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HEADQUARTERS OF
THE SHAWNEE INDIAN
RESERVATION
SHAWNEE INDIAN
COUNCIL HOUSE
LOCATED 250 FEET
EAST

 

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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