Titles by Subject Matter - Native American


The Day They Opened the Miamisburg Mound
by Howard Burba Copyright 1932
The opening of the Indian burial mound in Miamisburg in 1869. The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on February 28, 1932
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Jeri Kniess


A Fortification and a Cemetery at Dayton, Ohio
by S. H. Binkley Copyright 1885
Describes an unusual enclosure and an abandoned Indian mound.  Published in The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, September 1885
Text taken from original source which is available at Miami University

Life of Tecumseh
by Benjamin Drake Copyright 1841
The celebrated Native American leader who lived and fought in the Miami Valley, including a skirmish in Dayton in 1786 when he was fourteen years old
Reference copy available at Dayton Metro Library

The Problem of the Ohio Mounds
by Cyrus Thomas Copyright 1889
The burial customs and ceremonies connected with mounds in Ohio and other states
Copy available at Dayton Metro Library