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KANAKl'K THE KICKAPOO PROPHET 



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incut agents were instructed to make a strong effort to effect the imme- 

 diate removal of the tribe, to Missouri and to prevent the emigration 

 of any more to the south. 



It now appeared that they were encouraged to hold their ground by a 

 new prophet who had sprung up among them, named Kiinakuk. The 



FlG. 60— Ka'nakuk tlie Kirkapoo prophet. 



name (also spelled Kee-an-ne kuk and Kanacuk), refers to putting the 

 foot upon a fallen object, and does not denote "the foremost man,*' as 

 rendered by Catlin. In a letter written to General Clark, in February, 

 18'_'7 — a few days after the prophet himself had visited General Clark — 

 the agent, Mr Graham, after reporting his failure to induce the tribe to 



