Scenes from Day 1: The 58th annual Feast of the Hunters’ Moon

Check out the faces and scenes our photographer found Saturday on opening day of Tippecanoe County Historical Association’s annual 18th century re-enactment. Gates open at 9 a.m. Sunday for Day 2.

Photographer Vincent Walter spent Saturday at Fort Ouiatenon for the first of two days of the 58th annual Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. Here are some of the faces and scenes he captured for Based in Lafayette.

Opening ceremonies

Uma Ashley of Valparaiso enjoys some roasted corn.

The Niagara River Iroquois Dancers lead the way in the dance ring.

Andrew Delchambre, a blacksmith from Battle Ground, makes decorative iron.

Making tallow candles

Kevin Puetz of Lafayette enjoyed his 30th Feast portraying a fur trader.

At the beer stand.

. Aaron Smith, a paddler for the Quiatenon Brigade, tells tales of life on the river.

Mike Murr and Pam Burroff-Murr of Williamsport, part of the Quiatenon Brigade, have been part of the Feast for more than three decades.

• IF YOU GO: Gates open at 9 a.m. Sunday for the second of two days of Tippecanoe County Historical Association’s 58^th annual Feast of the Hunters’ Moon at Fort Ouiatenon, 3129 S. River Road, four miles southwest of West Lafayette. The Feast, a re-enactment of 18^th century life along the Wabash River, will be open until 4 p.m. For tickets, schedules, Feast ground maps and parking information – both at the Fort and for remote shuttles – check the TCHA’s Feast site: feastofthehuntersmoon.org.

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