PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 Tecumseh departed for the South to solicit aid 

 of other tribes to develop his scheme for a great 

 confederacy, While he was gone Open Door 

 sent out messengers to the Pottowattomie's 

 lands, calling upon the natives to join his forces, 

 A large number of the inhabitants of the Kanka- 

 kee region formed in line of march and passed 

 down through the prairie marshes to the Potto- 

 wattomie Ford, crossed the Kankakee, then on 

 through to the Prophet's town. Winamac was 

 sent to Governor Harrison with a message of 

 peace. This is where the crafty Prophet got in 

 his deceitful work and was now free to effect his 

 purpose. As preparation was made for the war 

 the women and children were sent to the North 

 for safety. Many were hidden in caves in the 

 sand hills along the Tippecanoe River near 

 where the City of Winamac now stands. Others 

 came in large numbers to the Kankakee swamps 

 and remained hidden in its recesses to await the 

 tide of war. Hundreds of defenseless women 

 and children thronged to the shores of our his- 



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