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KICKAPOO (" he moves about ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 783 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KICKAPOO (" he moves about ")  , the name of a tribe of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians of Algonquian stock . When first met by the See also:French they were in central See also:Wisconsin . They subsequently removed to the See also:Ohio valley . They fought on the See also:English See also:side in the See also:War of See also:Independence and that of 1812 . In 1852 a large See also:band went to See also:Texas and See also:Mexico and gave much trouble to the settlers; but in 1873 the bulk of the tribe was settled on its See also:present See also:reservation in See also:Oklahoma . They number some 800, of whom about a third are still in Mexico .

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