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ATHENS, Ohio — The Lyceum Luncheon Brown Bag Speaker Series will present a program on Chief Tarhe and the War with Tecumseh by Michael Johnson on Thursday, Dec. 11, at noon at the Southeast Ohio History Center.

Johnson, Marketing Director for the Fairfield County Heritage Association, Director of the Sherman House Museum, and associated with The Georgian Museum in Lancaster, Ohio, will introduce his audience to the leader of the Wyandot people who occupied parts of Southeast Ohio and the Hockhocking Valley at the time of European settlement.

Chief Tarhe, known to some European settlers and military persons as The Crane, supported the Treaty of Greenville after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in northwest Ohio in 1794. Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet did not. Johnson will discuss some of the issues associated with the struggles and the treaties and their impact on Native Americans in the early years following Ohio’s settlement.

The History Center’s Lyceum Speaker Series is a brown bag luncheon scheduled for the third Thursdays of the month at 24 West State Street in Athens.

Due to ongoing construction projects at the History Center, parking is very limited, and visitors should come early to find such accommodations for their vehicle which may be a block or more from the History Center.

For more information about this presentation or about the History Center call 740-593-2280 or visit southeastohiohistory.org.