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Peace Pipe to
be on display at Shawnee Prairie
GREENVILLE – “There were only three of these presented,” Deb
Shiverdecker, assistant director of Darke County Parks said. She was
holding the Silver Peace Pipe presented to the Shawanee Indian Tribe by
General William Henry Harrison in 1814. The pipe will be on display in
the Tecumseh Room at the Shawnee Prairie Preserve Nature Center
beginning July 24, until September when it will be returned to its
owner, the Kansas City Museum.
Parks Director Roger Van Frank noted “That peace pipe was here
(emphasis on here) 200 years ago, almost to the date. It was July 22,
1814.” He added “It was smoked and presented (to the Indians).” The
other two pipes were presented to the Wyandot and Seneca tribes.
Shiverdecker said The Tecumseh Room is nearing completion, with Sidney
artist Mila Hamilton, Expressions by Mila, currently finishing a scenic
mural. In addition to the display of the Peace Pipe, the room will
include a hands-on display of Native American life in this area. “For
the first time, some of the Park District’s artifacts will also be on
display… George Washington Peace Medals (from the First Treaty of
Greene Ville); and we’ll have a Kinzie Brooch.” She said it was a
trading item with the Indians and Kinzie was a noted metal worker of
the time...
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