later for French explorers. In modern times it was a great tourist attraction. With the . . . — — Map (db m244319) HM
Sauk (sac) Indian Trail, a southwest fork of the Fort Wayne-Fort Dearborn Trail, was an early route travelled by Indians from Rock Island, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan to collect their annuities from the British for their services in the . . . — — Map (db m211429) HM
This marker is on the northern boundary of the Vincennes Tract, the first Indian cession obtained by Governor William Henry Harrison in the Indiana Territory.
The treaty was signed by chiefs of the Miami, Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Eel . . . — — Map (db m243588) HM
This Public Square was part of Chief Anderson's Delaware Indian Village. In 1827, thirty acres were donated to Madison County by John and Salley Berry to relocate the county seat from Pendleton to Anderson.
The remaining acreage was sold by . . . — — Map (db m232) HM
The outer embankment of this earthwork was constructed about 160 B.C. by the Adena people. Later, the Hopewell people added a small mound containing four human skeletons, cremations, bone awls, pottery shards, projectile points and a platform pipe . . . — — Map (db m1226) HM
In commemoration of
The Moravian Mission
to the Indians maintained on White River south of this spot 1801- 1806
Erected by Kikthawenund Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1913 — — Map (db m168946) HM
American Indian Memorial
This monument, located on “Inspiration Hill,” is a memorial erected to honor Native
Americans. The statue features a life-sized figure of an American Indian atop an eight
foot pedestal, palms upturned, face looking . . . — — Map (db m231390) HM
This memorial stone serves to honor the Indigenous tribes that lived on this land
prior to Indiana becoming a state: Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Delaware, Chippewa, Ottawa, Wyandot, Seneca and Piankashaw. — — Map (db m163060) HM
The Circle Mound is actually
rectangular in shape. The
embankment of Circle Mound was
completed about A.D. 1, or 250
years after the Great Mound was
started. The gateway of Circle
Mound opened to the east and the
sun rose directly in line . . . — — Map (db m163063) HM
Adena canoes were
typically made from tulip
poplar, a tree known for
its straight, unbranching
trunk. This replica canoe
was made from a red oak
trunk.
This canoe was constructed by park volunteers using
2000-year-old Adena . . . — — Map (db m163058) HM
In 1824, nine Indians were murdered by white men
near this spot. The men were tried, found guilty and hanged. It was the first execution of white men for killing Indians. — — Map (db m170002) HM
Since about 1670 this oak has been a landmark for a Delaware Indian Trail, for the Fort Wayne Trace, for the Village of Orestes, and for God. — — Map (db m141546) HM
As early as 1818, settlers were drawn to the Fall Creek area near the Falls that were utilized as a source of power and water. On November 10, 1823, Thomas Pendleton platted the Town of Pendleton on land that he owned. It was on this day the . . . — — Map (db m164180) HM
Side A
U.S. took American Indian lands in central Indiana by treaty in 1818. Some Indian villages and camps remained in the area as white settlers rushed to buy land. In the spring of 1824, white men murdered nine Indian men, women and children . . . — — Map (db m104355) HM
To protect early settlers, General Anthony Wayne destroyed the Miami tribe's village of Kekionga in 1794. Fort Wayne was later built at the junction of the three rivers which run through Allen County. John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, is . . . — — Map (db m238644) HM
Isaac N. Blackford (1786-1859) was one of Indiana's first Supreme Court Justices. He moved to Salem, Indiana in 1812 and served as county clerk. Five years later he moved to Indianapolis when he was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court. In 1824, . . . — — Map (db m132722) HM
Wyandotte Cave, one of many caves hidden in the county's forested hills, contains the highest known underground mountain on earth, standing 135 feet tall. Native American tribes used the area as a source of flint for their points and tools. — — Map (db m238938) HM
Muncie, the county seat, is named for Delaware Chief Munsee. Muncie is the industrial center of home canning equipment and glass food container manufacturing. Several area manufacturers opened factories as a result of the late 19th century gas boom . . . — — Map (db m238754) HM
Hamilton County was once the home of the Delaware Native Americans. William Conner, an early trader, acquired land from the Delaware tribe and established a trading post on the White River. While recent years have seen southern Hamilton County . . . — — Map (db m238924) HM
Three Native Americans pilot canoes, circumnavigating three currents. The Wabash and Salamonie rivers made this area a popular center for Native Americans, and in 1831, Chief Richardville moved the Miami capital to the Forks of the Wabash in . . . — — Map (db m238845) HM
Beginning in the early 1900s, the automotive industry in Madison County grew to include production of headlights, taillights, horns, batteries, and other accessories. Also known for its Native American history, the mounds near Anderson are believed . . . — — Map (db m238929) HM
Throughout Indiana's history, Oliver tractors, Singer sewing machines, Johnson outboard motors, Studebaker vehicles, and other items have been manufactured in the South Bend area. The St. Joseph River, once traveled by Native-Americans, French . . . — — Map (db m238758) HM
In a region where the Potawatomi tribe ruled for many years, Pokagon State Park takes its name from the last of the Indiana Potawatomi leaders, Simon Pokagon. The park, a winter recreational resort with at 1,700-foot-long toboggan slide, also offers . . . — — Map (db m238959) HM
In the early 19th century, Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa (The Prophet), created a united Native American force with which they hoped to drive white settlers south of the Ohio River. The capital of this Indian confederacy was . . . — — Map (db m238764) HM
Historic and modern worlds meet in Vanderburgh County. Located here is a historic Middle Mississippian Native American village from the 14th and 15th centuries. The inhabitants built a commercial and religious regional center that included an . . . — — Map (db m238751) HM
Wells County uses 85 percent of its land for farming, soybeans being its most abundant crop. The quiet sprawling farmland does not hint at the history of the county's namesake, William Wells, who was captured by a Miami raiding party in 1784 and . . . — — Map (db m238926) HM
A 30 foot 19th century Alaskan Haida totem stood on this site c.1905-c.1948. The totem, part of Brady Collection in Alaska Pavilion at 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, was given to David M. Parry, industrialist, whose estate once encompassed Golden Hill. — — Map (db m81443) HM
The Shawnee orator, diplomat and warrior was born near present-day Dayton, Ohio, in 1768. Tecumseh strove to bond the scattered Native American peoples into a united opposition to white encroachment upon their ancestral lands. In 1791 he joined . . . — — Map (db m132830) HM
Pioneer Camp. Here, at twilight on July 26, 1836, after a two-week trip from southern Indiana, Marshall County’s first multi-family group of pioneer settlers made their camp, blowing a conch shell to announce their arrival to Vincent . . . — — Map (db m231887) HM
In memory of Chief Menominee and his band of 859 Pottawatomie Indians removed from this Reservation Sept. 4, 1838 by a company of soldiers under command of General John Tipton, authorized by Governor David . . . — — Map (db m36122) HM
Site of
Pottawatomie Indian Church
at
Chi Chi Pi Ou Ti pe Twin Lakes
First Church in Marshall County
erected 1827 by Father Badin.
First Catholic Priest ordained in U. S.
1838 the Indians were moved westward
and the Chapel was . . . — — Map (db m35326) HM
Two miles east, on north bank of Twin Lakes, some 800 Potawatomi Indians were collected in August 1838 and forced to begin their long march to new homes in the West. Many perished on the way. — — Map (db m2307) HM
(Side One) Osheakkebe, also known as Stephen Benack, was an ogimaa (leader) whose village was near here, 1834-1848. Born circa 1780 of Potawatomi and French-Canadian heritage, Benack resisted United States’ taking of lands long . . . — — Map (db m60677) HM
Archaeological evidence suggests that Chief Menominee's Village was located approximately 2˝ miles southeast of here on the northern bank of the Yellow River near Wolf Creek. — — Map (db m240659) HM
Francis Godfroy (1788-1840) was last war chief of the Miami Nation. Owner Mount Pleasant trading post and one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the West. Burials in cemetery are restricted to persons of Native American ancestry and . . . — — Map (db m61748) HM
North 87 degrees East 437 feet. War Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers. Here May, 1812, twelve tribes of N.W. Territory voted not to join English. Tecumseh objected and joined Canada. Across road Godfroy's trading post and Mt. Pleasant home, . . . — — Map (db m61139) HM
Jean Baptiste Richardville (1761-1841) was principal chief of the Miami Tribe from 1812 to 1841. He signed six treaties with the United States ceding Miami land in Indiana. This house was built for him under one of the treaties. — — Map (db m63115) HM
The name Lost Sister refers to Frances Slocum who was kidnapped by Delaware Indians from her Quaker Pennsylvania parents in 1778. She was welcomed into the Miami community and given the name Mahkoonsihkwa, or Little Bear Woman, due to her . . . — — Map (db m215038) HM
Chief Peter Cornstalk's village of Snakefish (Eel River) tribe of Miami Indians was located three miles from here along Cornstalk Creek. Wigwams and Indian burial ground were near the little Harshbarger family cemetery. The Indians lived at peace . . . — — Map (db m3884) HM
Bratton (1779 - 1841) is buried in this cemetery. With U.S. Army rank of private, he joined Lewis and Clark Expedition's Corps of Discovery near Clarksville, Indiana 1803. Corps explored lands of Louisiana Purchase and Pacific Northwest. . . . — — Map (db m3868) HM
Built in 1827 by Federal Government on 36-section reservation for $562; later destroyed by “great wind.” Papakeecha (Flat Belly) was a Miami leader, 1820 to his death in 1837, shortly before the Miami removal. — — Map (db m3385) HM
Here at a fireplace or oven on the east shore of Indian Village Lake those Miamis that had comprised Papakeecha’s Band prepared their last meal before leaving tribal lands c. 1839. — — Map (db m3384) HM
This hotel stands on the site of the French Lick Fort maintained as a Government Station - as a protection from Indians until about 1815. — — Map (db m243575) HM
Thomas Freeman surveyed the Vincennes Tract 1802-1803. The northeast corner of this tract is located 839 ft. N. and 48 ft. E.
Placed by Lost River Chapter D.A.R.
1935. — — Map (db m74118) HM
History
Northern boundary of the Indiana Territory established by the 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne between Gov. W.H. Harrison and the Indian tribes, Miami Chief Little Turtle presiding. The line followed the shadow of an upright spear at . . . — — Map (db m69993) HM
Born December 25, 1799 near Terre Haute; baptised by Father Rivet, missionary at Vincennes. Son of French fur trader Ambrose Dagenet and Mechinquamesha, sister of Wea chief Jacco. Served Wea nation and U.S. government at Treaty of St. Mary's . . . — — Map (db m17284) HM
The famous Indian Reserve Line of 1809 which began at the mouth of Big Raccoon Creek and ended on the Ohio boundary crossed this point. — — Map (db m164849) HM
Little Ned Garland, son of the first family to settle in Indiana North of the 10 O’clock Line, is said to have named the stream below this cliff because wild turkeys roosted in trees within this chasm. — — Map (db m3673) HM
The famous Indian Reserve Line of 1809 which began at the mouth of Big Raccoon Creek and ended on the Ohio boundary crossed this point. — — Map (db m164848) HM
Old "Indian Town" Village Oldest and largest known village of Pottawatomies.
This was their winter home. Disbanded in 1838 when the Indians were moved west.
Dedicators:
Historical Society of Porter County, Inc., Duneland Historical . . . — — Map (db m7477) HM
Old "Indian Town" Village
Oldest and largest known village
of Potatwatomies
This was their winter home.
Disbanded in 1838 when the Indians were moved west
Dedicators: Historical Society of Porter Co., Inc.
Duneland Historical . . . — — Map (db m78949) HM
The Teacher, by sculptor Casey Eskridge, honors the native Potawatomi and Miami tribes who fished the Tippecanoe River. This bronze was sponsored by the Pulaski County Historical Society and funded through the Pulaski County Community Foundation. . . . — — Map (db m42684) HM
We seldom pause to think of the peoples who long ago (some say 13,000 B.C. - 8,000 B. C.) Moved back and forth across this land. We know nothing, about these “Old Ones” and their times, they left no traces visible to us. They are known . . . — — Map (db m56415) HM
Runs northwest-southeast through this point. On September 30, 1809, Indiana Territorial Governor, William Henry Harrison, obtained for the United States almost three million acres from the Potawatomi, Delaware and Miami tribes. — — Map (db m18880) HM
Indian boundary line established by treaty with Miami Indians at St. Marys, Ohio October 6, 1818. Erected by Mississinewa Chapter, D.A.R. — — Map (db m97227) HM
While it seems almost unfathomable today, 8,000 to 12,000 years ago the Randolph County of today was home to mastodons, woolly mammoths giant beavers, giant ground sloths, giant short-faced bears, and saber-toothed tigers. Fossil remains of these . . . — — Map (db m222276) HM
(Side 1)
Kimberlin, a Revolutionary War veteran, was first person to purchase land in what is now Scott County In 1804, he bought Tract 264 of land grant to soldiers of George Rogers Clark. His family settled 1805 in well-built cabin . . . — — Map (db m99663) HM
Pigeon Roost, settled 1809 in Clark County, was attacked on September 3, 1812. Over twenty settlers and an unknown number of Indians were killed. Clark County militia unsuccessfully pursued the remaining Indians. That same month Fort Harrison . . . — — Map (db m99656) HM
A community established here in 1809 was attacked by Indians on September 3, 1812; 15 children and 9 adults were massacred; only one family escaped to spread the alarm. — — Map (db m99659) HM
After the War of 1812, the U.S. renewed efforts to obtain Indian lands in the Indiana Territory. In October 1818, the Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, and Delaware nations under pressure signed treaties with the U.S. exchanging millions of acres of their . . . — — Map (db m226157) HM
The Potawatomi Nation
The Potawatomi are a tribe of Native Americans with historical settlements that extended through the Great Lakes in the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The Potawatomi are a proud and . . . — — Map (db m213359) HM
Under this tree May 1681 LaSalle met with and induced the Miami and Illinois Indians to enter into a treaty to resist the aggressions of the Iroquois. — — Map (db m61740) HM
You are looking at the lower basin of Lake James. The lake is the third largest natural lake in Indiana (1,140 acres). With the middle and upper basins of Lake James, and Snow Lake, the park has water on three sides.
The 120 lakes of . . . — — Map (db m236207) HM
Native Americans have had a presence in this region for almost 10,000 years. During that span, several different cultures moved through the area.
Ancient People
Earliest artifacts found nearby daie to the Paleo Period (11,000 B.C. to . . . — — Map (db m196562) HM
The Potawatomis' met the Scottish Covenanters on these lands in the
middle 1830's. The northeast Indiana Covenanters and Potawatomis were
extremely good friends. The Covenanter religion did not acknowledge the
U.S. Constituton at the time due . . . — — Map (db m222030) HM
A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west/southwest of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were . . . — — Map (db m21761) HM
General Wm. H. Harrison's army made its last camp in Sullivan County here at Big Springs on Sept. 29, 1811. Harrison used Benjamin Turman's fort as his headquarters. With spring water available, it was an ideal location for 1000 men including 160 . . . — — Map (db m229777) HM
Indiana to Kansas, September 4 - November 4, 1838 The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe on this site was decisive, leading to the loss of their homelands and the removal of Indians from Indiana. At Gunpoint, about 850 Potawatomi passed this location . . . — — Map (db m6433) HM
Established in 1808 by Tecumseh and the Prophet as the capital of their pan-Indian confederacy. Led by Tecumseh, representatives of many midwestern Indian nations met and lived here in an attempt to build the greatest Indian resistance movement in . . . — — Map (db m36237) HM
Over 850 Potawatomi Indians camped here on the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Sept. 13, 1838, on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. There were 106 sick so two doctors were called in, Drs. Ritchie & son. Sanford Cox later wrote . . . — — Map (db m33811) HM
In 1838 some 800 Potawatomi Indians, being forcibly removed from Marshall County to Kansas, camped along this road, the LaGrange-Logansport State Road. On this “trail of death”, scores of Native Americans suffered and died. The mother of Chief . . . — — Map (db m33812) HM
Side A
Just after noon, June 1, 1791, from the elevation to the south, now known as “High Gap”, Brigadier General Charles Scott, his 33 officers, and 760 mounted Kentucky Militiamen rode toward the smoke of cooking fires rising four miles . . . — — Map (db m230061) HM
