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inia luuNii iAft e: chief*, chief r furl uni obligee gether odly fr Marlnf the I. ’none I portion The dlnnspoor, from i The! 'cousin paid t due lh frcd L cosslo* on tii? \\ liichyimlt;-Just returning from a five tiny a' trip to Murinettc county. Dr, O, Gerond of Cato nnrrateb of an interesting visit paid the Wisconsin Pottawatomie Indian*. located there.This Marinette county band of the mixed nation of Pottawatomie. Chippewa and Ottawa Indians is composed mainly of old Manitowoc and Sheboygan Indians. A number or old Sheboy gan Falls. Cascade, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, MiHiilcot and other old Indians are «tlll living here and have present ed Dr. Gcremi some interesting his torlc* records and relics pertaining to their tribe when they still occupied thq west shore of Lake Michigan. Be-fore obtaining these interesting objects so long preserved by those people and held in great respect it w«*necessary for Dr. Crorend to altend acouncil of all 1 He chiefs.Among the icMcs obtained are fill the Wampuui relics. Old head chief. Wampum's flag presented to him si Washington by President Andrew Jackson in 1S31, Wampum's council pipe, his British medal oblulned by him from older chiefs who ailed during .the British regime, and other his toric objects. The doctor was also fortunate to obtain relics of the Sheboygan chiefs, the old war chief, Thunder. Wampum’* oldest briber, and Ah-quel-wee Imeaing ptaved out), Warn pum‘8 cousin, also of Mosque's relics who was killed by whiles in tin* lown^ nf Schleswig on the Sheboygan river ^the d-Ah-Qwee-Wee and Thunder were noted) Son chiefs. Thunder foughi under the. American flag and in the wild west and was well known for his fighting qualities. Ali-Quee-Wee some years after the Chicago treaty in \KW led the remnants of these band* to Kansas whence they returned to Wisconsin, Michigan and Canada, two years late.Ah Quoe Wee’s brother was leader of the Pottawatomi In Kansas. War Chief Thunder is burled tn Manitowoc county north of Mishirot at a place occupied by the Indians and known to them as Black Karth, being one of their last villages- in Manitowoc county.Dr. Gerend also obtained numerous other historic records and photofcraphs pertaining to these and other bands of Lake Shore Indians of the United Nation.The present leader of this band in Marinette county and of the Wisconsin Pottawatomie Indians Is Wa Mexico or Waume Zesako, a young man, grandson of the old Chief Mexico or Wampum whose monument site and grave are at the village of Manitowoc Rapide|The Interpreter and spokesman and nil nrminri most, intelligent and edu-rend ( In 1110: and o (he V uagos Tludr very j room their ins. (ed an board placerdireand tf to a \ in an prcviiainonPoiClift*.iton tjlc, Ithe c of tu ek al ty.Thtent i were dren some age ■ that Po of tl dlam anddlaajSohopethehu/nr*
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Oct 25, 1917
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