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Individuals
on this Page Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade [baptized May 9, 1729 at Michilimakinac; died in 1800 at La Baye, Wisconsin], northern Ojibwa war chief / soldier / civil servant / trader; son of Domitilde [who was a sister of Ojibwa Chief Nissowaquet, a major chief from Michilimakinac] and Augustin Mouet de Langlade, a French trader; grandson of The Fork, Northern Ojibwa chief; he was a cadet in the colonial regulars in 1750; defeated and killed Miami war chief Memeskia / La Demoiselle / Old Britain on June 21, 1752 at Pickawillany, Ohio; defended Fort Duquesne from the British in 1755; ambushed British forces in the defeat of Braddock at the Monogahela River, where he led Odawa and Ojibwa warriors, July 9, 1755; served under Montcalm and defeated British forces at Sabbath Day Point, Lake St. George, July 1756; commanded 400 Odawas and fought at the mouth of la Rivière Montmorency on July 9, 1759; he was at the Siege of Québec where he skirmished with Wolfe's reconnaissance force at la Chute Montmorency, July 26, 1759; he returned to Michilimakinac in 1761; protected British interests after Chief Mitch-e-pee-maine- she-wish attacked the fort; Monsieur Langlade Senior was mentioned in a deposition by Bostwick about the Michilimakinac raid on June 2, 1763; he fought with Burgoyne and accompanied Hamilton's expedition against Vincennes in 1777; attacked St. Louis in 1780; served in the Indian Department at Michilimakinac after 1790; a Mr. Charles Langlade had built a trading post on St. Joseph Island by early November 1797; he was a member of a board of survey for Drummond Island on August 6, 1798 (Casgrain: 117-118, 133-134; Peckham: 34, 38, 44, 46, 90; DCB vol. IV: 563-564; MPHSC vol. VIII: 675, vol. XX: 566, 619, vol. XXVII: 667). Leno [fl. 1836], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield]; signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115). John Lewis [fl. 1882], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield]; signed Surrender #199, part of Moraviantown, November 13, 1882 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 124). Solomon Lewis [fl. 1857], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield]; signed Surrender #83, part of Moraviantown, April 9, 1857 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 215). Benjamin Logan [born on the Thames River in 1850; fl. 1890], Munsee Nation, Caradoc [Muncey] community, the son of Talbot Logan [born on the Thames River in 1813; fl. 1852] and Manquaquace [born on the Thames River in 1822; fl. 1852]; he signed Surrender #288, part of Caradoc reserve, September 29, 1890 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. III: 15). Captain Logan / Spemica-Lawba / The High Horn [fl. 1786 onwards; died November 1812 at Fort Winchester], Shawnee/ Chouanon civil chief, Machachac Tribe; 6' tall, 200 pounds; captured as a child by US forces at Penumba on the Ohio River in September 1786; became a friend of the US according to Drake; Captain Logan joined US forces in 1812; he was a guide to Hull's army at Detroit; with the US force that attempted to relieve Fort Wayne in August 1812; accused of giving intelligence to the British he travelled to the Maumee River rapids with Shawnee Chiefs Captain Johnny and Bright Horn to prove his innocence on November 22, 1812, where he was captured at noon by a British force including Matthew Elliot and Pottawatomie Chief Winnemac; when he tried to escape he was mortally wounded, and Chief Winnemac was killed and scalped by Captain Johnny; Chief Logan, Shawnee war chief / interpreter, a young ally of Tecumseh, was killed at Brownstown on August 5, 1812; the children of Captain Logan and Spamagelabe were given a section of land on the Auglaize River, as part of the settlement in the US peace treaty signed at the Miami Rapids on September 29, 1817 (Drake: 23, 51, 57-58; Richardson: 27; Stanley: 102; MPHSC vol. XVI: 670, 738). Cornelius Logan [fl. 1890-1903], Munsee Nation, Cardoc community, signed Surrender #288, September 29, 1890 and Surrender #445, July 19, 1901 (Canada 1891 vol. III: 15, 330). Henry Logan [born on the Thames River in 1811; fl. 1852], Munsee chief, lower Muncey community, married to Sarah Huff [born on the Thames River in 1816; fl. 1852] (Goodspeed: 22; PAC Canada 1851-52). John Logan [fl. 1882], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown; signed Surrender #199, part of the reserve, November 13, 1882 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 124). Moses Logan [fl. 1830], Munsee Nation, Munceytown; attended camp meeting near Toronto on June 1, 1835 where he stated I will now give myself wholly to the great spirit' (Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 375). William Logan [born on the Thames River in 1836; fl. 1890], Munsee Nation, Caradoc community, probably the son of Henry Logan [born on the Thames River in 1811; fl. 1852] and Sarah Huff [born on the Thames River in 1816; fl. 1852]; William Logan signed Surrender #288, September 29, 1890 (Canada 1891 vol. III: 15; PAC Canada 1851-52). Lohachkes [fl. 1790-1792], principal Munsee chief, Upper Thames River community; in 1792 he permitted his group to send corn to the Moravians, 30 miles downstream, until their own fields were producing (Weslager: 320).
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