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Feast Os The Hunters’ Moon October 9 & 10 Mention the Revolution . . . 197 b . emerging American freedom . did most people think of Philadelphia . . - Valley Forge . . . the Minute Men. How many people think of Indiana and the Wabash? Indiana has a link with the Kcvolution in the French trading post of Fort Ouiatenon. and on October 9 and 10. from 10a.m. to 5 P m., and expected 3,000 participants will re-create the exciting events of those days when they stage the 9th annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon. The reconstructed blockhouse and park are located 4 miles southwest of West Lafayette >n South River Road. The Feast is sponsored by the Tippecanoe ( aunty Parks and Recreation Department. Nestled on the edge of the Great Plains in a protective bend in the Wabash, fed by the abundant supply of fish and game, and made wealthy by the fur trade from the stablishcd Indian villages along hat section of the river and its tributaries. Oquatenon was a trading post and fort much desired by the British and American forces in he Northwest. Even the Fort had been established in 1717 by the French as a link in the chain of rading posts that reinforced French domination of the Northwest. Even though Ouiatenon had passed its heyday and had ceased to be a military post by the time the \mcrican Revolution reached the West, it still served as a major meeting place for Rebels, Indians ind British during that time. \lthough researchers find no evidence that George Rogers Clark ever visited Ouiatenon on several occasions during the course of the War. In the early autumn of 1778, Gark sent Captain Leonard Helm up river from Vincennes to capture a British agent who was residing at Ouiatenon. Upon arrival. Helm discovered that the agent had made a hurried departure, and the fort held only 20 or 30 Indians for Helm to capture. He obtained the Indians' pledge of allegiance to the Colonies, and returned to Clark at Vincennes to report a victory of sorts. Perhaps the most distinguished visitor to Ouiatenon during the Revolutionary War period was Henry Hamilton. Lieutenant Governor of Canada. He visited the fort in December 1778 and wrote lisparagingly about the settlement. Three months later he was aptured by George Rogers Clark, who was aided by such ‘frivolous, idle’ Frenchmen as Hamilton had described as inhabiting Ouiatenon. Shortly after Hamilton’s capture. I eonard Helm again arrived at

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Ouiatenon. to intercept ten supply canoes which were enroute to the Canadian Lieutenant Governor. Until the end of the war. Quiatenon continued to be a major location for Indian councils. Many French-Americans came to the fort to retain the Indians' support against the British. The lack of a not diminish Ouiatenon's participation in the Revolution, nor did it lessen the loyalty of the Free Frenchmen toward the new American nation. At the 1976 edition of the Feast of the Hunters’ moon, a re-created unit of George Rogers Clark s militia will be on hand to emphasize Qujiatcnon’s role in the Revolution. A group of business and professional men from the Chicago area have joined together to study the life and times of the Clark regiment, and will be dressed in authentically reproduced uniforms in the irregular frontier style. Their women and children will be with them to establish their encampment along with approximately 30 other military units who are planning a total of about 80 tents. This huge military gathering is only one attraction that regularly brings thousands of visitors to the Feast. In the Peak of its prosperity. Ouiatenon boasted a population of 3.00 and a fur trade valued at $40,000 annually. At the modern day Feast voyagers arrive via the Wabash River in reproductions of the cargo canoes used 200 years ago. Traders spread their blankets and offer furs, beadwork, baskets, jewelry and pottery for trading. Costumed craftsmen demonstrate the traditional arts of coopering, cordwaining. beadweaving, rush weaving, silversmithing, and vegetable dyeing. Comparative craftsmen show how traditional materials can be used to create contemporary products. Indians perform their ceremonial dances in authentic costumes and strolling musicians sing the songs of another century. Entertainers present music and drama such as would have been performed in theaters 200 years ago. and the booms of the cannons and the cra< k of the muzzleloading rifles reminds us of Ouiatenon’s place in America’s military history . Admission at the gate is $2 for adults and $1 for children 6 to 12. Advance tickets are available at $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children and may be obtained by writing the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. 909 South Street. Lafayette. In. 4 7 901. INTERESTED IN NURSING OPEN HOUSE Local high school junior and senior students interested in nursing. together with their parents, are being invited to an open house by the Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis from 10 a m. to 3 p.m. October 16. it was

announced today by Dr. Elizabeth K. Grossman, dean of the school. Other Hoosiers interested in the school, the largest and most comprehensive school of nursing in the state, also are asked to attend, Dean Grossman said. The group will see a three-screen multi-media presentation about nursing developed by the school's own facility. Nursing Instructional Communications and Educational Resources (NICER). Several half-hour displays will be shown in the learning laboratory, and five classrooms will be set up for demonstrations by nursing students. For prospective students there will be three 20 minute sessions on financial aid. housing, and the various programs available. On hand will be alumni association representatives, minority counselors, and representatives of Sigma Theta Tau, national nursing honorary organization that was founded at the LU. School of Nursing. The afternoon program will include a tour of the new nursing building and the University hospitals. The day will close with a coffee hour. I he Indiana University School of Nursing opened in 1914 as the Indiana University Training School for Nurses. Bv 1965 it had become a full-fledged school, the 10th sch(X)l of the university. It awards the bachelor of science, (four years), the associate of scienceftwo years), the master of science!two years past the B.S. level), and the Specialist in Clinical Nursing (one year past the M.S.) degrees. For many years it was housed on the first floor and basement of Ball Residence for Nurses and used School of Medicine classrooms. Three years ago the school moved into spacious new quarters built especially with today’s multi-media teaching methods in mind. It enrolls more than 1.500 students in

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