They did not describe whether they walked upstream or down, and there are numerous creeks and branches of the Little Miami which could have been followed on their walk. The prisoner’s description of the area makes it difficult to follow. Today the area is an unincorporated village called Oldtown. Tecumseh is often said to have been born there, in reality, he was born in the village on the Scioto, though he did live on the Little Miami for a time. Its most prominent leader was Chief Blackfish, and it was to this village that Daniel Boone was taken when he was held prisoner by the Shawnee. The prisoners who described carrying the silver mentioned that it came from a place not far from a stream.Ĭhillicothe on the Little Miami is sometimes referred to as Old Chillicothe to distinguish it from the others of that name and is the most prominently discussed region when considering the location of the mines because it was the largest of the villages. There were villages of that name – actually Chalagawtha – on the Scioto River, the Little Miami River, the Great Miami River, and others. The difficulty in finding the site has been complicated by the fact that there was more than one village named Chillicothe, and the villages moved from time to time. The prisoners were blindfolded, marched to the site, and burdened with heavy sacks which they were forced to carry back to the village. Wikimedia The Shawnee Silver Mines of OhioĪccording to prisoners taken by the Shawnee Indians from the white settlements in Kentucky and Ohio, just a half day’s walk from their main village of Chillicothe was a site where the Shawnee mined silver. Part of the site of Old Chillicothe on the Little Miami River near Xenia, Ohio. Here are ten tales of lost treasure in the United States. A map of Treasure Island from the original German edition of the novel about seeking pirate treasure. Money hidden after it was acquired in crimes remains hidden in many cases, while the perpetrator sits in prison. The Shawnee Indians of the Ohio Valley possessed silver in large amounts, but from whence it came has never been proven, and throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia there are sites believed to be the source. Some claimed to have found them, but their locations since became lost. Mines which provided silver, copper, and gold to American Indians have been sought by white settlers since the country west of the Ohio River was first explored. Both New York and New Jersey were once areas resorted to by Captain William Kidd, and long have tales been told of treasure he left there. The coastal areas of Virginia and the Carolinas are said by some to contain treasure left behind by Blackbeard, Stede Bonnett and other pirates who once roamed the seas off the America’s preying on merchantmen and Spanish treasure ships. Both American coasts abound with tales of buried pirate treasure. There are people who spend their whole lives and considerable sums of money searching for sunken treasure ships, lost mines, and hidden loot. The idea of finding a lost treasure has universal appeal.
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