oumakouka

Updated: June 6, 2025

A very large Indian village was on the shores of Lake Peoria, about half a mile from the cabin of the missionaries. Father Membré, a true apostle of Jesus Christ, wrote an account of the momentous scenes which transpired. To his narrative we are indebted for the facts which we now give. One of the chiefs, Oumakouka, adopted, according to Indian custom, Father Membré as his son.

John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott - The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago