Title	Battle of Big Bottom illustration
Subject	Morgan County (Ohio) Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Time Period	1790s
Place	Morgan County (Ohio)
Description	Artist's rendering of the Battle of Big Bottom, also known as the "Big Bottom Massacre." On January 2, 1791, native Delaware and Wyandot Indians attacked the isolated settlement Big Bottom, along the Muskingum River in Morgan County. Tensions were high between Native Americans and the Ohio Company settlers prior to the attack, and following the massacre, most whites in southeastern Ohio moved closer to Marietta, hoping that the Indians would not attack in a more populous area. The United States Congress also played a greater role in the Ohio Country, due at least in part to the attack. Today, the Ohio Historical Society maintains a monument at the site of the Big Bottom Massacre.
Date of Original	1963; 1791
Collection	Battle of Big Bottom Collection
Source	SC 2
Format	Picture Photographic Print (Black and White)
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AL02816.tif
Image Height	2821
Image Width	2821
File Size	4933804 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-04

Battle of Big Bottom illustration

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