Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-03-24
Written f,..t,.c NJ ,rs',aiI Co. Rep 'bIican-l
iIarshali ioaaIy.--Iis Early liis.ory
By wAarxx TAYLOR.
CHAPTER II.

CHAT TEX H.
II Txoavs-Whea the i.s: white settlers came Ia
Ma sls:, Cein-y. they found within its b,u,uls.
ss,sncshat numer0u branch Of thcsro 20 yaton,ic
trii o. Il, ili.. T,csc IN Il II were divided IN
lsaH,l, tie most or al OF winch, by the treaty of
ls.i. oi,Lsincd reserve The largest reserves
t''csc OF Ati'ua',bce and Mei;onranee- The Alb
nj e. reserve WAS situated west Of the Michigan
road, a:s in The southern p.rt of this county, ex
;esTling PERHAPS into the COUNT Of Fulton. The
" ,:on..oe reserve embraced -rion os eoantr,
the southwest of Pym nth. It's Northeastern cosicr
ci x near the western borlcr OF the vii..g. The
two reserves. contained twenty thirty sections
each The reserves Of s,ii,cs, Ncsew Iicc and
Qaas.,s,.a. we're much smaller. each OF them con-
sissin, three sccsion<. Ihc-t,ro latter lay
IN III, cas-. SIC Of the VI xrnkucsee LAKE. the for
sncr WAS Situ.ted GA the Tppectnoc river. in the
-ou:act$rsrn P.srt OF tise county. s - {.
The Iniian l,as,ls above mentioned. while living
in tn regions h I'd several Villages The Aubnan
bee village Wis ON or near the southern line of the
county, ami al,oGt miles the OF the
Michigan rosd. From three to four miles to the
southwest OF Plymouth, in the ncisllborhood o. the
,aal which con.,incd near one hu.nl-cd wigwams..
Around and among the wSwams were purity clear
e fields FROM wh;e, tie i:rlilns raised cons;dcra-
quantities of com. This settlement was principal
l. the north side of the Twin Likes am, cxtcnd-
ed over one or two sections. The Brnack village
Was the Tif,cclnoe river, and Ion: FIVE miles
s,u'h Of the present village of Bourbon. There
IL.
cher on ih1 farm naw owned by Ju l-c Ta5cr,
which Was called PAsh.r', from its prisc:pl Chief
T The Psttowat,n:cs formerly powerful
tribe iIlhtIJting the northern p,rs of Indiana the
southern part Of Michigan, AMI TIC nor;aeas. crn
part OF Illinois la The carly history of Indiana
they We're f5F several years hostile u the whites
IL is said that Diet, ;,:a n:.of the Po.towatones
were on their va, to opprc Harrison. when that
C;cnesaI approached the Prophets tom near the
m,ut, Of the Tippeeanoe. But before they could
reach the :. enc OF actiur the battle OF Tppccan,e
h,lbcen tough; AMI the Prophets warriors were de-
feascl Ii is reported too, ,aafier the battle, the
4 Indians rrtrsa;c,. spo. few miles the west
or southwest Of tie prc<cn. village Of Unknown
which vas SO surrounded with m .rshcs, as to be
isriisin. the Pottowatonics were probably engaged
with Tecumseh. against the United States In 1912,
aletschln-nt Of tile U.,ieJ States army, marched
4 from Fort Wayne, and DESTROYED large Pot.owas
omie village on the Eikhart river Soon after the
death Of Tecumsch, peace was concluded with the
Po:towafomics, the Mamics, and some other tribes
inIss,isins the northwest territory. In 1892, the
Infant settlements Of Llporte, Sousl, Bead, and
Niles, srong. feared that the Pottpw stomies with
whom they were surrounded, would espouse tic
suse OF Black Hawk, and wage, If possible, against
the White settlers, a war Ct determination. Thcsc
fcsrsllowe vcr. appear to hare been nnfoundcd.-
hive mentioned the above incidents, because they
belong to the history Of the Potsowa.ones, and
with branch OF this tribe, the early history of
shall county is intimately connected
The great mass of the Pottowasom;c nation had
embveel tie caAelE feIfsbn. long pcrlnyr. be
fors the Sesslerncntz Of northern Indiana BY the
vtite& Fsench Missionaries had been among
seu. bong :.e.ny otter tribes Of the s1issis-
= In some or TIC village s in sil;s region,
&c So gas observed as day OF worship
! ! Msny cfodfbd ciazchs esn irc,oiect The time,
when they attended Indian meetings at the
chape', on the Mcnomonee reserve This Clare,
which was Of good size, and built Of hexed logs &C.
Icupicd beautiful sight on tie north bank Of u,ne
of the Twin Lakes. The Indians who attended
these meetings, generally formed large consrcsa
tons, and their behavior during the services, wa,
very exemplary. Generally, these meetings were
conducted by ministers oftheir own nation, but oc-
casionalv French clcr1vmcn were present and took