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Mitchigamea or Michigamea or Mitchigamie were a tribe in the Illinois Confederation. Not much is known about them and their
origin is uncertain. Originally they were said to be from Lake Michigan, perhaps the Chicago area. Mitchie Precinct, Monroe
County in Southwestern Illinois takes its name from their transient presence nearby, north of the French Fort de Chartres
in the American Bottom along the Mississippi. It is suggested that they later moved to Arkansas under pressure from the Iroquois.
Their most well known leader was Chief Chicagou. In 1673, Marquette and Joliet needed a translator from Miami-Illinois to
understand the Michigamea; most contact was in Plains Sign Language. Jean-Bénard Bossu provides two sentences from the mid-18th
century which according to John Koontz indicate that Michigamea was a Siouan language of the Mississippi branch. |
Names (more)[en] Michigamea |
Language type : Extinct
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