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Friday, 26 December 2008 17:20 |
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TARHE, the Crane, so called because of his height, is said to have been a noble Indian tall and powerful, tops in physical strength and endurance. Tarhe, the Crane, was of the Wyandot Tribe. He was born in 1742 near Detroit. Chief Tarhe ruled the Wyandot Confederacy of seven tribes until his death in 1818. At his death, a great funeral was held. Represented at the gathering were the Delaware, the Mohawks, the Ottawa, the Senesces, and the Shawnees as well as his own tribe, the Wyandots. Chiefs present were Blue Jacket, Tody, Killbuck, Cornstalk, White-Eyes, and Little Turtle. Tarhe took part in the battle of Point Pleasant, and was wounded in the battle of Fallen Timbers. He sided with Little Turtle against further Indian resistance. Tarhe was the first Indian Chief to sign the Treaty of Greenville. In the War of 1812 he pledged Wyandot friendship with the Americans and was with General William Harrison at the Battle of Thames, commemorated by a monument on Wyandot County Route 37, near the location of Cranetown in 1818. Tarhe, Chief of the Wyandots, was married to a French Canadian maiden and to this union was born Myeerah, the only child She was called the White Crane, for her resemblance to her French mother, having the features and the color of the white race. Myeerah, daughter of Tarhe, grew up in the Wyandot village Zane Town now historic Zanesfield, Ohio of Logan County. Logan County, Ohio was also rich in the tradition of the Wyandots. Myeerah, a Wyandot Indian Princess, married an interesting pioneer Whiteman, Isaac Zane. Chief Tarhe was apparently quite enthused about the marriage so he gave to them the Wyandot Village of Zane Town. Chief Tarhe and his great warriors went and in doing so left Zane and Myeerah to make a settlement of the Whiteman of Blue Jacket Town and Deed's Town. Zane the son the name of "Chief White Eagle" by Tarhe now settled in the Mad River Valley. Myeerah and Zane had seven children. Tarhe settled Tarhe Town, the Indian village which was located on the north bank of the Hocking River in the southern part of the city of Lancaster, Ohio. In summary Chief Tarhe was a noble Indian: tall, powerful, strong, and tops in strength and endurance. He was said to be Just and faithful in peace and to be terrible in war. After this Wyandot chieftain our Order of the Arrow Lodge took its name, "Tarhe Lodge # 292" with the Totem as the "Crane".
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