Ohio Indians

outdoorswithmartin on November 21st, 2009

Cold weather is coming, and already there have been hard frosts, a freeze or two, and even snowflakes in the air once or twice. In this part of Ohio winter lasts about six months, a lot of days sure to be dreary, nasty, windy, wet, or slushy. Farm folk can be trapped in the house until […]

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outdoorswithmartin on October 25th, 2009

History lives at Buck Creek State Park which surrounds C.J. Brown Reservoir in east-central Ohio. George Rogers Clark fought there in 1780, leading 1,000 Kentuckians in a raid against a Shawnee camp, and defeating them at the Battle of Piqua. One Indian who fled the attack was a young Shawnee called Tecumseh. Much later the […]

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Ohio native Americans called him the “little bear”, and relished his rich meat.  Many a young Huron and Sandusky made his first kill on a groundhog, and not only was the hand of man turned against this stocky creature, but bears, cougars, wolves, and coyotes ate them at every opportunity.  The only animals that survived […]

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outdoorswithmartin on July 18th, 2009

Richard Martin, Ohio-based outdoor writer, covers outdoor sports, activities, and travel in the Mid-west. Specializing on fishing, hunting, boating, camping, and organic gardening, his columns have appeared in newspapers and magazines for over 45 years. Richard Martin has recently published his first historical novel titled, Flying Hawk, which chronicles the lives of a northern Ohio Indian group […]

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