Drawn by the curiosity of white skin and long beards, the Potawatomi, then living in the Michigan area, traveled to Wisconsin to meet the French explorer Jean Nicolet.
War ensued when the Iroquois Confederacy, supplied with British firearms, began infringing upon Potawatomi hunting territory.įirst known contact with the white civilization. According to Potawatomi tradition, the Odawas, Ojibwas and Potawatomi were initially a single tribe, known as “three fires” or “three brothers,” due to their similar way of life. First migration to Michigan’s lower peninsula.
