"…We gave them supper, then they started back to announce to their tribesmen that we would be with them the following day. As we advanced next morning, we met, every two miles along the way; two Indians mounted on fine horses. They had come to greet us, and show us the safest and best road.
About a mile from the mission house a band of five hundred braves appeared in gala dress- bright hued blankets, plumes and feathers, and moccasins embroidered with porcupine quills, dyed to brilliant shades. They wore their hair tied on the top of their heads; so as to form a waving black tail. Hands and faces were strangely tattooed, while wide red circles painted around the eyes gave them so ferocious an appearance as to terrify their unaccustomed guests- save Mother Duchesne, who was eager to make the acquaintance of these sturdy warriors. As the mission wagon advanced in the midst of this cavalcade, the Indians performed a series of equestrian evolutions, now in semicircles, now in circles, and always with such precision that never was a horse one step out of position…"
-Philippine Duchesne
(describing the account when she first met the indians)
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The 7th grade at Convent Elemantary School for girls love Philippine Duchesne so much, we wanted to make a webpage about her. In this site you will find pictures of some things about the Potawatomi. We will tell about how Philippine felt when she found them. But, what do Potawatomi Indians have to do with Philippine you ask? Well, in around 1820, she came over to America to work with the Indians. Now, because of this site, you will now know who they are. |
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