On the June 25, 1913, this sculpture and the nearby Robbins Memorial Flagstaff were dedicated and Dallin's speech included a passionate plea for renaming the town of Arlington as Menotomy after the historic significance of its largely vanished inhabitants.

[2] The architect Richard Clipston Sturgis designed a fountain and grounds to fit the sculpture into a naturalized setting.

The new design transformed the garden into a secluded, welcoming space that included a circular brick walk and an "informal, woodsy and rocky environment and a naturalistic planting as a background to the Indian".

It is on the patch of the town's police officers and the fire department, and it is one of the logos used by the Spy Ponders, Arlington High School's athletic team.

[1] The sculpture can be found outside the library at 700 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington and about 200 yards (180 m) west of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.