News From Terre Haute, Indiana  December 8, 2007  Genealogy:
Many tribes left their mark on Indiana  By Tamie Dehler  TERRE
HAUTE — Last week’s column discussed Indiana’s most influential
Indian tribes, the Miami, Wea, and Piankashaw, as described in
The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton. Yet,
there were other tribes that also left their mark in and on the
state.  The Chippewa or Ojibwa was a tribe of the east coast and
the Great Lakes area. Like the Miamis, they were part of the
Algonquin linguistic group. In treaties made in 1795, 1817, and
1821, they relinquished their lands in Indiana to the whites.
Their tribal name means “to roast until puckered,” and referred
to the puckered seam in their moccasins.  The Delaware Indians
were also of Algonquin stock. They originated on the east coast
(Delaware River) and later moved westward into Ohio. In 1770,
they obtained permission from the Miami and Piankashaw to move
into the area between the Ohio and White Rivers in Indiana. They
established six