Mason Dye was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Parks was a significant landholder in both Westport, Missouri and in Shawnee, Kansas. Tippett grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He served as prosecuting attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas from 1885 to 1889. Price was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Soon afterwards, Smith purchased the Cottage Cafe, a little diner in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation. Southern Illinois includes the hilly areas around the Shawnee National Forest. The Shawnee settled close to present-day Shawnee, Oklahoma. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor won the Democratic nomination. It was used as hunting grounds by northern Shawnee and southern Cherokee. The Shawnee and Cherokee hunted in this area. Boone regrouped his men and managed to drive off the hostile Shawnee. It took in the homeland of the Shawnee Indians. One legend holds that the city is named after Mishawaka, daughter of Shawnee Chief Elkhart.