No offense intended, my ancestors were traced back to Montreal, 1800, to my grandmother, Kewadin's grand daughter in Michigan. My father was born 1906 in Traverse City Mi., and handed down many stories about our ancestors. Emery. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vern D. Weller" <vern@torchlake.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin Sorry Emery A.Iliff, there is no research envolved on my part just a misplaced brain as I read the Hooper notes I did not have my comprehension in gear as I had heard previously from "old" people in the Eastport area that they thought his village was Potawatami and the one in Eastport, Old Antrim and Norwood were Ottawa. But, I guess they were wrong and I was wrong not to pick up on Hooper's notes. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emery A. Iliff" <tomahawk4172@surf1.ws> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > I am the grt grt grandson of Kewadin, and he was Odawa/Ottawa, not > Pottawatami. Please get your research straight, to suggest such is offensive > . I am proud of my heritage. Emery A. Iliff. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ray&mary" <yaaker@rangeweb.net> > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > > > please send me these emails thank you mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vern D. Weller <vern@torchlake.com> > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 6:28 AM > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > > > Those who are seeking additional information on Potawatomy Kewaydin > (Kewadin) I am sending 4 small pages, in separate emails, so as to not > overload your email box, from a book "Pioneer Notes by Trek and Sail to > Grand Traverse Bay" (wop) from the notes of Grace Hooper. Grace Hooper, > while a time parameter is not given in the book, was a correspondent with > the Central Lake Torch and walked the entire Antrim area in Michigan, North > of Traverse City to Charlevoix and while doing this work, she embarked on a > personal project to record the histories and experiences of every person > living or working in the area. It is interesting that Kewadin escaped the > forced removal in 1840 of the Potawatomies from Michigan to "beyond the > Mississippi" by the US Army commanded by General Brady. Page 57 notes a > treaty of 1821 with the Potawatomy and a second of 1826 and finally a third > of 1836 with the Ottawa and Chippewa. Is this the reason? Kewadin was now an > Ottawa/Chippewa? Scholars where are! > you? > > > > Hope the clues provided in the text will be aid someone’s research. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237
No offense taken. My grandmother, Myrtle Clarisa Boyce Robinson, would have fit in perfectly in Oneida, Wisconsin. I am currently an Oneida employee wondering why I look like all the Smiths in the tribe. "Emery A. Iliff" <tomahawk4172@surf1.ws> wrote:No offense intended, my ancestors were traced back to Montreal, 1800, to my grandmother, Kewadin's grand daughter in Michigan. My father was born 1906 in Traverse City Mi., and handed down many stories about our ancestors. Emery. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vern D. Weller" To: Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin Sorry Emery A.Iliff, there is no research envolved on my part just a misplaced brain as I read the Hooper notes I did not have my comprehension in gear as I had heard previously from "old" people in the Eastport area that they thought his village was Potawatami and the one in Eastport, Old Antrim and Norwood were Ottawa. But, I guess they were wrong and I was wrong not to pick up on Hooper's notes. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emery A. Iliff" To: Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > I am the grt grt grandson of Kewadin, and he was Odawa/Ottawa, not > Pottawatami. Please get your research straight, to suggest such is offensive > . I am proud of my heritage. Emery A. Iliff. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ray&mary" > To: > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > > > please send me these emails thank you mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vern D. Weller > To: > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 6:28 AM > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Kewadin > > > Those who are seeking additional information on Potawatomy Kewaydin > (Kewadin) I am sending 4 small pages, in separate emails, so as to not > overload your email box, from a book "Pioneer Notes by Trek and Sail to > Grand Traverse Bay" (wop) from the notes of Grace Hooper. Grace Hooper, > while a time parameter is not given in the book, was a correspondent with > the Central Lake Torch and walked the entire Antrim area in Michigan, North > of Traverse City to Charlevoix and while doing this work, she embarked on a > personal project to record the histories and experiences of every person > living or working in the area. It is interesting that Kewadin escaped the > forced removal in 1840 of the Potawatomies from Michigan to "beyond the > Mississippi" by the US Army commanded by General Brady. Page 57 notes a > treaty of 1821 with the Potawatomy and a second of 1826 and finally a third > of 1836 with the Ottawa and Chippewa. Is this the reason? Kewadin was now an > Ottawa/Chippewa? Scholars where are! > you? > > > > Hope the clues provided in the text will be aid someone�s research. > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237