Ohio was home to five major American Indian tribes - the Delaware, Miami, Ottawa, Shawnee and Wyandot - plus several smaller tribes.
some names and their native ties:
Erie - From the Erie Indians, whose name means"cat" or "wildcat."
Miami - For the Miami tribe, whose principal village, Pickawillany, was in western Ohio
Scioto - From an Indian word "scionto" meaning "deer."
Chillicothe - The Shawnee word "Chalahgawtha" translates as "principal town" or "town at the leaning bank."
Ohio - From an Iroquois word for "beautiful river."
source The Columbus Dispatch November 19, 2008
Distinguished 18th century Shawnee chief Keigh-tugh-qua was known by what name to the white settlers? Answer: Cornstalk
In 1763 what Ottawa chief unsuccessfully attempted to unite Indian tribes in Ohio country to wipe out the whites west of the Alleghenies? Answer: Pontiac
Seneca John, chief of the Senecas, was executed in 1828 for what crime against his brother, Cornstalk? Answer: "Witchcraft murder"
What Mohawk Indian leader, born in Ohio Country in 1742, became a colonel in the British Army? Answer: Thayendanega, or Joseph Brant
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