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Mingo
Nation
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Sometimes Mingo are identified with Seneca in old records but they were possibly remnants of the Erie and Conestoga people.
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Today, some believe the Mingo were Iroquois.
History
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Here as early as 1749.
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Inhabited Mingo Town, presently known as Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County).
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Lived in what is presently Columbus, Ohio (confluence of Olentangy and Scioto Rivers).
Family Life
Famous Chief -- Logan
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Born on the Yellow Creek, near present Wellsville, Ohio.
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Advocated peace until a raiding party of white settlers murdered six Mingo people including his mother and sister.
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He began raids which resulted in Lord Dunmore's War, which caused major changes.
Removal
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Aftermath of Lord Dunmore's war was that land south and east of the Ohio River was turned over to the British for settlement.
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Mingo people moved into Northern and Western Ohio until their removal to the west around 1831-32.
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Mingo of 200 years ago no longer exist under that name.
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