CHIEF LITTLE JIM, GREAT-GRANDSON
OF TECUMSEH.
In volume XXXIV of the Ohio
Archaeological and
Historical Quarterly, pages 143-153, appeared a contri-
bution entitled, "Tecumseh and His
Descendants,"
gleaned from authentic records
furnished by Thomas
Wildcat Alford, scholarly and cultured
gentleman, one
of the great-grandsons of the famous
chieftain, Tecum-
seh, born in Ohio, and later one of the
most intrepid and
resourceful leaders of the confederate
tribes in their
campaigns against the Americans in the
War of 1812.
In his extended list of the descendants
of Tecumseh now
living, Mr. Alford gave Little Jim, the
son of Big Jim,
as the great-grandson and lineal
successor of Tecumseh
and the present Chief of the Absentee
Shawnee Indians
in Oklahoma. It was a matter of
interest to many
readers to know that so many of the
descendants of
Tecumseh are now living in the United
States, including
his lineal successor as chief of the
remnant of that once
powerful tribe that held sway in the
valley of the Scioto
River. They will now be pleased to know
still more of
Little Jim, whose Indian name is
To-tom-mo.
In a recent issue of the Friend, published
in Rich-
mond, Indiana, is his story as follows:
*LITTLE JIM'S STORY
Many, many moons ago (in 1768) my
forefathers lived near
the place where Springfield, Ohio, now
stands. Before that they
* Note: The historical facts of this
story are taken from Compton's
Pictured Encyclopedia.
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