Henry County IL Archives Biographies.....Shabbona, --- 1775 - 1859
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Author: H. F. Kett, Publisher (1877)

SHABBONA.

    This celebrated Indian chief lived two years at Shabbona Grove, in this
county. He was born at an Indian village on Kankakee River, about 1775. While
young, he was made chief of the band and went to Shabbona Grove, now DeKalb Co.,
where they were found in the early settlement of this part of the state. During
the War of 1812, Shabbona, with his warriors, joined Tecumseh; was by his side
when he fell, at the battle of the Thames. Shabbona, in 1827, by visiting every
lodge of the Pottawattamies, prevented them from participating in the Winnebago
War. Shabbona was styled "the white man's friend" (through reproach) on account
of his always being so friendly to the whites. In all the Indian wars of his day
Shabbona exerted such influence that he prevented his own tribe and many other
tribes from making or participating in wars against the whites, and often in
times of war notified the settlers, and thereby saved their lives. The citizens
of Ottawa bought him a tract of land above Seneca, Grundy Co., on Illinois
River, on which they built a house and supplied him with means on which to live.
He died July 17, 1859, in his 84th year, and was buried at Morris. His squaw,
Pokanoka, was drowned Nov. 30, 1864, and was buried by his side.


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THE HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ITS TAX-PAYERS AND VOTERS;
CONTAINING, ALSO, A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY; A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE STATE;
MAP OF THE COUNTY: A BUSINESS DIRECTORY: AN ABSTRACT OF EVERY-DAY LAWS; WAR
RECORD OF HENRY COUNTY; OFFICERS OF SOCIETIES, LODGES, ETC., ETC.

CHICAGO: H. F. KETT. & CO., 15 LAKESIDE BUILDING.

1877.


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