Mingo

Nation

• Sometimes Mingo are identified with Seneca in old records but they were possibly remnants of the Erie and Conestoga people.

• Today, some believe the Mingo were Iroquois.

History

• Here as early as 1749.

• Inhabited Mingo Town, presently known as Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County).

• Lived in what is presently Columbus, Ohio (confluence of Olentangy and Scioto Rivers).

Family Life

• Matrilineal (family line came from the mother and would be carried on by sisters and daughters).

Famous Chief -- Logan

• Born on the Yellow Creek, near present Wellsville, Ohio.

• Advocated peace until a raiding party of white settlers murdered six Mingo people including his mother and sister.

• He began raids which resulted in Lord Dunmore's War, which caused major changes.

Removal

• Aftermath of Lord Dunmore's war was that land south and east of the Ohio River was turned over to the British for settlement.

• Mingo people moved into Northern and Western Ohio until their removal to the west around 1831-32.

• Mingo of 200 years ago no longer exist under that name.

Resources

• Mingo Indians http://swcp.com/~dhickman/notes/mingo.html

• Mingo Indians -- Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/h_indian/tribes/mingo.shtml