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Homes of Chief Waubonsee and Madeline Ogee
Paw Paw,
IL ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
41° 41' 8.099988",
-88° 58' 43.439988"
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Illinois State
Historical Marker
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Deep within the Paw Paw Grove, or As-Sim-In-Eh-Kon, Potawatomi Chief Waubonsie and his tribe made their home 1824-1836. At the Treaty of Prairie Du Chien 1829, Madeline Ogee, Potawatomi wife of Joseph Ogee, was granted two sections of land in the granted two sections of land in the grove. Potawatomi, Chippewa, Ottawa Chiefs, Waubonsie, Shabbona, and Sauganash (Billy Caldwell) aided the U.S. Government during the Black Hawk War. At the Treaty of Chicago, 1833, the Potawatomi Confederation ceded approximatley 5 million acres of land in northwest Illinois to the government. In 1836 the Indians were removed from their homes to northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa. The Ogee section was sold to David town for $1,000 in silver.
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Homes of Chief Waubonsee and Madeline Ogee Historical Marker Location Map, Paw Paw, Illinois Map
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