Side A: After decades of resistance and failed negotiations, the Wyandot were the last tribe removed from Ohio in 1843. Their removal route began on the Grand Reserve in Upper Sandusky and extended 150 miles to Cincinnati where nearly 700 Wyandots boarded steamboats bound for Kansas Territory. There, new settlers continued to place pressure on Wyandot lands. The Wyandotte Nation is now headquartered in Oklahoma.
Side B: As the Wyandots adjusted to travel on the steamboats Republic and Nodaway, they paused to bid farewell to their Ohio homelands. Approaching President William Henry Harrison’s tomb, Principal Chief Henry Jacquis asked the Nodaway’s captain to cut the engines so his people could pay tribute to the general, their former friend and foe whose kindness had earned their respect. Lining the upper and lower decks, they bared their heads as the current carried them past Harrison’s grave. After a moment of silence, the captain fired his cannon in salute and Chief Jacquis reportedly exclaimed, “Farewell, Ohio, and her brave!”
Sponsors: The Wyandotte Nation, University of Cincinnati, History Department, Village of North Bend, Ohio History Connection
