A- Indiana Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.

Abercronk. A former (Potawatomi?) village on Lake Michigan, in North East Porter County, Indiana. Hough, map in Indiana Geol. Rep. for 1882-3, 1883.

Anderson’s Town. A former Delaware village on the s. side of White r., about the present Anderson, Madison co., Ind. (Hough, map in hid. Geol. Rep., 1883). Named from the principal chief of the Delawares of Indiana about 1810-20.

Ashkum. A Potawatomi village, named from its chief, on the N. side of Eel r., about Denver, Miami co., Ind. The reservation, including the village, was sold in 1836. (J. M.)

Aubbeenaubbee  A Potawatomi chief of this name occupied a village, commonly known as Aubbeenaubbee’s village, on a reservation in the present Aubbeenaubbee tp., in Fulton co., Ind. The tract was sold by the treaty of Tippecanoe River in 1836. Other forms of the name are Aubbanaubba, Aubbanaubbee, Aubeenaubee, Aubinaubee. (J. M.)


Collection:
Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.

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