PROPHETSTOWN STATE PARK

After my last appointment on Friday in a northwest suburb of Indianapolis, I headed home to Chicago. I was still trying to figure out where I might stop for a final hike before returning home when I passed a sign for Prophetstown State Park. Problem solved.

Indiana’s newest state park (2004), Prophetstown is located where the Tippecanoe River meets the Wabash near the town of Battle Ground northeast of Lafayette. The park's landscape has been shaped by ice from glaciers, moving water, fire and human hands that helped maintain the vast tall prairie grass. Native American people hunted and lived along the two rivers for thousands of years.

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My attempt to photograph the moon in the background.

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, November 11, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Apples Cinnamon Oatmeal	650	135	8	15	800	45
Kellogg's - Raisin Bran Crunch	380	90	2	8	400	38
	1,030	225	10	23	1,200	83
L U N C H
Subway  Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar	210	27	9	4	320	3
Subway Footlong Turkey Breast	560	92	17	36	1,890	11
Fit Crunch Choc Chip Cookie Dough	380	27	16	30	320	6
	1,150	146	42	70	2,530	20
D I N N E R
Jimmy John Thinny Chips	260	40	10	4	190	4
Jimmy John's  Bootlegger, 1 sandwich	684	67	24	42	1,660	0
Whey Protein Bar Chocolate Chip	360	42	12	20	160	29
	1,304	149	46	66	2,010	33
Totals	3,484	520	98	159	5,740	136
Your Daily Goal	3,483	435	116	175	2,300	130
Remaining	-1	-85	18	16	-3,440	-6
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,553 extra calories from exercise today

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, November 11, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
TEN MILE HIKE PROPHETSTOWN STATE PARK	145	1,778
Daily Total / Goal	145 / 30	1,778 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	859 / 210	12,015 / 4,130

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This information comes from In.gov

The park is named for a Native American village located between the rivers established by Tecumseh, who was Shawnee, and his brother Tenskwatawa (The Prophet) in 1808. Tecumseh led his band there from Ohio, where pressure from white settlers had forced him to leave. Tecumseh believed the only way to repel the advance of European settlement was to form an alliance with other tribes. He traveled widely persuading tribes to join his coalition. More than 14 tribes set aside centuries-old disputes to stop their common enemy. They met at Prophetstown, and heard The Prophet speak. Tecumseh anticipated their sheer numbers would be enough to stop the westward settlement.

William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory, was alarmed by the numbers at Prophetstown, and moved 1,200 troops to the site while Tecumseh was south gathering additional support. Wanting to avoid a fight, yet fearing an attack, The Prophet decided to strike first in the early morning hours of Nov. 7, 1811. The battle lasted two hours. As darkness faded, the villagers withdrew through the marsh back to Prophetstown, then fled to Wildcat Creek. Harrison's men burned Prophetstown to the ground.

It is interesting to me that I just happened to visit this park, only one week after a new monument dedicated to the Indian tribes native to this land was dedicated.

from WLFI.com

Circle of Stones dedicated in Prophetstown State Park

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BATTLE GROUND, Ind. (WLFI) — A dedication ceremony was held Friday in Prophetstown State Park to honor native Americans.

The Circle of Stones is a monument made of 14 stones bearing the names of tribes native to the Prophetstown area. Thirteen of the 14 stones have a name of a well-known tribe that was around during the founding of Prophetstown. The 14th stone recognizes all of the tribes and people that were not documented by history.

Representatives from those native tribes and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources spoke about the site and its importance. The dedication was a celebration of both the native people and the 100th birthday of the state park system.

“I really feel like anyone standing on the Circle of Stones today, and looking out over this beautiful prairie, can’t help but appreciate the land — the way it looked, the importance of that land to the people at that time, and the importance of the land to the people today both native and non-native,” said Vicki Basman, chief of interpretation for the Indiana State Parks’ division of DNR.

The ceremony closed with the release of a wild eagle. The eagle had been rehabilitating for months, after contracting West Nile Virus.

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This dedication was only seven days prior to my visit.

Most of my hiking yesterday was on the far eastern end of the park, Trail 2,Trail 3 and Trail 4

SATURDAY MORNING... WEIGHDAY
222.7 LBS

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