Tecumseh

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The father of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh (pictured here) lived at Eskippakithiki for part of his life. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Indian Old Fields

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1274 in Clark County notes the location of Eskippakithiki, a Shawnee village that was inhabited during the eighteenth century. While Kentucky was largely an area in which…