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POTAWATOMI
POTAWATOMI (properly Potewalmik, fire-makers, in allusion to their secession from the Ojibway, and their establishment of a separate council-fire)

POTAWATOMI (properly Potewalmik, See also:
FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)
fire-makers, in allusion to their See also:
SECESSION
secession from the See also:
OJIBWAY (OJIBWA)
Ojibway, and their See also:
ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)
establishment of a See also:
SEPARATE
separate See also:
COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)
council-fire) , a tribe of See also:

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AMERICAN

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INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of Algonquian stock. When first known (about 1670), they lived around See also:

Green See also:

Bay, See also:

Wisconsin. They subsequently moved See also:

south and?eventually settled in See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

Michigan. They were allied with the See also:

French in their See also:

WARS

wars against the See also:

IROQUOIS

Iroquois and took See also:

PART

part in the See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of See also:

Pontiac (q.v.). In the See also:

War of See also:

Independence they fought for See also:

England, as also in that of 1812. In 1846 most of them were removed to a See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation in See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas. Of these the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority have abandoned their tribal relations and become citizens. Others are in Wisconsin and the bulk in See also:

OKLAHOMA (a Choctaw Indian word meaning " red people ")

Oklahoma. They now number some 2500.

End of Article: POTAWATOMI (properly Potewalmik, fire-makers, in allusion to their secession from the Ojibway, and their establishment of a separate council-fire)

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