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Wabash Cannonball Bridge
Wabash may refer to: Political entities * Wabash Confederacy, or Wabash Indians, a loose confederacy of 18th century Native Americans Places in the United States * Wabash River, in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois * Wabash Valley, in Illinois and Indiana * Wabash, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Indiana, a city * Wabash County, Illinois ** Wabash Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois * Wabash County, Indiana * Wabash, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Wabash, King County, Washington, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Lewis County, Washington, an unincorporated community * Wabash, West Virginia, a ghost town * Wabash township (other) * Wabash Formation, a geologic formation in Indiana Schools * Wabash College, a college in Crawfordsville, Indiana * Wabash Valley College, a college in Mount Carmel, Illinois * Wabash High School, Wabash, Indiana In transportation * Wabash Railroad, a former railroad that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Confederacy
The Wabash Confederacy, also referred to as the Wabash Indians or the Wabash tribes, was a number of 18th century Native American villagers in the area of the Wabash River in what are now the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The Wabash Indians were primarily the Miami, Weas and Piankashaws, but also included Kickapoos, Mascoutens, and others. In that time and place, Native American tribes were smaller political units, and the villages along the Wabash were multi-tribal settlements with no centralized government. The confederacy, then, was a loose alliance of influential village leaders (sometimes called headmen or chiefs). In the 1780s, headmen of the Wabash Confederacy allied themselves with a larger, loose confederacy of Native American leaders in the Ohio Country and Illinois Country known as the Northwestern Confederacy, in order to collectively resist U.S. expansion after the American Revolutionary War. In 1786, a Wyandot messenger named Scotosh warned Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
