Ohio Indian Tribes
Representatives of this tribe
appear as parties to the Treaty of Greenville, 1795, and to treaties concluded
in 1807 and 1817 by which lands in this State were relinquished to the Whites.
(See Minnesota.)
The Delaware lived in Ohio for a
considerable period in the course of their migration west under White pressure
(See
New Jersey.)
Meaning in Iroquois, "long tail," and referring to the panther, from which
circumstance they are often referred to as the Cat Nation. See
Erie Location
This tribe occupied parts of the
eastern fringe of Ohio after it had been incorporated into the Iroquois and
perhaps before. (See
Pennsylvania.)
Representatives of the Illinois
were parties to the Treaty of Greenville by which lands of the State of Ohio
were relinquished to the Whites. (See
Illinois.)
After the destruction or
dispersal of the Erie and other native tribes of Ohio, many Iroquois settlements
were made in the State, particularly by the westernmost tribe, the Seneca. Some
of these so-called Iroquois villages were no doubt occupied by people of
formerly independent nations. (See
New York.)
Representatives of this tribe were
parties to the Treaty of Greenville by which Ohio lands
were relinquished to the Whites. (See
Wisconsin.)
After the
original tribes of Ohio had been cleared away, some
Miami worked their way into the State, particularly into
the western and northern parts, and they gave their name
to three Ohio rivers, the Miami, Little Miami, and
Maumee. (See
Indiana.)
Significance uncertain, though probably from an
Algonquian language. See
Mosopelea
Location
Neutrals
The Neutral Nation may have
occupied a little territory in the extreme northwest of Ohio. (See
New York.)
See Mosopelea.
In the eighteenth century, Ottawa
worked into the northern part of Ohio and established settlements along the
shore of Lake Erie. (See
Michigan.)
Representatives of this tribe
were parties to the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 and to treaties made in 1805,
1807, and 1817 by which lands in this State were relinquished to the Whites.
(See
Michigan.)
See Iroquois, under
New York.
It is probable that some Shawnee were in Ohio at very early
periods. After they had been driven from the Cumberland Valley by the Chickasaw
and Cherokee shortly after 1714, they worked their way north into this State
and, as they were joined by the former eastern and southern bands, Ohio became
the Shawnee center for a considerable period, until after the Treaty of
Greenville. (See
Tennessee.)
Meaning perhaps "islanders," or
"dwellers on a peninsula." Occasionally spelled Guyandot. At an earlier
date usually known as Huron, a name given by the French from huré,
"rough," and the depreciating suffix -on. See
Wyandot Location
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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