Quiaghtena

Quiaghtena is a recorded name for the Wabash River, whose middle course runs through the country of the Wea. The river flows southwest towards the Ohio and links the interior with routes to the Great Lakes. Near Wea villages on its banks, the French built Fort Ouiatenon in 1717 as a trading and military post. The Wea remained central to the life of the river valley until American troops destroyed Ouiatenon and neighboring Indigenous settlements in 1791.