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265 THROUGH POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY- 265 In his, ana with a pressure, that spoke louder than words raised him to his feet and directed him toward the camp; and that night for the first time In several weeks Alonso slept like a laboring man, who has some one else to do the thinking. " ^^^ «' And now the third day's march is on, and the ex- pedition has only five miles to go when it will be out of the county named after the emigrant tribe of Kan- sas Indians, which tribe formerly hunted in the neigh- borhood of Chicago. The name signifies "Brave Men," or Pottawatomies. They helped the French to defeat Braddock; were at the f aJl of Quebec, on the Plains of Abraham and allied themselves with the British in the war of 1812. They were the principals ini the "Fart Dearborn (Chicago) massacre in 1812, where the Americans agreed to evacuate on being allowed to leave unharmed, to which the Indian besiegers a«;reed, but after they were on the inarch the Indians attack- ed and killed a large number; the others were made. slaves; also they were with Pontiac, the chief of the Ottawas, helping the French to whip the Iroquois nation of Indians, dud still later took part with Te- cumseh at the battle of Tippecanoe, it being Kehtipa- qnonank, or "The Great Clearing" as it was called by them, but which has been corrupted to Tippe- canoe. The name of Braddock has been mentioned above, and so unusual is the following incident that you wiU no doubt excuse taking up your time in its recital: "The Virginia provincials, under Washington, by their knowledge of border warfare and cool courage alone saved the day. Braddock was himself mortally