The Herald-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan • 12

PAGE TWELVE Michigan group declare was sent through a government blunder to the western Indians. Goal Fennville Church Plans Family Winter Picnic Near Indians Foltawattamie Disabled Vets Are Invited To Kazoo Meeting 1838 that they be removed from the state at once. The order was executed by General Tipton, who marched to the Indian village and surrounded it with a body of soldiers before the Indians had any knowledge of the military move whatever. Some were taken prisoners in their church where they had assembled by deception of spies- sent out for that In 100-Yedr-Old Land Fight FENNVILLE. March 18 The last Family Night of the season for the Methodist church will be held Wed nesday evening which win feature a winter picnic Those on the supper committee are Mr.

and Mrs. John Best, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Chap-pell. Mrs.

Lottie King, Mr, and Mrs. Paul Schroeder, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant Mr. and Mrs.

Theodore Van Dussen are in charge of the program. A Fooler Greenland is only about one- third as large as Australia but, on a flat map of the world, Australia is only one-third the size of Greenland. i v- T' -nw lEtl ARTHRITIS STRUCK I COULDN EVEN DO MY HOUSEWORK mRS. MIMA ALLEN. 27 CONGRESS SHEET, A LIFELONS OF lATTtE CKEEK.

SUFFERED SUCH SEVERE PAIN FROM SHI THOUGHT HER HIP WAS OUT OP JOINT. O-JII-WA UTTERS IROUSHT HIR COMPLETE RELIEF. READ HER STORY IELOW, I A Members of the Indiana-Michigan society of Pottawattamie Indians shown above are, from left to right, back row: John Richard Winchester, tribal secretary, Dowa-giac; Joseph Morsaw, Hartford; R. C. Mix, councilman, Benton Harbor; Michael Williams, chairman, South Bend; and Peter Pokagon, Dorr, Mich.

In the front row are John Wesaw of Hartford, left, and Leo Alexis, Granger, Ind. (Sally Lee Photo.) purpose, while others were taken from their village and the surround ing country. On the next day after they were captured they were al lowed to hold a meeting in their little graveyard to make their final farewell of the dead, knowing they would never return, On September 2, 1938, orders Were given to move and at once nearly 1.000 men. women, and children with broken hearts and weeping faces took up the toe of. march for the reservation in the west.

Official reports show that 150 were missing when they arrived in the west, some having died on the journey, others escaping to Canada. Simon's father, Chief Leopold Pok agon and his tribe, by special con tract with the government, were to be permitted to remain behind because of their adoption of a Christian faith and their high standard of living, yet many of the band were taken and hurried off with the rest Finally Simon and his band fled to Michigan where Indiana demanded that they should be given up and exiled with the rest of the Pottawatamie tribe, but Michigan, just an infant of one year, refused and several years later, every Indian In Michigan was granted the right of citizenship. DECEIVED BT AGENTS Attorney Engle'a records state that although Simon was only a boy of eight years at the time of the moving the Indians west, the sting of the great injustice done his people so wounded his sensitive nature that he always tried to evade speaking of the cruel affair, and when, pressed to do so, he would always say "The authorities at Washington meant all right, but were deceived by bad agents who made them false reports, claiming the Indians had made the sacred cross to contracts which they had never signed, unless it was when they had been intoxicated through the Influence brought to bear upon them by agents for that purpose Until his death, Simon lived with his band of 250 Pottawatamies north of Hartford on. Rush Lake, and stood all his life as a peacemaker be tween -the white people "and his own people. He was a man of remarkable sturdy character, and highly honored by those who knew him best.

He exhibited unrivaled patience and forebearance, and possessed the gift of retaining dates, names, and facts accurately in memory. He would never relax Into commonplace conversation" until all Immediate business was satisfac torily completed. VISITED LINCOLN He visited President Lincoln shortly after his inauguration and again just before Lincoln's death, hoping to procure If possible the amount due his people for the sale of Chicago and the surrounding country by his rather to the United States 30 years before. During the year 1868 he succeeded in procuring partial payment of 839,000, which members of the Indiana I "tmii iiwi -if i ii mr mmm Lnor freely given by the proud old warriors who bad the first right to this land. After expansive speeches and promises of spokesmen from the "Great White Father" at Washing ton, offers of baskets filled with silver dollars, clay pipes, kegs of, to bacco, and warm clothes, and prom ises of green acres of reservations, there was utter silence in the lodge where the meeting was held.

Again it was tne oigninea ana respected old chief Leopold Pokagon who spoke in behalf of the Potta wattamie nation, and said with the approval or his ieiiow chieis they didnt want to sell the last of their beloved lands. FILLED WITH 'FIRE-WATER Hoping something might change the white man's desire to take their land, the red men prolonged the result day after day. Meantime, thousands of Indians were plenti fully supplied with "fire-water," so bitterly hated by Leopold, and filled with visions of fabulous riches awaiting them after the land was ceded to the government. On Sept. 21, the council fire was lighted once more in the lodge and chiefs filed in.

with hundreds of braves, squaws, and all the towns people to hear the government com missioners tell the Indians that they would have to exchange their strip of grass and sand for the magnificent gifts and great territory that the United 8tates was so generous to bestow upon them, or they would be thrust out as wandering beggars. il I Simon afterward visited President Grant with whom he smoked the pipe of peace and received thanks for Indian soldiers furnished during the Civil War. In the fan of 1898, the Pokagon band received $150,000, a portion of the balance due then, which had been the last payment to them while their fellow Pottawattamies, on gov ernment reservations, received annuities until 1908, then were allowed to pool resources on the land in the west to support themselves. Michael Williams, head of the Indian-Michigan council, says all the Indians' in his group are proud of their country, and like Simon feel no resentment agamst the white man, but they do feel they should be paid the money they have struggled to attain over such a long period of time. Meanwhile the Indians are re lentlessly searching for more proof to establish their right to the payment coming up in April, and will be eager to hear from anyone who knew some of their ancestors.

(EDITORS NOTE: Information for the above article has been taken from members of the Indian-Mich igan Pottawattamie Indian society, and records of C. H. Enele. attor ney for Simon Pokagon's tribe for 40 years.) First Man-Made Archeoloeical excavation wveal stone and clay torch-holding devices and lamra were anions the first articles which man made for domestic use. Then rely ta safe, afl vegolsbe DruDvAnDS'THiiT, YOUR CAR WE SERVICE WHILE YOU SHOP snicuun smviCE OCftlCf Iff SINCLAIR PRODUCTS tU Michigan Bt Across From TMCA a 17 uu NO STREAKS nn tawattamies in 1831 to ask their cooperation in driving- the white man from the country because they were taking Indian land inch by inch and stealing the earth the "Great Spirit" gave them, he was refused aid by the Pottawattamie nation.

Leopold gave forth the argument that the "Great White Spirit" willed that the white man and the red men must live together side by side. He said that it was time to decide whether the Indians wanted to make peace and live, or make war and die, a statement which made his brother chiefs vote against another Indian massacre. VERY FEW KEEPSAKES Descendants of the Pokagon band have very few keepsakes or Indian relics to remind them of their great heritage, but they do have the memories of days gone by, passed down generation by generation. They still have a compassion for the heavy hearts their forefathers Topinabe, Pokagon. Shavehead, Weesaw, and the many other Pot tawattamie chiefs who together governed 7,000 people had on that fateful Setember day In 1833 when the vast lands where Chicago now stands and a large portion of In dians and Michigan was ceded to the government.

Legends tell that the old braves' thoughts were of the days of their youth when they galloped over the prairies in pursuit of the thundering herds of buffalo. History tells that the cession of the land to the government was not made in a manner of a few hours. Members of the twin cities chapter of the Disabled American Veterans have been invited to a meeting in Kalamazoo Thursday night to hear an address by the state commander of the D. A. V.

auxiliary, according to Jules Spooner of the local chapter. The meeting, planned by the Kalamazoo chapter and auxiliary, will be held at 8 o'clock at the Knight of Pythias hall. 801 West Mala street Kalamazoo. i Spooner said a number of members from the twin cities have indicated Intentions of attending. want to say that my pains arc completely gone.

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S. Claims Court To Hear Arguments BT LOUISE ENGLE HARTFORD, March 18 Over a century of battling for recognition of their claims based upon age-old treaties Is nearing reality for the original owners af this great land, the American Indians. Congress has set April 15, 1953, for a hearing at the Court of Claims Washington, D. the purpose of Investigating and disposing of unsettled treaty claims with the descendants of the Pottawattamie tribe, who once owned land in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. The Pottawattamie Indians of the Indiana and Michigan society, headed by Michael Williams of South Bend, have a membership list of 260 claiming relationship of the Jamed Leopold Pokagon tribe of Pottawattamies and of his son the late Simon Pokagoa Williams says the Indians have grown up knowing who their ancestors were but are having difficulty finding baptismal records, birth records, or any other legal docu-i ments pertaining to their ancestry, which are necessary to enable them to receive perpetual annuities from the government for the land ceded to the United States 115 years ago.

LIST LEADERS Leaders of the Indiana -Michigan society of Pottawattamie Indians are: Michael Williams, South Bend, chairman, who at the age of 72 is still trying to help his people gain money from the government after holding ah office in for 56 years; John Richard Winchester, Dowagiao, tribal secretary; and council members R. C. Mix, Benton Harbor; John Topash, Gallen; and Albert N. Mackety, sole Huron Indian of Pulton, Mich. Historical data and a ttw old tuners recall the many great tributes paid to Simon Pokagon, the last great chief of the Pottawattamies, and to his father, Leopold, but few of the younger generation know to what great stature they arose nationally and Internationally.

Leopold Pokagon was known to the white settlers in the early 10th century as a peacemaker between the red men and the white men. To hie own people, he was loyal but Just and spent hie lite banish ing the bated "fire-water" from members of his tribe, and teaching them Christianity. He was a devoted member of the Catholic faith. When the rebellious "Black Hawk," chief of the dreaded war. like Sauk tribe, met with the Pot- MORE fUOS SIIVFJ Wherever you're going.

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Now, I have completed my second bottle and L.Ly urn nrn mi NO FLUTTER i HWMR mm IftSI UfW ft St. vvestinon 1 At first Pokagon would not sign the treaty, but realizing the futility of holding out any longer, asked permission to say a few last words. Mournfully he told his fellow men there was no use of protesting any more, they would have to give up the last of their beloved land. He reminded them that where the great chiefs held their councils and where the pipe of peace has been smoked1 by the great warriors, now towers of the towns were rising up against the sky, and huge iron monsters sped over metal rails. He told them that all hade changed except the sun, moon, and trie stars.

and they had not because the pale' lace ood and the red man's God had hung them beyond the white mans reach. He prayerfully said "I seek for the wigwam of my peo ple, Great Spirit, forgive the paleface for what does to my people As he bent his head and took the quill pen to sign the document, ceding the last of their land to the white men, the onlook ers saw tears streaming down the brave old warriors face. RESERVATION PROVIDED The treaties between the United States and different bands of the Pottawattamies allowed the red man to remain on their land tor two years before going to a reservation provided for them west of the Mississippi river. According to records left by C. H.

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