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	Connelley's "Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Indians" 1
		When the Pottawatomies drew off and separated from the main body it was said of them that they had gone to build their own fire--a fire for themselves.
		This treaty was ratified at a council of the Kansas portion of the Pottawatomies, on Pottawatomie creek, on the 17th of June, 1846.
		Thomas Hurlburt was the resident missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, among the Pottawatomies on the Osage.
	www.kansasheritage.org /PBP/books/kshsroll/kshs_01.html (2607 words)

	Ontario Fishery Regulations, 1989, [SOR/89-93] >> SCHEDULE IX (Sections 24, 25 and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That part of Ausable River known locally as "The Cut" in the Township of Bosanquet in the County of Lambton from the bridge on Highway Number 21 downstream to the water's edge of Lake Huron at Port Franks.
		That part of the Saugeen River in the townships of Saugeen and Amabel and in the Town of Southampton lying between the downstream side of the concrete abutments situated downstream from Denny's Dam and the water's edge of Lake Huron.
		That part of the Maitland River in the Town of Goderich and in the Township of Colborne lying between the centerline of Highway Number 21 and the water's edge of Lake Huron.
	www.canlii.org /ca/regu/sor89-93/part121119.html (1129 words)

	Connelley's "Prairie Band of Pottawatomie Indians" 1
		When the Pottawatomies drew off and separated from the main body it was said of them that they had gone to build their own fire--a fire for themselves.
		This treaty was ratified at a council of the Kansas portion of the Pottawatomies, on Pottawatomie creek, on the 17th of June, 1846.
		Thomas Hurlburt was the resident missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, among the Pottawatomies on the Osage.
	www.ku.edu /~kansite/pbp/books/kshsroll/kshs_01.html (2607 words)

	WAURIN (OR WAVRIN). JEHAN OR JEAN DE - LoveToKnow Article on WAURIN (OR WAVRIN). JEHAN OR JEAN DE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Waukesha is the seat of the State Industrial School for Boys (established as a house of refuge in 1860) and of Carroll College (Presbyterian, co-educational, 1846).
		The city is built for the most part on a level plateau above the river and extends to the top of high bluffs on either side.
		In Wausau are a U.S. land office, the Marathon county Training School for Teachers, the Marathon County School of Agriculture and Domestic Science, and a County Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
	55.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WAURIN_OR_WAVRIN_JEHAN_OR_JEAN_DE.htm (2550 words)

	Some Indian History Part 1
		Monoquet ruled a tribe of Pottawatomi Indians who were forced to live on a four-section sized reservation located midway between Leesburg and Warsaw with approximately two-thirds of the reservation lying on the west side of State Rd. 15 North and one-third of the reservation lying on the east side of State Rd. 15 North.
		This Pottawatomi settlement contained approximately 15 bark-covered wigwams that were scattered over two or three acres of land on the north bank of the river.
		Monoquet was a politically prominent chief among the Pottawatomies and he had won the reputation for being a good warrior when he fought under Tecumseh at the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
	yesteryear.clunette.com /indians1.html (2994 words)

	Native American Hist
		During the conquest of the Iroquois, the Pottawatomi began to move further west, until the majority of their tribe was contained in the area from the Lower Michigan peninsula to northern Indiana and along the southern border of Canada.
		In 1806 a map marked the Chicago region being bounded to the north by the Winnebagoes, to the west by the Saugees, and to the south by the Pottawatomis.
		The Pottawatomi remained outside of the actual war as their leader, Billy Caldwell, who was given a large plot of land and large annuities if he kept the Pottawatomi out of any wars with the Indians in the area.
	www.mtphistory.org /essays_on_m_p__history.htm (3480 words)

	THE LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS
		The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians are headquartered in Manistee (meaning Spirit of the Woods), MI on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan (Big Lake), in the northeastern section of the Lower Peninsula, 70 miles southwest of Traverse City.
		The Little River Band Ottawa received their federal recognition/reaffirmation of status in September, 1994 pursuant to congressional legislation, P.L. 103-324 along with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa and the Pokagon Band Potawatomi.
		Following the 1855 Treaty, all of the Ottawa Bands located from the Manistee River south to Grand River near or on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan were relocated to reservation lands in Mason and Oceana Counties.
	www.itcmi.org /thehistorytribal7.html (987 words)

	Whitmore Knaggs Information
		One of at least eight children, he was born in 1763 on his father’s farm by the Maumee River in Ohio.
		In July 1784 the headman of the Ottawa nation granted him a tract of land on the Maumee River on which Fort Miami was later built.
		In 1803 he bought a homestead and farm on the Detroit River by Knaggs Creek (now disappeared) where he raised five children, and built a windmill.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Whitmore_Knaggs (353 words)

	Congressman Fred Upton
		The Kalamazoo River was nominated by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of Pottawatomi Indians - the tribe is leading this initiative on behalf of a watershed-wide group in Southwest Michigan.
		Situated in Southwest Michigan, the 160-mile long Kalamazoo River and 2,020 square mile watershed is comprised of 41% forest and open areas and 45% agriculture.
		Eighty miles of the river remain plagued with PCB-laden sediments from the once predominant paper mill industry and fish consumption advisories are routine.
	www.house.gov /upton/press/press-08-05-04.html (416 words)

	SCHEDULE V (Section 5) FISH SANCTUARIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The waters of the Sturgeon River in the townships of Medonte and Tay lying upstream of the lamprey barrier in the Township of Tay.
		The waters of that part of the Gull River in the townships of Bexley and Somerville in the County of Victoria, from the Trent-Severn Dam in the Hamlet of Coboconk downstream to the narrows approaching Balsam Lake.
		The waters of the river between Wolfe Lake and Sand Lake in the Township of North Crosby in the geographic County of Leeds, and that part of Sand Lake in lots 15 and 16 in Concession IX, and Lot 15 in Concession VIII in the Township of North Crosby in the geographic County of Leeds.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/F-14/SOR-89-93/124551.html (6463 words)

	Some Indian History Part 2
		When the other Kosciusko county Pottawatomies were forced to go west, he refused to go and remained in retirement until his death in the early 1850's according to Reub Williams in an article "Indians and their Burying grounds," from the Aug. 5, 1880 edition of the Northern Indianian.
		Another Pottawatomi Chief named Mota, whose face was disfigured by the loss of a part of his nose, ruled a reservation of four sections of land approximately one mile due east of Atwood and south on the banks of the Tippecanoe River.
		In 1832 the Pottawatomi chiefs gave their Kosciusko County lands to the white settlers and agreed to live on small reservations on October 26 at a treaty meeting conducted north of Rochester, on Old State Road 31 on the Tippecanoe River.
	yesteryear.clunette.com /indians2.html (2324 words)

	Geneva IL Home For Sale-Real Estate. This 3 bedroom 1 .1 bathroom Single Family located at 131 N Harrison, Geneva, ...
		Geneva is situated in the Fox River valley.
		Native Americans populated the valley for over 9,000 years prior to the coming of the white man. The Illinois and Prairie Pottawatomi tribes inhabited the Geneva area during the 17th, 18th and early 19th Centuries.
		He built a cabin near a spring by the Fox River in 1833, and the settlement was called Big Spring.
	www.131harrison.com (169 words)

	The History of the City of Pekin
		In 1680, his crew constructed a winter refuge in what is now the southeast quarter of Section One in Pekin Township.
		Although travelers and Native Americans frequented the area, it was not until the summer of 1824 that Jonathon Tharp built a small log cabin on the high east bank of the Illinois River, and encouraged his father, friends and other family members to follow him.
		The local Native American residents, the Pottawatomi Indians, and their chief, Shawubena, were friendly with the settlers.
	www.ci.pekin.il.us /history.asp (341 words)

	William Henry Harrison and the West
		The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahelea at the Forks of the Ohio, and flows for 981 miles to Cairo.
		Fort St. Joseph, at the mouth of the river of that name in southwest Michigan, was in the country of the Pottawatomies, the original inhabitants of Michigan.
		On the 19th and 27th of August 1804, a treaty with the Delawares and Piankishaws cleared all the land between the Vincennes--Louisville road and the Ohio and Wabash rivers, a frontage of 300 miles on the Ohio and 150 miles on the Wabash.
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/hist/harrison.htm (20204 words)

	FILL, CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION TO WATERWAYS - NORTH GREY
		That part of the Beaver River and its tributaries from the southerly limit of the Town of Thornbury to its source in the Township of Osprey.
		That part of the Bighead River and its tributaries from the southerly limit of the Town of Meaford to its source in the Township of Holland.
		That part of the Pottawatomi River and its tributaries from the westerly limit of the City of Owen Sound to its source in the Township of Derby.
	www.canlii.org /on/laws/regu/1990r.163/20041104/whole.html (1141 words)

	Ecorse Township, Michigan at AllExperts
		Although some records indicate settlers near the mouth of the Ecorse River as early as 1764.
		The northern boundary was the south bank of the River Rouge.
		It extended south to what is now known as Pennsylvania Road, which was the boundary with Monguagon Township (from which Grosse Ile Township, Michigan and the cities of Trenton, Riverview and Gibraltar were created).
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/ec/ecorse_township,_michigan.htm (291 words)

	Games Fresh : Article 'Sydenham River' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Sydenham River is a river in Kent County and Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada flows southwest from its source west of London, Ontario and empties into Lake Saint Clair.
		The length of the river is 100 kilometres and it drains a watershed of approximately 2,700 square kilometres.
		In Michigan, the Black River, Pine River, and Belle River drain 3,159 km² (780,600 acres) in Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac, and St. Clair counties; the watersheds around Bunce Creek and Marine City are relatively small.
	www.games-fresh.net /DisplayArticle48274.html (384 words)

	Conservation Authorities Act - R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 163 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		That part of the Beaver River and its tributaries from the southerly limit of the Town of Thornbury to its source in the Township of Osprey.
		That part of the Bighead River and its tributaries from the southerly limit of the Town of Meaford to its source in the Township of Holland.
		That part of the Pottawatomi River and its tributaries from the westerly limit of the City of Owen Sound to its source in the Township of Derby.
	www.e-laws.gov.on.ca /DBLaws/Regs/English/900163_e.htm (1083 words)

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		At that time, the same tribes of Pottawatomi Indians were thickly populated in the present clay Bourbonnais area, near the Kankakee River.
		One of the leaders of this tribe was Chief Me-she-ke-te-no, a friendly brave whose ancestors had roamed the green valley of the Kankakee River.
		As a result of Francois Bourbonnais' arrival and stay in the-area, the village acquired the name "Bourbonnais Grove," which was retained until late in the 1800's when the "Grove" portion was dropped.
	www.besd53.k12.il.us /shepard/history.htm (979 words)

	Chatham Kent Community Network - History of the area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Pottawatomi, Ottawa and Ojibwa were descendents of the same original Anishnabe group, but each had developed their own special cultural differences, so while they had their common ancestry, they were different cultures.
		In south-western Ontario, the Southern Ojibwa were based along the Thames River, Lake St. Clair and the south shore of Lake Huron, and regularly hunted and fished along the north shores of Lake Erie.
		Billy’s first military action was the Frenchtown campaign, better known as the River Raisin massacre, in January 1813, in which he was said to be the inadvertent cause of the massacre by speaking out in the Indian tongue while assisting a wounded American.
	www.southkent.net /~ckcn/caldwell1.htm (3628 words)

	Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce
		Picturesquely situated on the Grand River, Grand Ledge got its name from the Grand River and the sandstone ledges that tower like sentinels along its banks as it winds along its banks through the city.
		The legendary Chief Okemos, head of the Grand River Valley tribes, was a frequent Grand Ledge visitor in the mid-1800's.
		They were peaceful as far as the early settlers were concerned and dug clams in the river, mined coal on the river banks, and hunted for boar, deer, turkey, fox, and bear.
	www.grandledgemi.com /moretownhistory.htm (907 words)

	Where the Waters Divide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		All communities along the river expressed alarm, and WIFN was in the forefront of pushing for change and challenging polluters, if necessary in court.
		Further, the entire river from Courtwright south is said to be characterized by good water quality and normal bottom-dwelling species distribution.
		And the psychological impact remains; many Walpole residents are suspicious of the water quality and worried about its impact on the health of their children, especially those using the river extensively before the mid-1980's.
	www.bkejwanong.com /waters/watersintro.htm (1292 words)

	Travel the Niagara Escarpment - Grey County
		The clear waters of the river abound with speckled trout and other species and fishing is permitted, in season, within the 83 hectares of posted public lands.
		Perhaps it is the contrast of the gentle tree-lined river and the patchwork quilt of pasture and orchard set against the stark cliffs of the Escarpment that makes this panorama so compelling.
		The Sydenham River, once tapped to turn the mill wheels that echoed to the fierce battles of the Huron and Iroquois are today rolling farmland.
	www.escarpment.org /Travel/driving_tourGrey.htm (2342 words)

	Kankakee Valley Historical Society
		From its source near South Bend to its junction with the Des Plaines, the Kankakee River, with its wide marshes, formed a formidable barrier to the westward and northward expansion of the early settlers.
		The “new river” had been dug past this point, but the old channel, with its abrupt bends, still carried a reasonable amount of water on a day in the early 1920’s when my father, my brother, and I were walking along the old channel when we noticed an object protruding from the bank.
		The Kankakee River boat was a uniquely designed craft, of a special pattern suited to the marshes, puckerbush, and other conditions encountered while duck and goose hunting along the river.
	www.kankakeevalleyhistoricalsociety.org /ira.htm (3053 words)

	Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum : Exhibition : A Land for Many People
		Native Americans, such as the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomi, and Miami, used the Chicago River and its portage for thousands of years.
		Traders could portage from the Chicago River to the Des Plaines and onto the Illinois, extending their network.
		Jesuit missionaries, who often traveled with explorers, used the river to reach their converts and missions.
	bridgehousemuseum.org /exhibition/introduction/a_land_for_many_people.php (160 words)

	Ministère des Richesses naturelles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pottawatomi River - City of Owen Sound from the intersection of 15th Street West and 7th Avenue West to Georgian Bay (Grey County).
		Walleye and Sauger Bayfield River - Goderich and Stanley Twps.
		Sturgeon River and tributaries - Tay and Oro-Medonte Twp.
	www.mnr.gov.on.ca /mrn/peche/div4.html (975 words)

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		One of the First Nation's concerns is the contamination of the river delta and 6,700 hectares (16,782) of wetlands on their land, which are crucial to the First Nation's economy.
		It is part of the traditional homelands of the Pottawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa people who together comprise a political compact known as the Three Fires Confederacy.
		Water pumped to the site from the St. Clair River, as well as precipitation falling on the site, was used to transport the gypsum from the phosphate fertilizer building to two settling ponds, where the gypsum was allowed to settle and the water allowed to drain.
	www.umich.edu /~snre492/ksands.html (1724 words)

	River Rendezvous '97 Proceedings
		In particular, river communities are generally more complex than lake communities, mainly because of the importance of detritus (leaf) based energy sources in small streams and the export of this material to the lower reaches of the river.
		Rivers originating in forested northern hemisphere catchments undergo community change in a fairly predictable fashion as they flow downstream, thanks in large part to the understanding of this river food web.
		The Thames River Anglers Association (TRAA) was formed in the spring of 1986 by a small group of anglers concerned with the steady decline of smallmouth bass in all branches of the Thames River.
	www.ontariostreams.on.ca /RRPro.htm (19763 words)

	Potawatomi History
		In early 1834, the Pawnees had agreed to retire beyond the Platte River.
		They came downstream to make war on their enemies in the valley of the Kansas River.
		At Chapman's Creek the Potawatomis were determined to settle once and for all whether they could live on the Kansas River, and had mustered their full strength,.
	www.washburn.edu /cas/art/cyoho/archive/AroundTopeka/Burnett/family/history.html (572 words)

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