THE DEFEAT OF THE POTTO WOTTO MIES 

 their lost relative, As I have said before im- 

 mense fortunes were now made by trading with 

 the Indians in all parts of this country. Early in 

 1821 two men acting in this capacity became 

 well known and remarkable for their wealth and 

 influence through all the Kankakee country. 

 They were Joseph Bailie and Pierre P. Navarre. 

 As there is usually in these early time stories a 

 little love and romance, this is what happened 

 to these men. In accordance with the general 

 custom among traders both married daughters 

 of native chieftans. After a time Bailie settled 

 on the prairie north of the river in what after- 

 wards was Porter county, and near the site of 

 where Valparaiso now stands. The place was 

 called Baily Town and is still a well-known 

 point in Porter county. Navarre settled at 

 Michigan City for a time and then moved to the 

 banks of the St. Joseph River. Ar. Bailie, or 

 Bailly as he was generally called, was a native 

 of Prance. It was in 1822 that he first settled 

 in Bailly Town and for the next eleven years he 



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