THE DEFEAT OF THE POTTO WOTTO MIES 



which forever shattered the stronghold of the 

 AViami Confederacy. He told how the army 

 was encamped on a tract of marsh land near 

 the river, in the shape of a flat-iron, how they 

 were defeated. There were two men, one white 

 and the other a redman, who worked with all 

 energy to defeat the scheme of Tecumseh and 

 Els-kwat-awa. These were General Harrison 

 and the chief, Winamac. The former sent con- 

 stant messengers from among French settlers 

 of the territory through all this Kankakee region, 

 counseling peace, and hoped through their 

 strength and influence to disarm all hostile feel- 

 ings. At the same time the latter, one of the 

 noblest of his race, devoted all his efforts to se- 

 curing peace, Sometime in May, 1811, a large 

 number of the Pottowattomies from this region 

 assembled at a place called the "Cow Pasture" 

 on the St. Joseph River, and were only prevent- 

 ed from joining the followers of Tecumseh and 

 the Open-Door by the pleading eloquence of 

 the venerable Winamac. A few months later 



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