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1435:Land Grants
1381:Salem Tract
1324:Rectangular
1239:Rectangular
1113:(1785–1795)
1071:(1609-1701)
1069:Beaver Wars
973:(sculpture)
818:Tenskwatawa
764:Blue Jacket
653:Anishinaabe
643:Anishinaabe
593:Erie people
218:Salem Tract
76:Schoenbrunn
1570:Categories
1229:Ohio Lands
951:Ohio River
943:Tower Site
665:Piankeshaw
603:Honniasont
426:References
163:Lewis Cass
96:militiamen
50:Background
1338:Firelands
1322:Five-Mile
971:Birdstone
885:(Archaic)
820:(Shawnee)
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766:(Shawnee)
694:Languages
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635:speaking)
629:Mosopelea
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623:Iroquoian
610:(Wyandot)
579:(Shawnee)
54:In 1772,
1237:Six-Mile
948:See also
889:Hopewell
812:Tecumseh
790:(Mohawk)
782:Egushawa
772:(Lenape)
745:See also
681:See also
597:Iroquois
583:Delaware
104:Congress
92:settlers
68:Delaware
56:Moravian
1354:Surveys
1001:Museums
964:Culture
802:(Miami)
784:(Odawa)
676:Wyandot
671:Shawnee
667:(Miami)
417:Knepper
400:4
369:3
338:1
300:Knepper
273:Knepper
249:Knepper
185:Surveys
72:Mohican
1556:Images
1419:Survey
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1161:(1817)
1155:(1808)
1149:(1807)
1143:(1805)
1137:(1795)
1131:(1794)
1125:(1794)
1119:(1791)
1107:(1774)
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1089:(1763)
1083:(1752)
1062:Events
659:Pekowi
639:Ojibwe
633:Siouan
587:Lenape
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389:Peters
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358:Peters
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327:Peters
285:Peters
261:Peters
1516:Other
871:Adena
649:Odawa
619:Mingo
614:Miami
608:Huron
447:(PDF)
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371:Stat.
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237:Notes
120:Ohio
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