Kociihsasiipi

Kociihsasiipi is the Miami-Illinois name for the Saint Joseph River that flows south to meet the Saint Marys and form the Maumee. At their junction stood Kekionga, an important Miami centre. Nearby, a carrying place connected the Maumee watershed to the Wabash, providing a route between Lake Erie and the Mississippi system. The French established a post at Kekionga in the eighteenth century, drawing on a route and community that had long existed before their arrival.