
HEADQUARTERS OF
THE SHAWNEE INDIAN
RESERVATION
SHAWNEE INDIAN
COUNCIL HOUSE
LOCATED 250 FEET
EAST
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NEARBY SLEEPS CHIEF BLACKHOOF
CATAHECASSA
LAST PRINCIPLE CHIEF OF THE SHAWNEES PRIOR TO THEIR
REMOVAL TO KANSAS IN 1832. THIS WAS BLACKHOOF'S TOWN WHERE HE LIVED AND
DIED IN SEPT. 1831 AT THE AGE OF 109. HE FOUGHT WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST
BRADDOCK AT FT. PIT IN 1755. OPPOSED COL. LEWIS AT THE BATTLE AT POINT
PLEASANT IN 1744. SERVED UNDER BRITISH CAPT. BIRD IN 1780. HE LEAD
HIS PEOPLE AGAINST THE CAMPAIGNS OF HARMER 1790, SAINT CLAIR 1791, AND
WAYNE IN 1794. HE SIGNED THE GREENVILLE TREATY IN 1795, AND OPPOSED THE
INDIAN CONFEDERATION OF TECUMPSEH IN THE WAR OF 18??.
A JUST AND HONORABLE MAN
RESPECTED BY BOTH FRIENDS & ENEMIES.
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