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Updated: June 28, 2025
"YOU are a Pottawattamie, and YOU a Chippewa," said le Bourdon, as he courteously handed to his two red guests pipes of theirs, that he had just stuffed with some of his own tobacco "I believe you are a sort of cousins, though your tribes are called by different names." "Nation, Ojebway," returned the elder Indian, holding up a finger, by way of enforcing attention.
As the shades of evening began to gather, the Pottawattamie arose, shook the ashes from his pipe, gave a grunt, and uttered a word or two, by way of announcing his disposition to retire. On this hint, Ben went into the cabin, spread his skins, and intimated to his guests that their beds were ready for them.
The Pottawattamie, in particular, was a subject of great distrust to him, and he believed it highly possible some of that old chief's tribe might be after his scalp ere many suns had risen.
Father and one or two of the men went on to Fort Riley to view the country, and upon their return my uncle entertained the Pottawattamie Indians with a barbecue similar to the one given by father to the Kickapoos. During the latter part of the summer father filled a hay contract at Fort Leavenworth.
That young Indian had approached with the noiseless tread of his people, and was now anxious to hold a private communication with him. "Pottawattamie got long ear come fudder " said Pigeonswing; "go cook-house t'ink we want breakfast." Ben did as desired; and the two were soon side by side at the spring, in the outlet of which they made their ablutions the redskin being totally without paint.
"Nothing, sir, of any consequence," replied the lieutenant after a moment's hesitation, "beyond a slight altercation that took place between a drunken Pottawattamie and the sergeant of the guard but it was of a nature too. trivial to disturb you about." "What was it, Mr. Elmsley?" inquired his superior, abruptly turning to him.
"Our camp is known!" exclaimed the bee-hunter the instant he beheld the Indian. "Juss so. Pottawattamie see squaw, and go and tell his chief. Dat sartain," answered Peter. "What is there to be done? Fight for our lives, or fly?" "Get in canoe quick as can. It take dem young men half-hour to reach place where chief be. In dat half-hour we muss go as far as we can. No good to stay here.
They had no quarrels among themselves which the priest could not settle, and after the British conquest their only enemies were those Puants, the Pottawattamie Indians, who took the English side, and paid no regard when peace was declared, but still tormented the French because there was no military power to check them. You see the common fields across the rigolé.
I own that, in my eyes, the tribe of a red-skin goes a good way in making up my opinions of the man. Is he a Winnebagoe?" "No, my friend, the Winnebagoes have no claims on him at all." "Nor a Pottawattamie, Ottawa, or Ojebway of any sort?" "He is none of these. Peter cometh of a nobler tribe than any that beareth such names." "Perhaps he is an Injin of the Six Nations?
Here the earth was yet wet in places, and the scent was so strong as to leave no doubt of the recent nature of the accident which had wasted so much of a liquor that was very precious in Pottawattamie eyes; for accident they thought it must be, since no sane man could think of destroying the liquor intentionally.
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