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To pine bays
“It is the prevalent opinion among persons not
Page 193 acquainted with Indian customs and politics
Vol 2. that they, like white people, have a king or great chief over all.
W.H.S. but such, so far as I am aquainted [acquainted], is not the
case with any Indians in the North West or
South West. The government of these tribes
or bands is patriarchal. The Chiefs, as with
politicians who obtain office, are the greatest
slaves among them. Honbe [Honorable] J. H. Locwood of
Prairie du Chien
I remember at the time of the emigration of the
Pottawattamies west of the Mississippi, 1838, that there
was a number of Indians who were not capable
of joining the main body of the Indians - from
sickness - encamped in the grove near Horney's
Mill a short distance from the hill just above
Eel River. There Indians were under the
Command of Capt. Hall, a tall gaunt man
of some intelligence and peculiarly - and who was
well known to the old citizens of Logansport.
He was professionally a watchmaker.
Among theses Indiana was young “Topinabay” - His
Father was dead - and he was known as Old
“To pinaly.” The old man was spoken of as being king
or great chief of the tribe - and the younger one - was
regarded as the just inheritor of the title - This
Object Description
| TCHA Identification Number | 2-26(3) |
| Purdue Identification Number | GWb2f26i2 |
| Title | To-pin-e-bay, regarded by the whites as King of the Pottawattamis |
| Creators |
Winter, George, 1810-1876 |
| Description | "To-pin-e-bay. Regarded by the whites as King of the Pottawat-tamis." (title from verso of first page) AMs, handwritten, 2 p. |
| Description Continued | Quote from J. H. Leewood regarding the absence of a paramount chief among the western Indian tribes. At the time of the Potawatami emigration of 1838, a group too ill to accompany the main body camped near Horney's Mill, above Eel River. They were commanded by Capt. Hall. Among them was young Topinabay, who was considered to have inherited his deceased father's title of King, along with his name. He may actually have originally had a different name; it was an Indian convention to call a son "young ____" after his father. Young Aub-be-naw-be, for example, was actually named Pe-ash-wach. Young Topinabay, who was 40 years old at the time, refused to let G.W. sketch him, being too ill. There were also two Wee-saws, of different ages, but not of the same family. The older Wee-saw refused to be painted, claiming to have already been sketched as a young man, and not wanting to appear to have "two faces." |
| Subjects |
Indians of North America--Indiana Potawatomi Indians Painting |
| 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 |
| Extent of Original | 2 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | George Winter Collection |
| Date Digitized | 08/08/2006 |
| Type | text |
| Format | JP2 |
| Capture Device | Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner |
| Capture Details | Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft |
| Resolution | 300 ppi |
| Color Depth | 24 bit |
| Color Management | Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target |
| URI | ark:/34231/c6xw4gqj |
Description
| Title | page01 |
| Repository | Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries |
| 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 |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | George Winter Collection |
| Transcript |
To pine bays “It is the prevalent opinion among persons not Page 193 acquainted with Indian customs and politics Vol 2. that they, like white people, have a king or great chief over all. W.H.S. but such, so far as I am aquainted [acquainted], is not the case with any Indians in the North West or South West. The government of these tribes or bands is patriarchal. The Chiefs, as with politicians who obtain office, are the greatest slaves among them. Honbe [Honorable] J. H. Locwood of Prairie du Chien I remember at the time of the emigration of the Pottawattamies west of the Mississippi, 1838, that there was a number of Indians who were not capable of joining the main body of the Indians - from sickness - encamped in the grove near Horney's Mill a short distance from the hill just above Eel River. There Indians were under the Command of Capt. Hall, a tall gaunt man of some intelligence and peculiarly - and who was well known to the old citizens of Logansport. He was professionally a watchmaker. Among theses Indiana was young “Topinabay” - His Father was dead - and he was known as Old “To pinaly.” The old man was spoken of as being king or great chief of the tribe - and the younger one - was regarded as the just inheritor of the title - This |
| Type | text |
| Format | JP2 |
| Capture Device | Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner |
| Capture Details | Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft |
| Color Depth | 24 bit |
| Color Management | Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target |
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