| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072238 |
| Organization name | Kickapoo indians |
| Other names | Kiikaapoa;Kiikaapoi;Kikapoo;Kikapú |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Autonym Kiikaapoi or Kiikaapoa. These Algonquian-speaking relatives of the Sauk and Fox tribes were members of the Wabash Confederacy alongside the Wea and Piankashaw. Their first European contact came in late in the 17th century, when they were found in Wisconsin. The Kickapoo ranged over a vast territory from Georgia to Texas to New York, but mostly based their habitations around the Wabash River. In the early 18th century the tribe began splitting up. Some moved into the Milwaukee River territory of the former Illinois, who had been destroyed around 1765, while others moved west to the Sangamon River or east to the Wabash River. Many fought for Tecumseh’s uprising in 1811. In 1809 and 1812, the Kickapoo ceded their land rights to the United States and moved to Missouri and Kansas. |
| See also | Wea indians, Piankeshaw indians |
| Citations | http://www.britannica.com/topic/Kickapoo ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickapoo_people |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793