Weesaw
Weesaw (c. 1785 – September 1836) was a war chief of the Potawatomi. He and his band were associated with the location that later came to be known as Gard's Prairie in Volinia Township, Michigan.[1] He was the son of Anaquiba. He was married to Sinegogua Topinabee, a daughter of Topinabee.[2] He was a signer of the 1821 Treaty of Chicago that ceded to the United States most of the Potawatami holdings in Michigan, with the exception of a small section of Berrien County and a square-mile tract adjacent to Niles, Michigan.[3]
Weesaw was described as tall, majestic, and fond of ornaments, such as a large silver amulet. He, Pokagon, and Shavehead were the principal sub-chiefs under Topinabee.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Romig, Walter (1973). Michigan Place Names, p. 218.
- ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: N-Z, p. 785. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Atlas of Berrien County, p. 4.
- ^ Copley, Alexander B. "The Pottawattomies". In Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 14, (1908) p. 265. Michigan Historical Commission.
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