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Title
Tecumseh
Ceremonial
Pipe
Subject
Ohio Government
American Indians in Ohio
Pipes (Smoking)
Governors
Place
Chillicothe (Ohio)
Ross County (Ohio)
Description
Shawnee
leader
Tecumseh
presented
this
ceremonial
pipe
to
Thomas
Worthington
in
1807
.
It
is
16
inches
(40.64
cm)
inches
long
and
measures
5
inches
(12.7
cm)
at its
widest
point
. The
pipe
is
made
of
forged
metal
and the
wooden
handle
is
decorated
with
engraved
silver
inlay
.
Tecumseh
was
one
of
many
American
Indian
leaders
who
met
at
Adena
,
Worthington's
home
, in
1807
.
Tecumseh
(1768-1813)
began
to
establish
a
reputation
as a
leader
during
the
Indian
Wars
of the
late
eighteenth
century
,
when
he
fought
in
several
minor
skirmishes
and the
Battle
of
Fallen
Timbers
. He
refused
to
sign
the
Treaty
of
Greenville
,
fearing
that
it
would
increase
white
settlement
and
eventually
cost
American
Indians
their
land
. He
argued
that
all
American
Indians
held
land
in
common
and that
one
tribe
could
not
cede
the
land
to the
U
.
S
.
government
.
During
the
War
of
1812
,
Tecumseh
supported
the
British
, in
hopes
of
regaining
lost
land
. He was
killed
during
the
Battle
of the
Thames
in
1813
.
Thomas
Worthington
(1773-1827)
was a
native
of
Charles
Town
,
Virginia
(later
West
Virginia)
who
moved
to the
Northwest
Territory
in
1798
and
settled
in
Ross
County
,
where
he
quickly
became
a
leader
in the
Ohio
statehood
movement
. He was a
strong
opponent
of
Territorial
Governor
Arthur
St
.
Clair
,
who
wished
to
delay
Ohio's
entrance
into the
Union
.
Worthington
emerged
as a
principal
figure
in the
1802
Constitutional
Convention
and
spent
much
time
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
lobbying
for
statehood
.
Politically
active
throughout
his
life
,
Worthington
served
as
one
of the
first
two
U
.
S
.
senators
from
Ohio
and as
governor
.
Later
he
served
several
terms
in the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
.
Date of Original
1807
Source
Historical
object(s)
or
artifact(s)
;
H
39472
Format
picture
;
objects
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
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File Name
Om1335_1132011_001.tif
Image Height
2595
Image Width
2044
File Size
1275.229 KB
Date created
2009-01-20
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