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The Eel River were a historic Native American tribe from Indiana. [1] At the time of European contact in the mid-18th century, the tribe lived the northern Eel River, a tributary of the Wabash River in what is now Cass County, Indiana. [1] They were a sub-tribe of the Miami people and spoke an Algonquian language. [1]
He finally decided that the river's name was related to the Indian word Shakamak, meaning long fish or eel. There was a Shakamak River in southern Indiana; and in the northern part of the state, an Eel River, which in the Miami tongue had been called the Kenapocomoko, or River of Snake Fish. The only drawback to Johnny's theory was the fact ...
Little River, Eel River, Tippecanoe River, Vermilion River, Little Vermilion River, Embarras River, Little Wabash River The Wabash River / ˈ w ɔː b æ ʃ / ( French : Ouabache ) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) [ 2 ] river that drains most of the state of Indiana , and a significant part of Illinois , in the United States .
The Eel River is a 52.8-mile-long (85.0 km) [1] tributary of the White River in southwestern Indiana. Via the White, Wabash, and Ohio rivers, its waters flow to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The Eel River flows through Greene, Owen, Clay, and Putnam counties. It is the southern of the two rivers named Eel River within Indiana.
Map of the Eel River drainage basin Athapaskan languages in California.. The Eel River Athapaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near the Eel River and Van Duzen River of northwestern California.
The Bear River Casino in Loleta, California. The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria (Mattole River, Eel River (Wailaki), Bear River and Wiyot People) is now organized as a federally recognized tribe. It is located Humboldt County, California. [15]
The Battle of Kenapacomaqua, also called the Battle of Old Town, [1] was a raid in 1791 by United States forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier General) James Wilkinson on the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua on the Eel River, approximately six miles upstream from present-day Logansport, Indiana.
Collamer is an unincorporated community in Cleveland Township, Whitley County, Indiana, United States, [3] located on the Eel River and at the intersection of Indiana State Road 14 and Whitley County road 900 W. Smith Rambo platted the town February 9, 1846.