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Wabaunsee Chief and Potawatomi Village in Mills County
The article recounts Wabaunsee, the last Potawatomi chief in Iowa, his village near the confluence of Waubatunsee and Shahonee creeks in Mills County, and the 1840s context of Potawatomi relocation, council attendance, and burial customs. It describes the village layout, government contact at Council Bluffs, and a witness account by Moses Gaylord detailing Chief Wabaunsee, his appearance, attire, and death rituals involving a death blanket and a bark platform before burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Council Bluffs
Billy Caldwell
Sa-go-nash
Wabaunsee
Wahaunsee
Ezekiel Lambert
Mr. Todd
Tahlequah
Kaw
Pottawattamies
Iowa
William H. Goode
Zion
Pottawattamie
Goode
Moses W. Gaylord
Tabor
Fremont County
Elijah B. Gaylord
Macedonia
Hancock County
Illinois
Nauvoo
Kaneaville
Lacey Grove
Pettawattable
Lares Grove
Shatee
Wahaunsie
Wahhaunsie
Wabausie Creek
Mills County
Healen
Aley
Pam
Lorene
Wantansie
Wanbansie
Wabaunsle Creek
Coures