The summer of 1843 was a dark time for the Wyandots, the last Indian tribe in Ohio. That summer 170 years ago was also a dark time in Ohio’s history, because the Wyandots were forced to leave their reservation near Upper Sandusky and travel to a strange land to the west: Kansas. They had tried to assimilate into the white man’s world by becoming farmers, but that didn’t work because, in truth, the white man wanted their land. The Ohio Wyandots had assimilated so completely that they even refused to join forces with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh during the War of 1812 and fight against their white neighbors. That took restraint because at one time they had been a very warlike people.Get the Story:
From the Stump by John Switzer: Ohio’s last Indian tribe was forced out in 1843 (The Columbus Dispatch 8/18)
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