Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Pioneer and Historical Society of Pickaway County The history of the Indians who occupied this territory immediately before it was settled by our pioneer ancestors, will, I suppose, constitute a proper subject for the investigations of this Society. The subject while not wanting in poetical interest, suggests also deep questions of philosophy. The Indian uncorrupted and undebased by the vices of civilization, contrasted with the ancient Greek, is in many respects similar to him, the noblest type of mankind yet. Produced. Take for example the Shawanoese account of the origin of the Piqua Tribe, from whom our county derives its name. The tradition as related to Col. Johnson was, that once upon a time the whole Shawanoese Tribe were assembled at a solemn religious feast. They were6. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.