i have been finding indian artifacts in lewis county and i would like to know what tribes used the things i find
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Aug
07
2010
what kind of indian tribes was in lewis county kentucky? what was different about one compared to the other?
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The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee were the three major tribes that influenced Kentucky. The Shawnee was a powerful tribe whose lands included what is now part of Ohio. It claimed the area of Kentucky for a hunting ground and jealously guarded the region. Groups of Shawnee warriors traveled throughout the northern and central portions of Kentucky on hunting expeditions. However, the last settlement of the Shawnee in Kentucky, Eskippakithiki, located in present-day Clark County, was abandoned by 1754. The Shawnee raided the early settlements of Kentucky and did not give up their claims to the area until after the War of 1812.
There was a small group of Cherokee who lived in the southeastern portion of the state. Some of the early settlers did intermarry with these Native Americans. Also, a number of Cherokee who were being removed to Oklahoma reservations on the infamous “Trail of Tears” remained in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. There they married into local families. Thus, most people who have Native American ancestry from Kentucky are descended from the Cherokee nation.
A small portion of the Chickasaw tribe lived in western Kentucky and Tennessee in what is now known as “the Purchase.” In 1818 the Chickasaw gave up its claim to these lands and moved westward.