Potawatamie

Potawatamie

Potawatamie (Pottowattomie), Grafschaft im Staate Iowa (Nordamerika), an das Indian Territory grenzend, 32 QM.; im Westen vom Missouri River begrenzt, von den Nishnabatona u. Boger River durchflossen; große Prairien u. Waldungen; Producte: Mais, Weizen, Rindvieh. 1850: 7828 Ew.; Hauptort Kanesville. Genannt nach den Potawatamies (Pottawattomies), Indianer vom Hauptstamme der Algonkiner (s.d. C) e), früher am Michigan See, Huron See u. in Indiana lebend, aber 1845 nach den Gegenden westlich vom Mississippi zurückgedrängt.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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