Post by Matthew S. Schweitzer on Dec 11, 2004 19:35:39 GMT -5
This is a link to a very interesting and forgotten piece of Ohio Indian history.
During the summer of 1813, General William Henry Harrison convened a huge peace conference with the Ohio tribes who, Harrison worried, were threatening to throw their allegiance to Tecumseh's Confederacy. The conference took place on June 21, 1813 in what was then the town of Franklinton, OH (part of modern day Columbus). As a result of this meeting, Harrison won the allegiance (or at least the neutrality) of the Ohio tribes in his fight against the British who were still intent on invading Ohio from the North. In doing so Harrison now felt secure in his effort to move into Canada to crush Tecumseh and Proctor's forces before they could mount another invasion attempt.
The Franklinton conference was the last of the large scale Indian conferences to take place in the Old Northwest. Though the peace conference was largely remembered at the time for the participation of the Wyandot chief Tarhe, more than 50 chiefs from all the Ohio tribes were represented. The tribes remained at peace with the United States from that point onward.
publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0014121.html&StartPage=121&EndPage=131&volume=14¬es=&newtitle=Volume%2014%20Page%20121
During the summer of 1813, General William Henry Harrison convened a huge peace conference with the Ohio tribes who, Harrison worried, were threatening to throw their allegiance to Tecumseh's Confederacy. The conference took place on June 21, 1813 in what was then the town of Franklinton, OH (part of modern day Columbus). As a result of this meeting, Harrison won the allegiance (or at least the neutrality) of the Ohio tribes in his fight against the British who were still intent on invading Ohio from the North. In doing so Harrison now felt secure in his effort to move into Canada to crush Tecumseh and Proctor's forces before they could mount another invasion attempt.
The Franklinton conference was the last of the large scale Indian conferences to take place in the Old Northwest. Though the peace conference was largely remembered at the time for the participation of the Wyandot chief Tarhe, more than 50 chiefs from all the Ohio tribes were represented. The tribes remained at peace with the United States from that point onward.
publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0014121.html&StartPage=121&EndPage=131&volume=14¬es=&newtitle=Volume%2014%20Page%20121