Chief Phineas Pamptopee and Memeshawgoquit, of the Potawotomi Tribe, at the Calhoun County Fair, 1908. Chief Pamptopee was the leader of the Potawotomis in Calhoun County from 1863 until his death in 1914. From "Indians Will Camp...," The Battle Creek Enquirer, August 5, 1908, p. 2. "Indians Will Camp Village of Pottawatomies Will be Unique Feature of the Calhoun Fair." - Pottawotomie Indians in actual camp life will be one of the most interesting of the attracitons at the coming Calhoun Fair. Those Indians are from the reservations near Athens. Among those in the party will be Phineas Pamptopee, the present chief of the tribe; Rodney Pamptopee, son of the chief with his wife; Mackey, the oldest Indian on the reservation, aged 90 years; Sam Mandoka, wife and children; John Mackey, wife and children; James David, Thomas Wezo, John Pamptopee, all with their wives and children; Sam Nottawa and mother, and Millie Nottawa, the most expert basket maker of the tribe, and other families. They will live in wigwams just as their ancestors did a hundred years ago, working and cooking upon the grounds in the open air, making bows and arrows and baskets. There will also be an exhibit of curios,such as bear traps, skins, pelts, etc. loaned by the famous fur buyer, M. J. Wood of Athens who will superintend the village. For a hundred years previous to the appearance of the first white men in Michigan, the southern part of the state was occupied by the great Ottawa and Pottawotomie tribes, the former having their hunting grounds north of the Kalamazoo river and the Potawotomies south of it. In 1840 the government moved the Pottawotomies to Kansas. On the way, old Chief Moguago and a number of his intimate friends made their escape and came back to Athens. It is the descendants of old Chief Moguago's band that will be in camp on the Calhoun Fair Grounds at Marshall, Sept. 15-18. At some time during the Fair they will give an old time war dance.