Thanks for this History lesson in a thimble, Dorothy. That's what makes
this list so special -- knowledgeable people sharing with others. Take
care. Sandy Childs in Calif.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dorothy Paul <Dorothy.M.Paul.1(a)nd.edu>
To: <INSTJOSE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: [INSTJOSE] Re: Re: reasons for 1833 immigrations
In Treaty of Chicago (September, 1832), which came at the end of the
Black
Hawk wars, there was where the government made "agreements" with area
Indian tribes for their land in Illinois and Wisconsin, and then in 1834
some were moved west. Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan it was more
complicated -- and as European settlers moved in it put pressure on the
government to free up the land for the settlers that were moving West.
The
"Trail of Death" march where many Potawatomi died was
1838.
My Morley family got to Berrien Co in 1832 - but lived on the Carey
mission
until the land was available for purchase....
Here is a good resource for reading about the Potawatomi:
http://www.dickshovel.com/pota.html
IMHO - we may be embarrassed looking back at how history unfolded.... but
I
do not believe that we can look at those events and judge them as if
they
took place today....
Dorothy
At 04:00 PM 11/13/01, INSTJOSE-D-request(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:21:01 -0800
>From: Jerry And Sandy Childs <jsChilds(a)pacbell.net>
>To: INSTJOSE-L(a)rootsweb.com
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>Subject: Re: [INSTJOSE] Re: reasons for 1833 immigrations
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>I am also interested in knowing why their was such an influx of
immigrants
>in the 1832-3 time period for St. Joseph, IN, but I am betting on
the
>open-land theory.
>
>In the obituary for my gg grandfather Orsemus Canfield it stated that he
was
>born in Chemung Co., NY in 1814, moved to St.Joseph Co. in 1832
and on to
>Three Rivers, St.Joseph Co, MI in 1839 and then migrated down to Lucas
Co.,
>IA in 1862. (His uncle and family had moved to Ripley Co, IN, in
1820) I
>recently visited Salt Lake and in their archives I found the history of
>Three Rivers, MI (right across the border from IN) and it stated that the
>St.Joseph Co, IN area and Three Rivers, St.Joseph Co. MI were connected
by a
>river and that there was a great amount of commerce travel on
that river.
>
>I am only imagining that the St. Joseph Co., IN area opened up because of
>land availability. Seems appropriate that we should contact the St.
Joseph
>County Genealogical Society to see what they say about the
subject. They
>should know better than most of us. Good hunting. Sandy Childs in
Calif.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <GRANDMAMAZ(a)aol.com>
>To: <INSTJOSE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:24 PM
>Subject: [INSTJOSE] Re: reasons for 1833 immigrations
>
>
> > Thanks, Adam, for bringing up this subject.
> >
> > I am very interested, as well, about the reasons for the great
migration
>to
> > St Joseph County in the early 1830's. My Pettit ancestors from Wayne
>County,
> > Ohio came to Pleasant Valley in 1833, and were farmers. My Delcamp
> > ancestors, also from Ohio, came much later in 1853.
> >
> > I found a couple of websites on early Indiana history online. They
gave
> > brief descriptions of the founding of the St Joseph county
townships
and
> > churches around 1831, but did not mention why so many folks
arrived
about
> > that time.
> >
> > "The year without summer", 1816, with the terrible winter of famine
&
> > starvation in 1816/1817, caused a lot of New England & New York people
to
> > move to the midwest. Also, the opening of the Erie Canal
in 1825
>increased
> > travel & commerce between the east coast and mid-west. But these
events
> > don't explain the large influx of people to St Joseph
County in 1833.
> >
> > Does anyone out there have some thoughts on this subject?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Syl in Florida
> >
> >
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