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The men of the Illinois Regiment under George Rogers Clark were given land grants for their service to our country. The land was in Southern Indiana across from the Falls of the Ohio where Clark had first begun his conquest of the west on Corn Island. Clark himself built a cabin here after he left the military.
Although he had battled the Native Americans for this land, when peace finally came - each side had won the respect of the other. To honor the general they called “Long Knife” native American Indians would come once a year to visit Clark at his cabin. They would bring their families and set up camp on the grounds and visit with the general.
To honor this peaceful exchange among former antagonists, re-enactors set up camp for the public to see a slice of this early 1800’s custom of natives visiting with General Clark.
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