Presentation traces region’s history
So when a group of drunken Indians came to his tavern/trading post and demanded more rum, John Harris refused to serve them.
For his restraint, Harris was nearly burned at the stake by the Indians — tied to the same mulberry tree in River Front park under which he now rests in peace. His loyal manservant, the slave Hercules, freed him. Harris died of natural causes in 1748.
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