The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-19
= .h9H'N'' "i "'" 1IS VHU WV 0't"o' %
- i Siberia, aud Mr.. Cherry has made long

tury. Twenty yei Ia to have dispoels s,oes'
watomies wero fod xpd spread them
scssed tho Mamis area of additional
selves over a vs6 from the vicinity of
territory, reaching lake northward to
Chicago around tlefsknd eastward TO ;n'
tho Grand RiverS Sse0 that stream and tho
clude the vallcysk iS1segion they held in
Kalamazoo. TIN eilon for century
undisputed possQ6 getting themselves
and u quarter, Ae trouble that was
mixed up in oil Ire the implacable
brewing. They TlIsh and the loyaI
enemies of the EN- n. In the French
lovers of the FreSy& fought bravely for
and Indian war t.,4yee not disposed to
the French and W. over to English
give their ter9ah declared. Their
rule after peat6 ire D domination made
hatred of the ngl{ ger to enter tho
them willing and by Pontiac. and
conspiracy originat& ne plot were ar.
the final details so& this tribe Tho
ranged in camp son at st. Joscpb.
slaughter of the ga in the most thor
which they perfRFl Ref,-was tha- -prin. |
c,Pai cxpIoav~ds2sk Pottawatomies in | t
TINS series OF ho ilities. In 1894 | I
TINS tribe was 4 presented among \
the Indian hordes ho opposed s'Mad s
hhtnony wayne, put returned from n
the battle on the .umee humbled and q
crestfallen. About the commencement j
OF OF the present CENTURY the United "
states Government sought to negotiate p
with the Indians fSr land Mt the month !;
OF the st. Joseph River to establish n =
Tort, but the red proprietors refused. {.
ana the location at Chicago was select A
ed' upon which Fort Dearborn was q,
erected IN loGi. They united with the n
tribes under Iectmseh, and detach- q
iiieht OF warriors participated in the w
massacre of the g6rison at Fort Dear q,
born which, was marching eastward 81
aiter cvacuating Ito fort. In several =,
ooner enSagementStluring tho war of ~,
1917 the warriors from this tribe look "
an active part, of Shich the principal -,
ano last was the battle of the ThLmcs. -
Pottawatomids.HIS ISt,tlc ground of tho -, W.
retired to their {hey sued for peace, II
raised the tomahsH illages and never al
OF warfare in them again. The spirit w
ana they had onlyfhe strength 'G9rfE- .-
sist an attempt to Remove them bevond
the mississippi in 1888. These Indians 's
were induced, as they claim, frauGn. IN IN
icntly to sell theiT reserves on Lake .i .n
Michigan, which fere good huntino .i .h
grounds AID conyNnient to missions Wv
Inc tribe then settled in Van Buren sl'
ana C"ss Counties, where they are now. we W..
'oih puyilS Dmall farms and | -.
Others building c&.:ns away from the nc" no.
roads Oh ' | tina
While some indq1dual members ore ma ma
considerably advafced in civilization w. w.
7 the most of them sannot speak Enc, Una Una
~ ;aSn ihtelnglbly, aY liz no household oet
is that the comns ~ tongue Tbo Get
blanket has entirely ssnppcared dnr. 1hli
ing the past few years bnt some FAM hug
lies may be seen preparing their bnn,i- s"S
ny by means of the WOO Ion mnrtnr "cr,
and pestle. Chief Pockagon is about l,Ii rnm
sixty years old and was born in the s"i, 1
Cass County settlement With him hnu hn''
end a family of chiefs and he bemoans W.; W.;
Inc intense ignorance and laziness of o.,
MS remaining people. "It isn't natu M
raj for them to work and be MS other ~.
people" he says sally. Civilization Ins' ITs
Ills them oil. They live in huts that oni
hey keep red hot, then go out ON hunt. an
he trips for week and sleep with no pou
heiter Consumption takes them and nHG
mere are other diseases that rage non
mong them. Thoy used to have win
''agons and property, but most Of San
hem drank them up. They can earn
orty to fifty cebts a day cutting
'ood The deaths annually outnum,
er the births and ali Indian of fftv III
ears is rarity. Bits of legend will Tor
Don only remain to tell the tale of ho
le tribe and the Pottawatomie will Th
known in Michigan no more. work