desh, who had not yet seen the white man and were unacquainted with
firearms. Accordingly an expedition was fitted out. As the Ottawas
approached the village of their enemies, each carrying a gun, the Mush-
co-desh thought they were nothing but clubs, so came out with their
bows and arrows, anticipating an easy victory. But they soon found out
that they were mistaken. As the Ottawas came up they suddenly halted,
not near enough to be reached by any arrows of Mush-co-desh, but the
Ottawas began to fire away with their guns. Poor Mush-co-desh; they
suffered more than ever in this second crushing defeat. The Ottawas
left only one family of Mush-co-desh at this time and these went west
somewhere to find a new home. My father and my uncles in their younger
days while they were making a tour out west, happened to come across
the descendants of this nearly anihilated tribe of Indians. They had
grown to nine lodges only at that time, and they visited them in a
friendly manner. The old warriors wept as they were conversing with
them on their terrible calamities and misfortunes and their being once
powerful allies and closely related; for these few still remembered the
past, and what had become of their ancestors.

After the Ottawas took complete possession of the southern peninsula of
Michigan, they fought some more tribes of Indians, subdued them, and
compelled them to form confederation with them as their allies. Such as
Po-to-wa-to-mies, Mano-me-mis, O-daw-gaw-mies, Urons and Assawgies, who
formerly occupied Saw-ge-naw-bay. Therefore the word Saginaw is derived
from the name Os-saw-gees, who formerly lived there. They have been
always closely united with the Chippewas and very often they went
together on the warpath, except at one time they nearly fought on
account of a murder, as has been herein related. Also the Shaw-wa-nee
tribe of Indians were always closely related to them.