Upper Sandusky Reservation

The Upper Sandusky Reservation was home to many of the Wyandot from 1818–1842. Also called "The Grand Reserve", the twelve mile square reservation was established in the Treaty of Fort Meigs, under Wyandot Half-King Dunquat.[1][2][3] The tribe also received a cranberry bog near Broken Sword Creek.[1]

The reservation had over one hundred log homes, a gristmill,[4] orchards, and a Methodist mission led by John Stewart and James Bradley Finley.[1][5][6]

In 1841, a beloved chief, Summundewat, was murdered by whites, along with his family. Concerned for their safety, the Wyandot negotiated terms for relocation throughout 1842. They received financial compensation for 10,000 acres, funds to improve their new reservation in the West, and an annual annuity. This was the largest removal settlement for any Ohio tribe.[7]

The Upper Sandusky Reservation was the last Native American reservation in Ohio when it was dissolved,[8] and was also the largest Native American reservation in Ohio, although up until 1817 most of Northwest Ohio had not been ceded to the United States government.[9]

The reservation was located at the great bend of the Sandusky River, at Upper Sandusky.[4]

Notable residents

Legacy

The Wyandot left the Upper Sandusky Reservation in July 1843, and walked 150 miles south to Cincinnati, where they boarded two steamboats which took them to Kansas City. Their descendants who remained in Kansas formed the Wyandot Nation of Kansas. [2]

In 2019, the Wyandot Mission Church and its three acres of land were officially returned to the Wyandotte Nation by the United Methodist Church.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Misencik, Paul R.; Misencik, Sally E. (2020). American Indians of the Ohio Country in the 18th century. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-4766-7997-6.
  2. ^ a b "Wyandot Removal Trail". ArcGIS StoryMaps. February 28, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  3. ^ Wingo, Rebecca S. (October 10, 2022). "Built on Broken Promises". Ohio Humanities. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Indian Mill illustration". Ohio History Connection. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  5. ^ "Indian Mill, Upper Sandusky". touring-ohio.com. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  6. ^ "Wyandott Indian Mission". General Commission on Archives & History. May 16, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  7. ^ Clabes, Judy (May 22, 2017). "Our Rich History: The Wyandots - well assimilated - were sadly victims of Indian Removal Act". Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  8. ^ "Upper Sandusky Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org, The Historical Marker Database. 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  9. ^ Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History, edited by Helen Hornbeck Tanner, cartography by Miklos Pinther. University of Oklahoma Press (1987) ISBN 0-8061-1515-7, pg.165
  10. ^ Cuccia, Annemarie (September 28, 2022). "The Wyandotte Nation's long road to Land Back". NonDoc. Retrieved January 11, 2026.

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