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Native American Life After Prophetstown

My name is Luksi Humma, I am Choctaw or,partners in this region, for many years.Log
Chahta, our name in reality. I am a builderCabins were abundant in the Village of
of people and log cabins. Although, I live inKethtipikanuck, about 120 log structures as
our present time, I talk to many people whosome writers saw it. Shake roof shingles
come to Historic Prophetstown, in Battleadorned the cabins, of those lucky folks who
Ground, Indiana, about the way the Old Onesknew how to, and, had the man power to build
lived, and died.Misconceptions, are a part ofthese brutish structures. Forged from the
most Americans ideal in regards to Nativewilderness, these people were powerful and
American People. It is my job to inform therelentless in their will to make life come
uninformed, about the Love, Respect, Honor,forth, from a forboding entity, that the
and Dignity the American Indians had forwilderness posed. This was, after all, the
their Families, Lives and the Land.How didNorthwest Territories. The end of the
the People live along the Wabash? They livedcontinent for most people who struck out on
well, commerce continued to flow throughouttheir own.This wonderous village had many
the  region  as  our  PeopleWigwams, smoke filling the air on the flats
at the mouth of that river. Trade items
moved forward into an age that wouldcoming in, and leaving, in boats of every
eventually swallow them up, swirling themdescription, dugouts, birchbark, heavy river
into the Great Melting Pot of these Unitedtugs. One should try to imagine this
States. This motion inexorably changed thecommerce, it is pleasing to see it in the
Ways of our People, both, in their thoughtmind.Eleven years of good life came to an
processess, and in their Hearts.The Europeansend, as the wood of their cabins and wigwams
who lived with the Indian People would changelost their battle with the crucible of fire,
significantly, daily movements, personalwhich the American Army brought with them, to
contacts, language, lifestyles and much more.eradicate their way of life forever.This is
Pressures of being humans, finding a muchbut the beginning of their story, I will
easier way to cook, kill, stay warm,write more of this facinating historical
communicate,drama, played out on the banks of the Wabash.
Prophetstown, looming in the future awaits
travel and live, ate away at the Traditionsthe telling of its story in another time, but
of ten thousand generations.Robust in theirnow I am tired and must rest.Luksi Humma
spirits, Native People adapted rapidly, andmessenger of the People.I am a humble teacher
found value in their trapping of Beaver, andof Indian People, travelling to bring the
other furbearing animals. Trading theseWays of our Ancestors to those who can least
hides, for durable goods, gave the Indianafford it, and desire it the most. My hands
People an opportunity to live moreand mind belong to the People who came before
comfortably, amidst the French, English, andus, and it is they whom I serve.
some Americans, who became their trading



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