![]() ![]() ![]() European settlers valued the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for the storehouse of furs and trade with the Indian population. The region became a battleground between the British and French colonial powers with shifting alliances and battles with the indigenous populations. These were the residents when Christopher Gist traveled the area as the reputed first European to venture into what was to be called the Northwest Territory. The Iroquois were themselves driven out by the return of the Algonquin along with the Delaware, Tuscarawa, Ottowa and Miami tribes. By the 1650s the Algonquin tribe dominated the area but was driven out by the Iroquois in the early 1700s. ![]() Aside from the mounds they left, little is known about them or why they disappeared. Prior to the 17th Century (c.e.) the area was settled by the Moundbuilder Indians. The following was researched and written by Dave Bean, former Springfield Township resident and historian. ![]()
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