Lower Shawnee Town

Lower Shawnee Town

Lower Shawnee Town, also known as Sonnontio, was one of the earliest known Shawnee settlements within the boundaries of the present state of Ohio. Established in 1738, it was located at the mouth of the Scioto River, where it empties into the Ohio River at present Portsmouth, Ohio. The village was a major center of trade with the French and the British during the 18th century. When the French were laying claim to the Northwest Territory just prior to the French and Indian War, Celoron de Blainville placed one of the lead plates at the village site to indicate French control of the area. In 1758, the Shawnee abandoned the site of Lower Shawnee Town due to a number of reasons including white encroachment and problems with flooding.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas — Location of Shawnee County in Kansas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Ghost Town Trail — The Ghost Town Trail is a rail trail in Western Pennsylvania that stretches 36 miles (58 km) from Black Lick, Indiana County, to Ebensburg, Cambria County.[1] Established in 1991 on the right of way of the former Ebensburg and Black Lick… …   Wikipedia

  • Chalahgawtha — (or, more commonly in English, Chillicothe) was the name of one of the five divisions (or bands) of the Shawnee, a Native American people, during the 18th century, as well as the name of the principal village of the division. The other four… …   Wikipedia

  • Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville. — (also known as Celeron de Bienville, or Céleron or Celoron, etc.) was a French Canadian officer. In 1739 1740 he led a detachment to Louisiana to fight the Chickasaw in the abortive Chickasaw Campaign of 1739. In 1749 he led an expedition to… …   Wikipedia

  • Greenup County — Courthouse in Greenup Verwaltung US Bundesstaat: Kentucky …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Monetons — West Virginia s Moneton tribe on the Kanawha Valley [Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora (Iroquois) means waterway , kye is augmentive suffix. Kaniatarowanenneh means big waterway in Mohawk (Iroquois). Lachler, McElwain, and Burke… …   Wikipedia

  • West Virginia Waterways — finds its source at the highland watersheds of the Allegheny Mountains. These watersheds supply drainage to the creeks often passing through deep and narrow hollows. From the hollows, rushing highland streams collect in bottom land brooks and… …   Wikipedia

  • Dunmore's War — Date 1774 Location Ohio Country …   Wikipedia

  • Cherokee Commission — Oklahoma and Indian Territories 1890 The Cherokee Commission, was a three person bi partisan body created by President Benjamin Harrison to operate under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as empowered by Section 14 of the Indian… …   Wikipedia

  • Westo — The Westo were a Native American tribe of the 17th century. They probably spoke an Iroquoian language. They were called Chichimeco by the Spanish, and the Richahecrian by Virginians. Their first appearance in the historical record is as a… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”