CHAPTER ill 

 THE MIAMI CONFEDKRACY 



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 Pottowattomie reservation in Kansas. 

 1 visited several tribes of Indians, at that time 

 the Indian affairs were under the control of the 

 Pederal 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 the Kankakee river in their early days. 



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