CHAPTER III 



THE MIAMI CONFEDERACY 



THE DEFEAT 



OF THE POTTOWATTOMIES 



AT THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE 



WHICH FOREVER SHATTERED THE 



STRONGHOLD OF THE 



MIAMI Confederacy 

 In 1881 I made a trip to the Indian territory 

 and the Fottov/attomie reservation in Kansas. 

 I visited several tribes of Indians, at that time 

 the Indian affairs were under the control of the 

 f^ederal Government. The purpose of my visit 

 was to find, if possible, any of the old Pottowat- 

 tomie Indians that at one time inhabited the 

 Kankakee region, that I might be able to learn 

 more of the early history of their hunting grounds 

 on the Kankakee river. 1 found two very old 

 Pottowattomies that claimed to have lived and 

 hunted on ihe Kankakee river in their early days. 



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