George Rogers Clark Memorial, mural no. 002, Vincennes, Indiana

Cahokia - peace or war with the Indians

Description:	Photograph of mural 2 in the rotunda of the George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes, Indiana. The mural was created on a single piece of Belgium linen 16 feet by 28 feet. The mural, CAHOKIA: PEACE OR WAR WITH THE INDIANS, represents Clark offering to the Indian tribes of the then Northwest, two belts; red for war and white for peace. The war of the American Revolution had begun and the thirteen colonies on the Atlantic seaboard had declared their independence. The English plan of war combined campaigns along the coast with raids, chiefly from Detroit, by English partisans and Indians against the whole frontier. It seemed that the latter movement would exterminate the settlers in the Great Valley, or drive them back east of the mountains.George Rogers Clark conceived the desperate, but brilliant plan of a far-reaching, offensive expedition for the occupation of the posts held by the English north of the Ohio River. After overcoming the most dishea
Origin:	2006-03-18
Created By:	Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949
Contributor(s):	Knox County Regional History Day, March 18, 2006
Publisher:	From the private collection of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Vincennes, Indiana.
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcc/id/95
Collection:	Knox County Community
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined
Subjects:	Murals George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Vincennes, Ind.) Monuments & memorials Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949 Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 Famous Hoosiers Native Americans Wars & Conflicts

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