Evening star., 1909-06-02
SOME NOTED CHIEFS
Indians to Whom Monuments
Have Been Raised.
SHAFT TO PUSHMATAHA
Erected to Distinguished Warriors,
Who Died in This City.
EARLY FRIENDS OF WHITES
Tomochichi. Identified With Georgia
Colonial History = Shabonee,
Grandnephew Of Pontiac.
BY WILLIAM r. URTlS.

BY WILLIAM F. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The ia Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
The Colonial DANES of America. in 1899.
erected monument to Tomochichi. fa-
NOUS Creek chief who was actively
identified with the early history OF
Georgia His name first appears in the
signature of treaty between the Creek
nation and the Governor of Carolina in
172i. Shortly afterward, for some un-
known reason, he was outlawed from his
own people, and Withdrew with few
followers to Savannah river. where. by
permission of the South Carolina authori-
ties. he established himself in new
town called Yamacraw, the present city
of Savannah. On the foundation of the
Georgia colony by OglethorDe, in 1888,
Tomochichi assumed a friendly attitude
toward the newcomers and was instru-
mental in bringing about treaty OF al
lance between that colony and the lower
Creeks in that year. At the same time
a reconciliation was effected between
himself and his tribe, and he was given
permission to- collect his friends from
the various lower Creek towns to take
up their residence with him at Yama-
craw. The next year, 1874, with his wife,
nephew and several others he accom-
panied Oglethorpe to England. where his
portrait was painted. He continued to be
helpful TO the colonists after his return
until his death. which occurred in his
own town October ). 1883. being then per-
haps seyenty-tive years of age. He was
given a public funeral at Savannah.
where the monument to his memory was
erected.
In Honor of Uncas
There is a monument at Norwich. Conn,
in honor OF Uncas. a famous Mohegan
Sycamore. the corner stone of which was
laid by Gen. Jackson in 1888. He was
son OF the chieftain Owenoco. who. in
1875, married a daughter of Sassacus,
sachem of the Peauots. and became one
of their leaders. A rebellion against Sas-
sacus led to his defeat and banishment,
whereupon he fed to the Narragansetts,
but soon made his peace and returned to
his tribe. This mutinous conduct was re-
peated several times. He warred against
the Pequot. Narragansett and other peo-
Pies. After taking prisoner Miantonomo
he executed him al the behest of the
English. He sided with the English In
King Philips war. His death occurred
In 1852 or 1855 The family line became
extinct early. in the nineteenth century
De Forest says: His nature was selfish,
jealous and tyrannical; his ambition was
grasping and unrelieved by a single trait
OF magnanimity. Stratagem and trickery
were native to his mind. His personal
habits were bad. and he was addicted to
more than one vice of the whites Het
protested against the Introduction of
Christianity among his people"
Shabonee, Friend Of the Whites.
A massive granite boulder was erected
over the grave of Shabonee Pottawato-
mi chief and granddaughter of Pottiac. at
Morris. ILL.,, October % 1903 to perpetu-
ate the memory of his good deeds and
friendship for the whites.
Shabonee was born on Maumee river
Ill, in ITO. and died at Morris ILL.,, July
IL. 1853. He was a man of great ability
and magnificent presence. and at an early
age became a lieutenant of Tecumseh,
and fought by his side when he was
killed at the battle of the Thames He
was born at Ottawa but married among
the Pottawatomies and was chosen chief
of that tribe. He was it's spokesman at
the great council at Chicago in 1885, was
always friendly with the whites and often
performed invaluable services in saving
the frontier settlements from destruction
by his timely warnings. As the white
man friend he provoked the ill will of
the hostile Indians. but he had sufficient
influence 10 keep several tribes from join
ing the hostile forces during the Black
Hawk war. When. under the treaties of
1888. the last of the Pottawatomes migrat-
ed beyond the Mississippi Shabonee went
with them. but returned shortly to two
sections OF land in his village near the
Pawpaw Grove" in De kalb county
which the government had awarded him
under the treaties of July -. 1929 and
October ~. 1S32 a reward for his
services. At the solicitation of his tribe
he Joined them again. but pined for civili-
Zation and in 1855 again returned TO De
kalb 10 find that spectators had bought
at public sale his two sections of land on
the ground that he had abandoned them
The citizens of Ottawa. Ill, then bought
him small farm on the south bank of
Illinois river two miles above Seneca
Grundy county, on which he passed his
remaining years. He received an annuity
OF 800 from the government for his serv-
ices in the Black Hawk war. which with
contributions from friends. kept him from
want.
Shaft in Congressional Cemetery.
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