Feast of the Hunters' Moon

Every late September/mid October a festival known as the Feast of the Hunters' Moon occurs here in Tippecanoe County. The Feast of the Hunters' Moon is a re-creation of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans which took place at Fort Ouiatenon(pronounced Wee-aunt-non), a fur-trading outpost in the mid - 1700s. Everyone who works there dresses in time period outfits and must use as close to accurate time period devices. The bread is baked in a giant brick hut, the stew is made from rabbit, and the venison sausages are cooked over a giant flame and served on a stick. I went last year with my class, but it was VERY different going when the full festival was in action. Jesse had never been so he was excited to go to something new. So with our friend Kevin, his two daughters, and Rosalee in the stroller we enjoyed a day in the life of way back when.

Yes, that man has a dead coyote on his head.

Rosalee LOVED sucking on the lemons from our lemonade!

Ye old stew pot

Kevin and Jesse showing off their manliness

In case you can't read the sides the words are "dirty" and "smelly".

Isabel and Sophie all dressed up

One of the many fife and drum groups

Our sad attempts at the tomahawk toss...