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Edward [fl. 1836], Unami/Delaware, Moravian [Fairfield] community; signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115). ̀Egouch-e-ouay
/ Agushaway / Agashawa / Negushwa [born on the Detroit River c.1730;
died in Michigan c.1800] war chief and principal Odawa/Ojibwa civil chief,
brother of Odawa war chief Naudowance and Odawa warrior Flat Button; Egushawa,
principal chief of the Odawa at Detroit, signed an indenture granting an
island in the Detroit River [half a league from Hog Island] to Alexis
Masonville in 1774; Egouchi8ay, Odawa war chief, gave land to
Charles Réaume near Windsor, June 10, 1776; Equashawey, Odawa war
chief, attended a Detroit council with Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, June
14, 1778; he was the main chief with Henry Hamilton's expedition against
Vincennes, Indiana, in 1778; An-qu-shey-ray
sent a wampum belt to Alexander McKee declaring Odawa neutrality on May
26, 1779; Aquishua Ojibwa chief, cited in the Ainse deed, September
19, 1780; accompanied Henry Bird against US forces in Kentucky, 1780; Egou-shi-wey
/ Egonshewey, attended and sang at a Detroit council, April 26, 1781; E-gushewey
spoke at a Detroit council, May 21, 1781; Egushuvey spoke at a
council at Detroit, May 15, 1782; Egushewey attended a council at
Detroit, September 1, 1782; E-gushaway
attended and spoke at councils at Detroit, October 10, 18, 20 and 21,
1783; Agusshaway signed the Ainse deed, north side of the
Askunessippi [Thames River] near Chatham, October 11, 1783; Ekuschuwe,
Odawa chief of Sandusky and Detroit, signed [with Dow-yen-tet?]
the surrender of June 7, 1784, for land near Amherstburg; Squashawa,
Odawa chief, Bear clan, signed a surrender of land, south side of the
Detroit River and Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], May 15, 1786 - it
would eventually be registered as Surrender #116; Onqushaw,
"the successor of Pontiac," opposed the US Treaty of Fort Harmar
of January 9, 1789 and didn't consider it binding; he was spokesman for
the Ojibwas of Sandusky, the Odawas, Pottawatomies, and Wyandots in 1789;
member of the neutral faction of the Western Nations with Wyandot Chief
Dow-yen- tet; Ekuschuwe,
head chief of the Ojibwa, informed the Moravian Delawares that the U.S.
Treaty of Fort Harmar was not to be depended on, and that the Ojibwas,
Pottawatomies, Odawas and Wyandots wished to maintain peace; he and Dow-yen-tet
arranged for the Moravians to settle on the Detroit River at Die Warte
[1 mile south of Amherstburg] in 1790; E-gouch-e-
ouai / Egouch-e-sway,
Odawa principal chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit on May
19, 1790 where he signed [with an animal totem - hidden by spilt ink]
Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames] River from Port Bruce to
Windsor; Egouch-a-way,
principal Odawa chief, gave a speech at a council at the Huron Village,
Sandwich, August 16, 1790; Agusshaway, Ojibwa Nation, witnessed the
Sally Ainse declaration, Chatham, July 13, 1791; Negushway was sent
speeches asking for support by US Governor St. Clair in 1791; Equshawa
received a message to join the warriors opposing the approaching American
forces on September 19, 1793, he left on the 24th to deliver seven scalps
to the Lake Indians, and brought in all the Odawas and Ojibwas from around
Detroit; Egushwa was seriously wounded in the Battle of Fallen
Timbers, near Waterville, Ohio, August 20, 1794; on July 14, 1794 Egushawa
spoke at a council to re-admit the Kickapoos, Outatanous and Piankishaws
into the Western Confederacy; Egoushouay, Ojibwa chief, attended
and spoke at a council at the Miamis rapids, May 7, 1794; Agwezheway
protected the ambassadors of the Six Nations there, according to
Kahkewaquonaby; Aquisha / Egouch-e-ouay,
Ojibwa chief, signed the Ainse gift of land, January 26, 1795; he lived on
the Raisin River about this time; Chief Aguishua received speeches
from Mohawk Chief Thayendenegea through Sarah Ainse urging the western
nations to support the Crown, on January 26, 1795; A-goosh-
a-wav / Au-goosh-away,
Odawa chief, brought 23 Odawas from the vicinity of Detroit to the council
at Greenville around June 15, 1795; he signed the US Greenville Treaty,
August 3, 1795; on September 14, Egouchiway gave a copy to
Alexander McKee along with a US medal he had been given at Greenville; at
a council held around 1801, Egaush-way
agreed that the Wyandot had exclusive ownership of the Anderdon Reserve; Au-bau-way,
Ojibwa chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake
St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807; Aubayway was appointed by the
Detroit council of chiefs on November 20, 1807 to tell the US that they
would honour the Treaty of Detroit (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, ser. II vol. 13, ser. II C1224, vol. 16: 117-120; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1-3, 272; US 1837: 54, 136; Bauman; Clarke: 53, 60; Cruikshank vol. III: 19, 99, 287, vol. IV: 26, 71, 92; De Schweinitz: 610-611; Fraser: 170-171; Gray: 86-88; Hamil 1939: 14; Kahkewaquonaby 1861: 119; Lajeunesse: 66, 165-166; Leighton: app. B1, B4; Wilson: 67, 87; DCB vol. IV: 260; MPHSC vol. IX: 442, vol. X: 472, 475, 577, vol. XII: 21, 105-108, 178, vol. XIII: 90, 96, vol. XIX: 423-424, vol. XX: 195, 308, 417, vol. XXIV: 214-215, 687, vol. XXV: 23, vol. XXVI: 281, vol. XXXX: 253-254). E-gouch-e-away = Ekoschige / Koschige = a gatherer or bringer together, he makes a pile of something (Rita Sands, Jake Nagonosh and others, Walpole Island). 'Father, you see your children are prepared to meet the enemy, don't let us see but a few of your own colour, let us see you get up with a number of them'—Detroit, April 26, 1781.
Eleanora [fl. 1813], Unami/Delaware Moravian; became separated during the retreat from Moraviantown [Fairfield] and walked alone to Burlington in October 1813, after the burning and sacking of Moraviantown by US troops (Gray: 247). Elias [d. 1813], Moravian Delaware; murdered with James by a settler on June 20, 1813 at Cornwall's brandy distillery, down river from Moraviantown [Fairfield] - the murderer was acquitted by a jury at Sandwich, over the objections of presiding Judge Powell (Gray: 222; Kjellberg: 66). William Elm / William Elem [born at the Oneida Castle, New York in 1807; fl. 1848-1852], Oneida community, married to Jenney [born at the Oneida Castle, New York in 1810; fl. 1852]; he signed Surrender #233, Oneida Settlement purchase, December 20, 1848 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. II: 187). Elwahisheg [fl. 1774], Odawa principal chief at Detroit; he signed [with a Thunderbird totem] an indenture granting an island in the Detroit River [half a league from Hog Island] to Alexis Masonville in 1774 (PAC RG10 ser. II, vol. 16 C1224: 117-120). ̀En-dah-in / Endashin [fl. 1790], Odawa chief; Endashin / En-dah-in, principal Odawa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Lajeunesse: 172; Leighton app. B4).
Ennimigawapi [fl. 1805], Ojibwa Nation, Bear Creek [Sydenham River] community; travelled to Fairfield from Bear Creek with Denke, May 2 1805 (Denke 1990: 18). ̀E-sha-a [fl. 1790], principal Pottawatomie chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed [with a totem of two lines meeting at a point] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Clarke spells his name Esha-ha; Clifton states that this name does not appear to be a regular clan eponym, and that all that can be said about E-sha-a is that he was associated with Alexander McKee (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Clarke: 53; Clifton 1975: 58-59; Lajeunesse: 173; Leighton: app. B4).
̀Essabance [fl. 1790-1832?], Ojibwa chief, Bear Creek [Sydenham River] community, Antler totem; Essebance, principal Ojibwa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed [with an Antler totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I:1; Lajeunesse: 173).
Eyaubance / I-au-ba-ce / Yawbass / Yaubass [born on Bear Creek {Sydenham River} in 1792; fl. 1830-1861], Ojibwa chief of the Bear Creek community and lower Muncey in the 1830's, possibly the son of Essabance, married to Kaubayaubenaqua [born in the U.S. [1792; fl. 1861]; Yahobance / Yahvance served with Tecumseh in the War of 1812; I-au-ba-ce was one of two chiefs at a sugaring site [Canotung was the other], consisting of "ten camps" [wigwams] on Bear River, who greeted Peter Harris in February of 1830; Eyaubanse, Bear Creek Ojibwa chief, was forced to move to Muncey in 1832; Yawbass, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #37, part of Muncey reserve, February 5, 1834; Yaw-bance, principal chief of Muncey, signed a letter about John Tom-a-coo and John Riley losing their status as chiefs, October 24, 1837; Yan-cause, Church of England, actively supported the Government in the Rebellion of 1837; Yaubass signed [with an Antler totem] a petition to the Crown asking for land to replace Bear Creek lands sold by mistake by the Crown, June 12, 1839; Ah-yah-bance was chief of the Saugeen Ojibwas in 1842; Eyawbance signed a petition to the Indian Department on January 31st, 1843; Eyaubanse / Eyawbanse, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrenders #58½b, #58½c, #58½d, and #58½e, for schools and churches at Muncey, February 13, 1849; Chief Eyaubanse, Bear Creek, lived at Lower Muncey; on March 23, 1855 he signed an invitation to the Superintendent of the Indian Department; the family name possibly became Racoon (PAC RG10 vol. 140, vol. 453; PAO RG1 A-1-7 vol. 8 env. 2: 03763-03764; PAC Canada 1851-1852, 1861; Britain 1839: 391; Canada 1891 vol. I: 90, 128; Copway: 193; Goodspeed: 20; Harris: 158; Leighton: app. B4; Read and Stagg: 326-328). Raccoon = e: ssipan (Piggott and Grafstein).
Estawabey [fl. 1763], Ojibwa chief, elder brother of Chief Wabbicommicot; at Niagara Conference in July-August, 1763, where he was given a medal by William Johnson (Schmalz: 78; PSWJ vol. XI: 307). Esther [fl. 1808], Delaware/Unami, Moravian, widow, lived at Moraviantown [Fairfield]; she was attacked and beaten by a white man in 1808 (Kjellberg: 66).
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