MECHECUNNAQUA. The original "Christian lobbyist." Mechecunnaqua, or "Little Turtle," promoted the first law ever passed by Congress looking to the prohibition of the liquor traffic. The above is a reproduction of a lithographic portrait in W. A. Brice's "History of Ft. Wayne" published in 1868. The original painting from which the lithograph was taken was made by Gilbert Stuart in Philadelphia in 1797. This original painting was long since destroyed by fire. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC By WILLIAM E. JOHNSON Chief Special Officer United States Indian Service Published by The American Issue Publishing Company Westerville, Ohio 1911 KT19551 SARVARD COLLEGE Harvard University, Copyrighted By The American Issue Publishing Company Sam Nam Roberts, John Morrison, Randolph W. Cathay, George Williams and Charles Escalanti cheerfully laid down their lives in assisting my efforts to protect the Children of the Forest from licensed and unlicensed cutthroats who would take advantage of their weakness to debauch them with the white man's whisky. To these lofty spirits this volume is reverently and affectionately dedicated. THE AUTHOR Denver, Col., August 20, 1910 |