Articles have been found that prove that Indians lived here more than a thousand years
ago. The Hopewell Indians left burial grounds which have been found at Hebron, Cedar Lake,
Deep River, and at Indian Ridge, where there is a golf course today. After the Hopewells
left the area, no one lived here for a long time. Then the Potawatomi Indians settled
here. One of the Potawatomi Indian towns was near Deep River. Many relics have been found
in the area, and some of these Indian treasures such as arrow heads, bowls, hammers, and
other tools, may be seen in our local museum.
This is Leopold Pokagon (1775-1841)
Chief of the Potawatami
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