Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Miamis, Shawnees, and Delawares camps shown in View of the Maumee Towns Destroyed by General Harmar in October 1790. Map of Kekionga, before its destruction, drawn by Ebenezer Denny ,1761-1822, Osprey Publishing File:Map of Kekionga.jpg from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

Old Miami Town north across the Maumee River from Fort Wayne is shown in File:Fort Wayne 1795.jpg on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia above. A larger zoomable 1795 map is at Indiana Fort Wayne : ms. map of Fort Wayne said to have been made on July 18, 1795, for General Anthony Wayne at The Library of Congress. Notes states: "Fort Wayne ... the first American post, built in 1794 and named for Anthony Wayne after his victory at Fallen Timbers, was located across the St. Marys from the old Miami village of Kekionga and the remains of old Fort Miami, at the present intersection of Clay and Berry streets"--Ency. of Historic Forts, p. 281-282. Read page 280: Encyclopedia of historic forts : the military, pioneer, and trading posts of the United States by Roberts, Robert B Publication date 1988 on Archive.org. See our page General "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

Page 85, Chapter X--1789-1790 Life in Miami Town (Fort Wayne), the Anti-American Center of the West in The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917 on Archive.org. The Journal of Henry Hay was discussed December 24, 2022 on Military History of Fort Wayne on Facebook.

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Map on Indian removals in Indiana on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia which shows the dates of various Indian treaties in Indiana.

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Indian Territory map circa 1800

Posted by Mark Krebs July 7, 2012 on Facebook:

Picked up this map at Fort Vallonia along with some interesting stories on the War of 1812 era in that area.

Click map to zoom in on Facebook.

Other useful maps are on our Maps of Allen County, Indiana page.

Racial justice in 1820s Indiana: Slave trial and Fall Creek Massacre - encore posted July 4, 2020 on the Archives of Hoosier History Live podcast on Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m. ET on WICR 88.7 FM introduction starts with: With various aspects of racial justice in the headlines, Hoosier History Live will explore precedent-setting legal trials in early Indiana involving African Americans and Native Americans. We are drawing upon our rich archive for a special encore show focusing on two landmark cases of racial justice in early 19th century Indiana. The two trials: one in which an enslaved Indiana woman successfully sued for her freedom, and a second in which white men were found guilty and executed for slaughtering nine Native Americans, an infamous incident that history has dubbed the Fall Creek Massacre. The shows focusing on these milestone legal cases both originally aired in 2010.

A zoomable version of this map is Indian names of lakes, rivers, towns, forts & [?] of Indiana at Historic Indiana Maps at Indiana Memory digital library at IN.gov.

This small black and white map is packed with details. Originally published in the 1882 Indiana Geological Report of the State of Indiana, the map accompanied a short article entitled “Indian Names of Water Courses in the State of Indiana ” by H.W. Beckwith, Esq., Danville, Illinois, under the section on Archaeology. Indian names of the waterways are provided in italics with common names in roman type. For example: Wabash R. Wah-bah-shih-ka. The article explains further by providing the origin of the names including tribe or nation. Copied from the Indiana Geological & Water Survey Indiana University website.

A Map of Indiana Showing its History, Points of Interest, and the Holdings of the Dept. Of Conservation. Lee Carter, Cartographer. 1932. by Carter, Lee, Publication date 1932 at Archive.org.

A zoomable version of A map of Indiana showing its history, points of interest, and the holdings of the Dept. of Conservation / Lee Carter, cartographer is in the American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection at the UWM Libraries at the University of Wisconsin.

A map The Indians in Indiana drawn by Clark Ray shows the approximate location of Native American tribes and villages at the beginning of Indiana's territorial period, ca. 1800 shown on page 28 of the pdf on page 9 of Chapter 1.1 Major Native American Groups in Indiana, 1700s-1830s in Native Americans in American History in the 360 page pdf Hoosiers and the American Story by James H. Madison and Lee Ann Sandweiss by the Indiana Historical Society.

A 26 page pdf of just Chapter 1 Native Americans in American History is also online.

War Department. Fort Wayne Indian Agency. 1802-1806, Organization Authority Record, Other names: War Department. Office of Indian Trade. Fort Wayne Indian Agency. 1806-1824War Department. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Wayne Indian Agency. 1824-ca. 1828War Department. Office of Indian Affairs. Indiana Indian Agency. ca. 1828-1835. and 111 page Indiana SP de Richardville, Chief Jean-Baptiste, House National Register of Historic Places Registration Form in the Catalog at The National Archives.

Native American place names, treaty lines, trails and traces for Allen County

Zoomed in screenshot of the map: Indiana: The influence of the Indian upon its history at the Indiana Memory digital library at IN.gov. Description: Map of Indiana showing Native American place names, treaty lines, trails and traces. Creator: Guernsey, Elam Young; Publisher: Indiana. Department of Conservation; Date of Original: 1933 at the Indiana State Library Map Collection.

1. Indiana map shows native American villages by Rebecca Bayens, February 6, 2012, Special to the Times-Mail says the map was created in 1932.
2. Photo of the map was posted November 21, 2022 by IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Facebook
3. Posted again November 8, 2023 by the Indiana State Library on Facebook stating: This thematic map published by the Indiana Department of Conservation in 1933 shows place names and natural features names influenced by the first people on the land that became Indiana. It also shows treaty lines, villages, forts, old roads, trails and battlegrounds. Indiana: The influence of the Indian upon its history #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #maps #Indiana.

Wayne's peace with the Indians of the Old Northwest, 1795 by Smith, Dwight La Vern, 1918- [from old catalog], Publication date 1950, on Archive.org

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