THE GODFROY'S:
Wea & Miami Indians & Their French Families;
A History & Genealogy Throughout Time.
Volume- II History
Author: Brenda K. Haffner - © 2014
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Three Massive Volumes; Vol-I Genealogy; Vol-II History & Vol-III Documents; all telling the historic family story of a mixed peoples; Wea, Eel River, Miami, Kaskaskia, Peoria & Illini Native American Indians & French; spanning in time from the year 1066 to 2000! NEVER BEFORE has there been such a dramatically complete written history on the Wea (Ouiatenon) Indians & their Tribe anywhere! The books will take the reader deep into the trenches of the REAL history never before seen in any other writings! All in chronological order for easy following & understanding as the events of history & time unfold before your very eyes. A book series of this magnitude has never before been published on the Wea Indians, their families, and their history! Never before has this much information been located in any one source dealing with the Wea Indians! Including many documents, pictures and maps presented in the book will be copies of the originals. It promises to be one of the most comprehensive multiple volume reference works available on the history and People of the Waayaahtanwa (Wea) ever published! QUOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Size: 8.5 x 11"; 604 pages.
“Our French forefathers started their journey into the New World, what is now America; they met & married our Wea Native American Indian Ancestors, who had always been here. The blending of these two ancestral roots makes up our families & who we are today. There is no shame. Our Ancestors did what they thought they must in order to survive. Today we are faced with the same; we must do what each of us thinks we must to preserve our Peoples history, culture & beliefs. For me, this is the truth & this is the reason I write these books. I assure you that all facts are historically correct & backed up by numerous historical documents & archive material of which most is listed in the books references. This work took over 10 years for each volume to be completed. The research & collecting of this material spans over four (4) generations. Our Ancestors in these books will find & embrace many people, many families, not just ours. It is my hope that many more people out there will find their roots & Ancestors because of this work.”
VOLUME-II HISTORY - CONTENTS:
CH. 1 - Our French & the First Crusades
CH. 2 - French, Jesuits & the Fur Trade
CH. 3 - Forts & Posts Break the Wilderness
CH. 4 - Bits of Wea History
CH. 5 - Wea Chiefs, Villages & Locations
CH. 6 - Lifestyles, Customs & Change
CH. 7 - Stolen Land, War & Treaty Talk
CH. 8 - Treaties of the Wea
CH. 9 - Removals West & Citizen Peoria’s
CH. 10 - Annuities
CH. 11 - National Archives & Consolidated Dockets
CH. 12 - Land Records & Maps
CH. 13 - Wea Indian Tribe of Today
CH. 14 - Photo Album
OTHER TRIBES:
Abenaki, Algonquian, Anishinaabe, Brothernton, Cayuga, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chippewa, Delaware, Fox, Huron, Iroquois, Kickapoo, Kilatak, Linneway, Mandan, Mascouten, Menominee, Métis, Mingo, Mohawk, Mohegan, Munsee, Nanticoke, Natchez, Nipissing, Nipmuc, Ojibaw, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Ottawa, Pepicokia, Potawatomie, Quapaw, Sauk, Shawnee, Sioux, Winnebago, Wyandot.
PROMINENT SURNAMES:
Abbott, Aveline, Baby, Baron, Beaubien, Beaver, Belestre, Berthelet, Black, Bondy, Boucher, Boxell, Boyd, Boyer, Brouillette, Buck, Burnett, Campeau, Cardinal, Chapoton, Charley, Chesne, Cicotte, Cloud, Cott, Dagenette, DeLisle, Dixon, Drake, Eddy, Finley, Fish, Fuller, Gamelin, Gaultier, Gillis, Godfroy, Gouin, Hackley, Haffner, Hedges, Hunt, Hunter, Isaac, Isbell, Jarrett, Keller, LaCroix, LaFontaine, Langlois, Larimer/Larrimar, LeGrand, LeGris, LeGro, Lefebvre, Lindley, Paschal, Peckham, Peery, Peoria, Racine, Reaume, Richardville, Roe/Rowe, Roi/Roy, Shadle, Shaw, Shields, Sills, Smith, St. Onge, Testard, Trottier, Vallie, Wadsworth, Walker, Ward, Waubunse, Wells, Wea, Wilson.
SOME BATTLS & WARS:
Pickawillany Massacre 1752; Battle of Great Meadows 1754; French & Indian War 1754; Pontiac's Rebellion-War 1763; Battle of Bushy Run 1763; Battle of Detroit 1763; Battle at Embarras 1785; Destruction of Ouiatenon Village 1791; Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794; Battle Tippecanoe 1811; Battle of Mississinewa 1812; Tecumseh’s Brownstown War; Battles of Fort Wayne & Fort Dearborn/Chicago 1812; Battle of Thames 1813; Black Hawk’s War 1832; Miami & Iroquois War 1660; Iroquois Wars 1648 & 1732-1733; Kaskaskia 1680; Iroquois & French War 1656 & 1684; Miami & Illini War 1765; Wea & Iroquois War 1704; Wea & Miami War 1712-1714; Wea & Chickasaw War 1732-1738.
BACK BOOK COVER:
Things have been done and said throughout the past 430+ years. There is nothing that we of the future can do to change the past. Let us instead bring it into its entirety as best we can, illuminate the truth, shed the lies and wrongs by presenting our history in its entirety instead of the usual bits and pieces we choose. Let us see and inspect the past and use it as a tool to learn from and better ourselves. Afterwards, let us bury the hatchets, cleanse our minds and souls with forgiveness and embrace one another as Indian Peoples and then move forward into the future as One not divided.
