Feast of the Hunters' Moon
feast hunters’ moon weekend festival historical reenactment held weekend october since presentday site fort ouiatenon replica th century french military trading post near west lafayette indiana traditionally hunter moon full moon october following september harvest moon feast held ground historic fort ouiatenon park wabash river blockhouse replica original fort ouiatenon first fortified european settlement called indiana fort served french trading post located approximately one mile downriver replica festival participant reenact annual fall gathering french native american took place fort ouiatenon midth century participant dress garb th century french soldier settler native american lived region food vendor sell traditional period food rabbit stew voyageur stew venison sausage program also includes music marching dancing reenacted military maneuver part event various musical act perform including native american drummer historical folk music performer french folksingers period fife drum corp event includes historical reenactment featuring period character educate visitor life culture period one historical interpreter presented delaware indian first served scout french whose people lived along wabash river coexisted peacefully french outpost others play trader gunsmith pierre rolletof french scotsirish descent traveled along wabash river trading range item including gun also gunsmithed traveled reenactor demonstrated various period trade craft including chairmaker built windsor chair order spending – hour per chair annual event drew participant spectator tippecanoe county historical association cooperating tippecanoe county park department present event weekend late september early october annual event ran th year marked th anniversary th anniversary fort event cancelled pandemic resumed official website