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The Maumee Rapids Treaty of Sept. 29, 1817 granted the Shawnee and Seneca Indians a reservation of 40,300 acres surrounding this point, where they lived until removal to the West in 1832. A few feet south stood the log Indian Council House. "Capt. John Lewis," a Shawnee chief for whom the village was named, lived 800 feet southeast with Polly Keyser, his captive white drudge.
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Lewistown, Ohio · United States
