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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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