The other Miami chieftain was Waw-wa-esse, or Wawasee, often contracted into Wawbee. In the mid-1830's, Wawasee's village was situated near the southeast corner of Lake Wabee, approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Milford, Indiana including the eastern shores of Lake Wabee.
Chief Wawasee was a minor leader but a brother of the great Miami Chief "Flat Belly" Papakeecha."
The Eel River Indians lived in the southern part of Kosciusko County in Indiana along Eel River. They were a friendly tribe of Miamis who built summer camps further north, but still within the boundaries of the southern part of the county.
Flat-belly and Wawasee also escaped from Kansas and came back to their lands near Syracuse and Milford, respectively. But government men were hunting the runaways and the Indian brothers fled to Michigan where all tracks of them were lost, states Adams. The last Indians of Kosciusko County were removed to Indian territory in 1848. The brothers were believed to have been in their 60's when the treaties relinquishing their land were signed. Both claimed to have fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
Chief Wawasee was a minor leader but a brother of the great Miami Chief "Flat Belly" Papakeecha."
The Eel River Indians lived in the southern part of Kosciusko County in Indiana along Eel River. They were a friendly tribe of Miamis who built summer camps further north, but still within the boundaries of the southern part of the county.
Flat-belly and Wawasee also escaped from Kansas and came back to their lands near Syracuse and Milford, respectively. But government men were hunting the runaways and the Indian brothers fled to Michigan where all tracks of them were lost, states Adams. The last Indians of Kosciusko County were removed to Indian territory in 1848. The brothers were believed to have been in their 60's when the treaties relinquishing their land were signed. Both claimed to have fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
The other Miami chieftain was Waw-wa-esse, or Wawasee, often contracted into Wawbee. In the mid-1830's, Wawasee's village was situated near the southeast corner of Lake Wabee, approximately two and one-half miles southeast of Milford, Indiana including the eastern shores of Lake Wabee.
Chief Wawasee was a minor leader but a brother of the great Miami Chief "Flat Belly" Papakeecha."
The Eel River Indians lived in the southern part of Kosciusko County in Indiana along Eel River. They were a friendly tribe of Miamis who built summer camps further north, but still within the boundaries of the southern part of the county.
Flat-belly and Wawasee also escaped from Kansas and came back to their lands near Syracuse and Milford, respectively. But government men were hunting the runaways and the Indian brothers fled to Michigan where all tracks of them were lost, states Adams. The last Indians of Kosciusko County were removed to Indian territory in 1848. The brothers were believed to have been in their 60's when the treaties relinquishing their land were signed. Both claimed to have fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
Chief Wawasee was a minor leader but a brother of the great Miami Chief "Flat Belly" Papakeecha."
The Eel River Indians lived in the southern part of Kosciusko County in Indiana along Eel River. They were a friendly tribe of Miamis who built summer camps further north, but still within the boundaries of the southern part of the county.
Flat-belly and Wawasee also escaped from Kansas and came back to their lands near Syracuse and Milford, respectively. But government men were hunting the runaways and the Indian brothers fled to Michigan where all tracks of them were lost, states Adams. The last Indians of Kosciusko County were removed to Indian territory in 1848. The brothers were believed to have been in their 60's when the treaties relinquishing their land were signed. Both claimed to have fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
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