Ohio Indains meeting with LaSalle

Wyandot

• Located in northwest Ohio
• Migrated from Ontario
• Were an offshoot of the Huron
• Notable: Chief Tarhe "The Crane"

Ottawa

• Located in northwest Ohio
• Migrated from Canada
• Used Mercer County as a hunting ground
• Notable: Chief Pontiac

Tescarawa

• Located in northeast Ohio
• The 6th Iroquois tribe

Mingo

• Located in southeast Ohio
• Were comprised of expatriate Indians from several tribes (Cayugo, Seneca and others)
• Notable: Chief Logan

Delaware

• Located in southeast Indiana & southwest Ohio
• The most populous tribe in Ohio
• Known to be very peaceful

Shawnee

• Migrated from Pennsylvania
• Possibly were formerly the Fort Ancient people
• Locate din Ohio in roughly 1725
• Hunted in the Mercer County area
• Notables: Blackhoof, Cornstalk, Blue Jacket and Tecumseh

Miami

• Lived in the upper Great Miami River valley (near present day Troy & Piqua) and the Maumee Valley (near Ft.Wayne)
• The second most populous tribe in Ohio
• Migrated from the Wisconsin area
• Pickaway (present day Piqua)was one of the largest Indian settlements anywhere