Wea Tribe at Terre Haute, Indiana
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YoSam.
N 39° 27.611 W 087° 25.128
16S E 463971 N 4367929
Negotiations, along the Wabash, Americans acquire=ing this land, and Wea moving to other lands.
Waymark Code: WM10BXG
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2019
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County of quote: Vigo County
Location of marker: Dresser Dr., Fairbanks Park, Terre Haute
Date of Quote: 1824Marker Erected by: Indiana Historical Bureau and Native American Foundation of Western Indiana
Date Marker Erected: 2004
Marker Text:
Side one:
This bountiful area on the Wabash River was occupied early by American Indians. French and later Americans recognized this strategic area called terre haute (high land). At least one Wea village was present in area by late 1700s. Wea Chief Jacco Godfroy and others ceded these lands to U.S. in 1809. Town of Terre Haute platted by Americans 1816.
Side two:
Before leaving for 1824 meeting with U.S. agents, Chief Jacco and others ran a notice in the Terre Haute newspaper, which said they were leaving their "wives and children in the white settlement and . . . solicit the white people not to mal-treat them." Most Wea were forced to move from Indiana. Descendants of Chief Jacco still live in Indiana.