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Native American Indians Native American Indians Local Camp Sites, Forts and Mounds Indian Trails Native American Indians Also see Maps Album - Maps of Native American Tribes, Trails, Camps Indian Trails in the Bedford - Walton Hills area Early Indian Trails and Villages in Pre-Pioneer Times Indian Trails Passing through our area Recorded Indian Sites in the Bedford - Walton Hills area Also see Album - Maps Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Lower Tinkers Creek Region - Also see Maps Album Tinkers Creek Valley Tinkers Creek from its Source to its Mouth, in 3 sections/pages The Many Fingers of Tinkers Creek in our area Tinkers Creek and its Tributaries 1961 map of Proposed Lake Shawnee, map 1 1961 map of Proposed Lake Shawnee, map 2 - Also see Maps Album Tinkers Creek Valley 1923-1933 Scenic and Historic Tinkers Creek Valley Map of Tinkers Creek Valley Legend and Map of Tinkers Creek Valley Legend and Map of Deerlick Creek Valley 1989 - Bedford Reservation and Cuyahoga Valley National Park areas within Walton Hills Boundaries - Also see Maps Album Special Areas of the Tinkers Creek Valley, Bedford Reservation 1923-1933 Topography and Elevations Streams Woodlands Trails and Lanes Early Residents - homes, bams Legend and Map - Places of Interest Also see Native American items on exhibit at Walton Hills Historical Resource Center, Community Room, Walton Hills Village Hall, corner of Walton and Alexander Roads, Walton Hills, Ohio CHAPTER 4 INDIAN SITES For many years, from mid Spring through Autumn, bands of woodland Indians camped in the western half of Walton Hills. Their summer campsites were near major Indian trails for east-west and north-south travel. The Native Americans set up their camps on the broad hilltops, where steep ridges offered them the advantage of good viewing points and protection from their enemies. The Walton Hills area offered them good drinking water, salt and a likely spot to find game animals. They hunted, farmed on hilltops and bottom land as well, and distilled salt for their own use and for trade. Then in the mid 160Os, the Iroquois declared ownership of this part of Ohio. Since they were a powerful Indian tribe, other Indians stopped camping in our area. For almost 100 years the only Indians seen around here were those passing through on trails. Then once again during the second half of the 170Os, a few bands of Indians camped along the ridges. INDIAN POINT Indian Point is thought to have been an old Indian fort, located on the hilltop on the north side of Hemlock Creek Picnic Area in Bedford Reservation. Indian Point is a high, flat-topped ridge that rises sharply between Hemlock Creek and Tinkers Creek. From Indian Point the Indians had a good view of the Tinkers Creek Valley, could defend themselves and send smoke signals to other bands of Indians. This site is thought to be of Algonquin origin. A band of Indians probably camped within the fort. On the hillsides by Indian Point the numerous fresh water springs provided good drinking water. The lowland by the creek had rich soil for growing corn. The area yielded many nuts and berries and wild vegetables and herbs. Fish were abundant in the creeks. Salt licks, especially those at the mouth of Deerlick Creek, attracted many wild animals and game birds, making hunting an easier chore. Settlers who moved to the area in the early 1800s saw evidence of a fort at Indian Point. Moses Gleeson, who owned several acres of land in the area, including Indian Point, reported seeing a double row of earth trenches along with the rotted remains of log stockade posts. Within the post trenches 18 Historical Sites in Our Parks: Sights in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Bedford Reservation within Boundaries of the Village of Walton Hills c. 2004 he saw piles of burnt stones from Indian fire pits and other kinds of camp midden such as charred bones and camp refuse. In the late 1880s a great-grandson of Moses Gleeson, Edmond "Cub" Carey, posted a sign on a nearby tree. The sign made notice of this site having been a fort. When Cuyahoga Valley Historian Joe Jesensky scouted Indian Point in the early 192Os, he could detect no trace of the old fort posts. But, he did see evidence of a double row of ditches across the narrowest part of the hilltop land. In 1929 Jesensky discovered a flint drill of Indian origin in an old corn field nearby. Two years later Jesensky and Mr. Donkin, a Cleveland archaeologist from the State Archaeological Society submitted a documented paper after visiting the site and interviewing local people who shared information and artifacts with them. In more recent years, Dr. David Brose, who was the Archaeologist for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, studied the site and compiled a report on this probable Indian fort. RECORDED INDIAN SITES within BOUNDARIES of the VILLAGE of WALTON HILLS eDu A D AA*Le FIGHTS 4 i 4 / MAFLE RE,611·19 f 10'. ·, . 1 4. + S /- 92 BEDFoR, 6. C RY.. OR SNAWFJ f------ SED / GILF ' CauR52 INkE€S c «9=tj:«., ng·TRoft' ----: i-3,--4 ., ./6 ME·rkeN/8 LA/*b 11*#/t= 4" ' 1\ETRIMAK8/6*IRD RESE*VA·nod LAMb RKWAy 8 *sERiATION Gv *< . 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From their location the band of Indians who camped here from Spring through Autumn had a good view of the Tinkers Creek Valley, could defend themselves and send smoke signals to other bands of Indians. Fresh water springs on nearby hillsides provided good drinking water. The lowlands had rich soil for growing com. The area yielded many nuts, berries, wild vegetables and herbs. Fish were abundant in the creeks. Salt licks attracted many wild animals and game birds, making hunting an easier chore. Settlers who moved into the area in the early 1800s saw evidence of a Fort at Indian Point. Moses Gleeson, who owned several acres of land in the area, including Indian Point, reported seeing a double row of earth trenches along with the rotted remains of log stockade posts. Within the post trenches he saw piles of bumt stones from Indian fire pits and other kinds of camp midden such as charred bones and camp refuse. In the late 188Os, a great-grandson of Moses Gleeson, Edmond "Cub" Carey, posted a sign on a nearby tree. The sign made notice of this site having been a fort. When Cuyahoga Valley Historian Joe Jesensky scouted Indian Point in the early 192Os, he could detect no trace of the old fort posts. But, he did see evidence of a double row of ditches across the narrowest part of the hilltop land. In 1929 Jesensky discovered a fiint drill of Indian origin in an old com field nearby. Two years later, Jesensky and Mr. Donkin, a Cleveland archaeologist from the State Archaeological Society submitted a documented paper after visiting the site and interviewing local people who shared information and artifacts with them. 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