Wyandot people
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The Wyandot people are an Indigenous people who emerged in the Great Lakes region in the mid-17th century. The Wyandot developed through a process of ethnogenesis during the Beaver Wars, when refugees
Wyandot moccasins, c. 1880, in the collection of the Bata Shoe Museum
William Walker (1800–1874), a leader of the Wyandot people and a prominent citizen of early-day Kansas.
Crawford expedition
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The Crawford expedition, also known as the Battle of Sandusky, the Sandusky expedition and Crawford's Defeat, was a 1782 campaign on the western front of the American Revolutionary War, and one of the
Illustration of Crawford's execution
Lacking the resources to conduct a Continental Army campaign, General William Irvine helped volunteers launch the Sandusky expedition.
Colonel William Crawford, depicted here at 35 years old, was a veteran soldier and longtime associate of George Washington. He was elected to lead the Sandusky expedition at age 59.
Gustav Heinrich von Wetter-Rosenthal