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TCHA Identification Number	1-2
TCHA Alternative Identification Number	2-27
Purdue Identification Number	GWb1f2i1
Title	Journal
Creators	Winter, George, 1810-1876
Description	George Winter's experiences in 1837 [probably written much later], AMs, 26 p. (in hard-covered book of lined paper; remaining pages blank; numbered by G.W., in pencil, p. 1-26)
Description Continued	Recounting the history of the events of 1837. Judge Edmonds convened a court at Washington Hall to investigate complaints of treaty violations expressed on behalf of the Indians by G.W. Ewing. List of chiefs who participated; description of the courtroom and of the dress and appearance of the Indians. Description of an altercation between Ewing and another Indian trader. When G. W. arrived in Logansport, Edmonds assisted him in obtaining I-o-wa to sit for a portrait, which G.W. presented to Edmonds. G.W. established a studio near Ewing and Walker's trading post, and so had many opportunities to sketch Indians there. Indians were constantly in town; comments on their easy-going lifestyle, with little concern for time and much drinking and revelry at night. Description of Logansport in 1837: population of 1,000; the first bridges across the rivers were begun in this year; the town was picturesque, located between the two rivers, with islands dotting them. The building of the canal and the improvement of the Michigan Road to Indianapolis contributed to its later growth. At that time, its commerce was based upon the Indian trade, which was financed by the annual governmental payments to the Indians. The land had not been cultivated to any great extent, and the Miami National Reservation on the south side of the Wabash was completely forested. The Pottawattamis sold their treaty lands in 1836 and emigrated west in the fall of 1838. List of men prominent in the affairs of that time, including Tipton, Pepper, and many others. The Council at Kee-waw-knay was held shortly after Edmonds' hearing, in July 1837, and the last payment to the Pottawattamis east of the Mississippi was made in November. While most whites wished them to depart, some traders wished them to remain. G.W. used his connection with Cols. Pepper and Sands and George Profit to facilitate his sketching Indians at the council, and the Indians grew to respect him and called him Pe-pone ("Winter"). Most had no objection to being sketched, although some were reluctant until they knew G.W. well. Most found it amusing. He sketched I-owa, M-jo-quis, Abraham Burnet, Knas-waw-kee, and others. Description of the Indian perception and appreciation of art, and difficulty in understanding perspective. Description of G.W.'s journey, with Sands, Profit, and No-ta-quah, from Logansport to the Council grounds. Inserted between pages: Two small oval reproductions of paintings; four pages from Among the Trees (1867), a botanical essay.
Subjects	Winter, George, 1810-1876--Diaries Indians of North America--Indiana Potawatomi Indians
Repository	Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Rights Statement	Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association at info@tippecanoehistory.org
Date of Original	undated
Extent of Original	26 p. ; 25 cm.
Language	eng
Collection	George Winter Collection
Date Digitized	01/22/2007
Type	text
Format	JP2
Capture Device	Bookeye 3
Capture Details	Opus 2
Resolution	400 ppi
Color Depth	24 bit
Color Management	Bookeye 3 internal
URI	ark:/34231/c6sf2t34

Title	page01
Repository	Tippecanoe County Historical Association
Rights Statement	Images in the George Winter Collection should not be used without written permission from the Tippecanoe County Historical Association. To obtain reproduction rights and prices, contact the Tippecanoe County Historical Association at info@tippecanoehistory.org
Collection	George Winter Collection
Transcript	In the spring of the year 1837, having been lead by a touch of romantic feeling to see, and sketch the Indians of the Wabash, I found myself in the pleasant town of Logansport, located on the banks of the Wabash River in the County of Cass, Indiana, at a very propitious time. At that time there was a large number of the Pottawattamie Indians assembled by the Honbl. J. W. Edmonds, /known now as the eminent writer upon “Spiritualism”, whose work is very generally known./ He was appointed U. States Commissioner to investigate some complications in regard to the Pottawattamies “claims”, growing out of mysteries of the Indian trade. The Pottawattamies had their many grievances, and complaints, as all Indians seem to, or do have, who are, or have been in Treaty Stipulations with the U. S. Government, and who have been
Type	text
Format	JP2
Capture Device	Bookeye 3
Capture Details	Opus 2
Resolution	400 ppi
Color Depth	24 bit
Color Management	Bookeye 3 internal

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