Early History of Lake Maxinkuckee
Indian Reservations  

In the year 1836 when Marshall County, embracing the lake, was organized under an act of the legislature, there were three Indian reservations bordering on the east shore of the lake.

One of these was a reservation granted to Chief Nees-wau-gee, containing two sections of land. It covered all the ground on which all the cottages north of the road leading down to Maxinkuckee landing north to the residence of Mrs. H. H. Culver, at the north end of the lake. South of the Maxinkuckee landing road to the south line of the farm belonging to Mr. Van Schoiack and east a considerable distance was the reservation belonging to an Indian chief named Quash-qua.

The Au-be-nau-be reservation extended south from the Quash-qua reservation along the east shore of the lake to a considerable distance into Fulton County.