Chief Leatherlips
Chief Leatherlips monument at Scioto Park in Dublin, Ohio, in a Columbus suburb.
Leatherlips (1732–1810) was a Wyandot Native American leader.
The sculpture, 12 feet (3.67 m) high portrait, was installed in Scioto Park in 1990. With hair blown back, Chief Leatherlips looks out over west towards the Scioto River, what was once Wyandot land. The head is a composite structure of various sizes of native limestone stacked and mortared.
Chief Leatherlips’ last hunting camp is said to have been located 2 miles north of Historic Dublin along the banks of the Scioto River near the location of the present-day Scioto Park.
In 1810, the Chief was executed by tomahawk on the orders of his brother, Roundhead, for being too friendly with the white settlers.
Chief Leatherlips
Chief Leatherlips monument at Scioto Park in Dublin, Ohio, in a Columbus suburb.
Leatherlips (1732–1810) was a Wyandot Native American leader.
The sculpture, 12 feet (3.67 m) high portrait, was installed in Scioto Park in 1990. With hair blown back, Chief Leatherlips looks out over west towards the Scioto River, what was once Wyandot land. The head is a composite structure of various sizes of native limestone stacked and mortared.
Chief Leatherlips’ last hunting camp is said to have been located 2 miles north of Historic Dublin along the banks of the Scioto River near the location of the present-day Scioto Park.
In 1810, the Chief was executed by tomahawk on the orders of his brother, Roundhead, for being too friendly with the white settlers.