THE DEFEAT OF THE POTTO WOITO MIES 

 tomies held possession when the whites began 

 to settle the country and it was with them that 

 the United States government treatied in 1836. 

 The remainder of the territory now was on the 

 Pickamick and Kankakee rivers. The AViamis 

 held claim to all the territory in the northwest 

 part of the State. By the terms of the second 

 and last treaty the Fottowattomies ceded all 

 their lands to the United States Government and 

 agreed to relinquish the territory when called up- 

 on to do so. This was called the /Aississinav/a 

 Treaty and was made on the treaty grounds 

 near the headwaters of the Kankakee. The 

 Fottowattomies left the Kankakee swamps for 

 their new home toward the Sunset, to the land 

 that was given them for their own and was 

 theirs as long as the sun shines and the rain 

 falls. But their Great Father at Washington 

 changed his mind and a few years later they 

 were removed to the Indian Territory, The War 

 Department allowed a few to remain, those who 

 had distinguished themselves as friends to the 



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