Case file · Witch trials
Execution of Leatherlips
On 1 June 1810 the elderly Wyandot chief Leatherlips (Shateyaronyah), who had signed land treaties with the United States, was executed as a witch by Wyandot followers of Tenskwatawa near today's Dublin, Ohio.
1810 CE · 40.11, -83.12 · status: account
The account
A monument and a large stone sculpture of his face now stand near the site.
The sceptical view
The accusation of witchcraft served a political purpose against chiefs seen as selling land.