Nabbawe / Kitschi-Makongs [fl. 1804-1819], Ojibwa Chief, Bear Creek (Sydenham River) community; Kitschi-Makongs / Great Lesser Bear, Ojibwa chief, murdered his father Kecha-makqua / Big Bear; son-in-law to Odawa Chief Onagan, he lived with Onagan at the Odawa settlement on St. Anne's Island in 1805-1806; Nabbawe, Ojibwa chief, visited Denke August 31, 1804 and May 28 1806; he hunted in the vicinity of the Denke mission site and shared a quarter of his deer kill with the Denkes, August 21, 1806; he also agreed to let the Denke's build a settlement planned on "his land"; Nabbawe, Ojibwa chief of Chennail Ecarte, attended a conference at Amherstburg to negotiate Surrender #21, October 16, 1818; Nawbowe, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Beaver totem] Surrender #21, west of London Township, north of the Thames River, March 9, 1819 (Denke 1990:8, 1991: 16, 1993: 7; Leighton: app. B6; MPHSC vol. XVI: 643, vol. XX: 577).

Nacoming [fl. 1812-1814], Delaware war chief; served with the US army in south-western Ontario (Kjellberg: 71).

Naganigapoway [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Bear totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788 (PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4).

Andrew Nageeshig / Andrew Neyesheck / Andrew Nageeshigk / Andrew Nagishizk / Andrew Nageesheigk / Andrew Nageeshig / Nakizhig / Nagezhigk / Andrew Nagishizk [fl. 1843-75], Sarnia Ojibwa chief, grandson of original Sarnia Ojibwa Chief Mashkeash; lived on the Upper Reserve [Sarnia], January 20, 1843; in 1848 Nagee-shigk, Sarnia chief, received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812; he signed [with a Fork or Antler totem] a letter to the Upper Reserve Indian Agent, September 6, 1849; he signed: Surrender #69, part of Sarnia reserve, August, 25, 1852, Surrender #71½, Great Western Railway right of way, May 10, 1854, and Surrender #266, part of Bosanquet Township, September 27, 1855; Nageeshig signed Surrender #80½, Stag Island, January 19, 1857; Nawuh-je-gezigh signed Surrender #85 and #86, Peach Island, Detroit River, and Keshebahahnelegoo Menesha Island, St. Clair River, July 21, 1857, Surrender #119, May 5, 1871, and Surrender #143, part of Sarnia reserve, January 14, 1875 (PAC RG10, vol. 436; Canada 1847: no. 20; Canada 1891 vol. I: 177, 193, 211, 220-221, 275, vol. II: 5, 256; Plain: 3; Richardson: 101). Nagee-shigk = Pointing Cloud (Richardson: 101).

George Naggs [fl. 1848], Ojibwa Nation, Walpole Island community; in 1848 he received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812 (Richardson: 100).

Naguashiga [fl. 1816], Ojibwa chief, arrived at Amherstburg with his family of eleven, on August 16, 1816, for their annual presents; he had travelled 65 miles west of Detroit; related to Andrew Nageeshig(?) (MPHSC vol. XVI: 525).

Edward Nahdee / Edward Natty [fl. 1848-1875], Anderdon Township Ojibwa chief, moved to Walpole Island in 1848; brother of John Nahdee(?); Edward Natty, chief Ojibwa warrior, Anderdon community, signed: Surrender #66¼, part of Anderdon Township, January 18, 1848, and Surrender #96, part of Anderdon Township, January 18, 1848; Edward Nakdee signed Surrender #144, June 17, 1875 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 160, 238, vol. II: 7).

John Nahdee / John Natty / John Naudee / John Naadte / John Notty / Oshawahnah [born c.1785; died on Walpole Island in August 1870], Ojibwa [Shawnee/ Chaouanon(?)] war and hereditary chief of the Windsor Ojibwa; John Naudee / Oshawahnah, Ojibwa chief, prevented US forces from landing in Colchester Township, September 27, 1813; he settled in the Township of Anderdon; Naadte, principal chief of the Anderdon Ojibwa, petitioned Lieutenant Governor Bond Head to have the Anderdon Reserve divided into four equal shares in 1836; Nahbe, Ojibwa warrior, signed [with a Muskrat(?) totem] a petition to the Queen in 1838 objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands; Nantie lived in the township of Anderdon on August 31, 1840; in 1842 the chief of the Anderdon Ojibwas lived on Point Pelee; awarded the Detroit medal in 1848, in the same year he and members of his band surrendered their land and moved to Walpole Island; John Natty, Ojibwa chief, Windsor community, signed Surrender 66¼, part of Anderdon Township, January 18, 1848 - the monies were used to build houses for his community on Walpole Island; John Natty, Ojibwa chief, Windsor community, signed Surrender #96, part of Anderdon Township, January 18, 1848; John Nahdee may have been known as (or associated with?) Shah-wa-wan-noo after he moved to Walpole Island (PAC RG10 vol. 1842; Canada 1847: no. 19; Canada 1891 vol. I: 160, 238; Leclair 1988a: 42-44, 49, 52; Schmalz: 136, 169; Sugden: 152-153, 256).

Nahnahqua [fl. 1875], Ojibwa Nation, Walpole Island; he signed Surrender #144, June 17, 1875 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 7).

Namegouse [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Sturgeon or Catfish totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788; Ogouse, Odawa chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807 (PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4; US 1837: 136; Leighton: app. B1). Trout = name: ko$$, sturgeon = name (Piggott and Grafstein).

From PAO, MU 2099 - 1788.

Nanaghkagwiskam / Nanaughkawestrawr [fl. 1784], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief; negotiated and signed [with a Bird(?) totem] an indenture which eventually became Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce [Catfish Creek], May 22, 1784 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5; Fraser: 486, 488).

ÌNangee / Nangi / Nan-gie / Nangy / Nangisse / Thornapple [fl. 1765 onwards; died February 1805 at Amherstburg], Ojibwa head chief of Walpole Island, St. Clair River, son of the great chief of the St. Joseph River community; Nangisse attended a conference at St. Joseph, January 26, 1765; Naungee, chief of the Ojibwa Nations at Detroit, signed [with a Beaver totem] a deed to William Tucker, September 22nd, 1780, for a parcel of land by the River Huron, northwest corner of Lake St. Clair; Nan-gie, principal Ojibwa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790 where he signed [with a Beaver totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Nan-que, Ojibwa chief, signed the US Greenville Treaty, August 3, 1795; Nangy lived at Pointe du Chene, on the US side of the St. Clair River, west of Harsen's Island, succeeded by Chief Makons; Nangee, Ojibwa chief, signed [with an X totem] Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796; Nongue, Ojibwa chief, sold land [with a Beaver totem] on the north west side of Lake St. Clair to May, McNiff and Harson, February 4, 1797; on September 20, 1797 a quantity of Indian Department stores was recommended for Nagassie's Pottawatomies of Elk's heart; Nangy signed Surrender #12, Huron Church Reserve sale, Windsor, September 11, 1800; he gave Moravian missionary Denke a grant of land for a mission on Harsen's Island, July 1801 at Detroit; he camped near Point du Chêne with Ouit-a-nissa/Witanesse where they were visited by Denke in 1802; he sent a letter to Denke in January 1805 promising to visit him on the Sydenham River in the spring; the sons of Mrs. Harsen told Denke that the ill Nangi had wished to see him but was dragged by his friends to Amherstburg where he died; Nongee's Village was located on the Thornapple River, Michigan after 1812; this area was surrendered to the US in 1819 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, IT 021-IT 025, IT 027-IT 028; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1, 17, 19; US 1837: 54; Clifton, Cornell, McClurken: 23; Denke 1990: 13, 15; Denke 1991: 6, 9; Ferris: 64; Gray: 186, 190, 195; Hamil 1951: 69; Lajeunesse: 208; Leighton: app. B6; MPHSC vol. V: 551-552, VIII: 499-500, vol. XX: 417, 545; PSWJ vol. XI: 547-548). 'During these days Brother Denke received a letter from the first chief Nangi in answer to the greetings which the former had sent him already ... Nangi promises to visit us in the spring and to settle everything for the hereafter provided he is healthy'—Bear Creek, January 3, 1805.

From Surrender #2 (1790). PAC RG10, Vol. 1840, IT 002.

Nannibosure / Nanibizure / Nanebeaujou / Amenibijou [fl. 1770-1784], principal Mississauga/Ojibwa chief of southern Georgian Bay and chief of the Grand River, Swan clan; Ojibwa Chief Na-ne-banjou lived on the north side of Lake Ontario in 1767, and visited Niagara on September 8, 1767; he visited the Toronto area, September 22, 1771; gave a speech at Johnson Hall, May 26, 1772; Amenibijou attended a meeting with William Johnson at Niagara on June 8, 1772 about the murder of Wandagan; Nanibizure, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #381, west side of the Niagara River, May 9, 1781; Mississauga/Ojibwa Chief Nannebosure negotiated and signed [with a Bird totem] an indenture which eventually became Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce [Catfish Creek], May 22, 1784 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5, vol. III: 196; Fraser: 486-487; Schmalz: 88, 102, 123, 265; PSWJ vol. V: 662, vol. VIII: 196, 514, vol. XII: 963).

Nashan [fl. 1800], Odawa(?) chief; signed Surrender #12, Huron Church Reserve sale, Windsor, September 11, 1800 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 30; Lajeunesse: 208).

Nattoton / Mattatow [fl. 1792-1793], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief; signed Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce, December 7, 1792, and an amended version, January 14, 1793 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5).

Na-tuk-waush [fl. 1857], Ojibwa Nation, Walpole Island community; signed Surrender #85 and #86, Peach Island, Detroit River, and for Keshebahahnelegoo Mensha Island, St. Clair River, July 21, 1857 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 220-221).

Naudowance / Naudoowance / Nodowance / Nadowance [fl. 1825-1832], Ojibwa war chief of Walpole Island, son of Chief Macada-gicko, brother of Chief E- gouch-e-way, lived near the Detroit River; Naudoowance, Ojibwa chief, invited the Ojibwa of the Maumee River to come to Walpole Island in 1832 (Taylor app. B: Peloghezhig decl.; DCB vol. IV: 260).

Jacob Nawadahsing [fl. 1875], Ojibwa Nation, Walpole Island community, signed Surrender #144, June 17, 1875 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 7).

Luke Nawahdayosh [fl. 1871-1872], Ojibwa Nation, Sarnia community; he signed: Surrender #119, May 5, 1871, and Surrender #128, Indian mission lot, May 1, 1872 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 275, 298).

Nawahwa [fl. 1843], Ojibwa Nation; he was living on the Upper St. Clair Reserve, January 20, 1843 (Canada 1847: no. 20).

Nawash / Naiwash / Naiwasha / Neywash [fl. 1813-1819], Odawa Nation, Saugeen community, war chief; he fought with Tecumseh at McGregor's Creek, October 3, 1813, and at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813; Naiwash visited Québec City, February 14, 1814; Nawash attended and spoke at a conference at Burlington, June 14, 1814; made the rank of captain; Naiwasha gave a speech about the loss of Tecumseh on October 6, 1814; Neywash settled with his community on Turkey Island or Fighting Island [in the Detroit River opposite Rivière aux Canards] around July 16, 1815; around 1819 he moved to the Miami [Maumee] River (Goltz 1973: 356; Schmalz: 114; Sugden: 196, 200, 211-212; DCB vol. V: 799; MPHSC vol. XV: 492, 593, vol. XVI: 175).

Nawiseseneby / Nawacissynabe / Nawiseswoneby [fl. 1788-1796], Ojibwa chief of the Thames River [Muncey] Ojibwa community below Delaware, Fish totem; according to Goodspeed he succeeded the first chief of the Thames River Ojibwa [Chief Seckas?] and Chief Tommago was one of his successors; Na-wuj-je-ze- swaby is reported to be a Walpole Island hereditary chief; Nawiseswoneby, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Pike(?) totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788; Nawacissynabe, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Fish totem] Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 17, 19; PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 021-IT 025, IT 027-IT 028; PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4; Goodspeed: 20; Leighton: app. B5). Nawi si: ssi: pe naby may = duck in the middle of water (Margaret Jackson pers. com.).

PAO, MU 2099 - 1788.

Nawkaw / Naw-kow / Wood [born c.1750; died in 1833 at the supposed age of 98]; Winnebago civil or peace chief of the Walking Turtle [Caromanie] family; Caraymaunce / Nawacaw accompanied Tecumseh on his tour of the New York Six Nations in 1809; Caraymaunee / Walking Turtle / Nawcaw, Winnebago war chief, was at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813, where he saw Tecumseh killed; Karahmannie, first Winnebago chief, attended and spoke at a council at Drummond Island, June 29, 1816; associate of Winnebago Chief Spoon Decora, co-headed with him a delegation of 11 that signed the 1816 U.S. Treaty of Peace and Friendship at St. Louis; succeeded by his nephew, Kar-i-mo-nee, according to Drake (US 1837: 196; Drake: 201-202; Goltz 1973: 159; Klinck: 208; Lurie: 693, 697; Sugden: 155; MPHSC vol. XVI: 483-484). 'Father, When the Master of Life or Great Spirit put us on this Land, it was for the purpose of enjoying the use of the Animals and Fishes, but certain it never was intended that we should sell it, or any part thereof which gives us Wood, Grass and everything—Father the Fish, fowls and wild animals were made for us and for the Support of our Men, Women & Children, and we will not part with that Land, which supply us with them—Father The Big Knives talk of taking possession of some part of our Country, to erect Forts which we will not suffer'—Drummond Island, June 29, 1816.

Naw-me [fl. 1807], Pottawatomie chief; he signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807 (US 1837; Leighton: app. B1).

Na-wotchegeeshig [fl. 1848], Ojibwa chief, Walpole Island; in 1848 he received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812 (Richardson: 99). Na-wotchegeeshig = Side Day (Richardson: 99).

Thomas Nayonnquodt / Nayahnuhquodt / Nayahaaquodt [fl. 1839-1871], Ojibwa Nation, Sarnia community; Nayonwaqud lived on the Upper Reserve [Sarnia], August 3, 1839; Nayaunahgwandt, Ojibwa warrior, signed [with a Bear totem] a petition to the Queen in 1838 objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands; Thomas Nayonnquodt signed Surrender #71½, Great Western Railway right of way, May 10, 1854; Thomas Nayahnuhquodt signed Surrender #107, December 13, 1866; Thomas Nayahaaquodt signed Surrender #119, May 5, 1871 (PAC RG10 vol. 1842; Canada 1847: no. 20; Canada 1891 vol. I: 193, 252, 275; Schmalz: 136).

Neace / Neasc [fl. 1787], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief; he negotiated the Crawford Treaty, for Lake Ontario frontage, September 23, 1787 - an initial indenture that can be found listed under Surrender #13 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 32; Morris: 17).

Nebiscaquoi [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief; signed [with a Sturgeon or Catfish totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788 (PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4).

From PAO, MU 2099 - 1788.

Negasam [fl. 1796], reported to be a Lake Huron area Ojibwa chief in 1796 (Clifton, Cornell, McClurken).

Ne-gig (1) / Nigig / the Otter [fl. 1772-1837], Ojibwa chief (Otter totem), original Sarnia community chief; according to Ramsay, Nigig [probably the Ojibwa Otter] had a house on the Rivière La Tranche in March 1772; he is possibly the second documented and named inhabitant of the area around what is now London [after Chief Seckas]; Neggig, Ojibwa chief, gave a grant of land on the St. Clair River to Richard Cornwell, at Detroit, October 28, 1780; Nigig, Ojibwa chief, attended councils at Detroit, October 10 and 20 1783; Negig, Ojibwa chief, signed [with an Otter(?) totem] Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796; Megig, Ojibwa chief, signed [with an Otter totem] a deed to William Thorn Junior for land on the east shore of the St. Clair River, August 28, 1798; Ne-gig / The Otter, Ojibwa chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St Clair, etc, November 17, 1807; Nikique, Le Chef, signed [with an Otter totem] a petition, June 30, 1816; Megig, Ojibwa chief of Chennail Ecarte, attended a council at Amherstburg to negotiate Surrender #21, October 16, 1818; Negig, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #27½, Watford area, April 26, 1825; Negig, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #29, Sarnia to Goderich, July 10, 1827; Negig, Ojibwa warrior [possibly the son of The Otter], signed [with an Otter(?) totem] a petition to the Queen in 1838 objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002 / IT 021- IT 025, IT 027-IT 028; PAC RG10 vol. 1842; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; PAO RG1 A-1-7 vol. 8 env. 2 03535, 03581-03582; Canada 1891 vol. I: 17, 19, 49, 65, 71; US 1837: 136; Cruikshank vol. III: 99, vol. IV: 26; Ferris: 64; Lajeunesse: 154; Leighton: app. B5, B8, B8a; Plain: 3; Schmalz: 136; Quaife 1928 vol. I: 322-324; MPHSC vol. IX: 442, vol. X: 472, 475, vol. XIII: 90-91, vol. XVI: 643, vol. XX: 195, 564, 613, 618, 627-628, vol. XXV: 157; PSWJ vol. VIII: 483).

From Surrender #6 (1796). see Canada 1891: Vol. 1, pg. 18.

Negig (2) / Little Otter [fl. 1778-11799], Odawa warrior / chief [Sturgeon(?) totem]; Néekigg / Néegick, Odawa war chief, attended a council at Detroit, June 14, 1778; Ni-gick, Odawa chief, he attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781; Negig, Miami River [Ohio] Odawa chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, September 25, 1782; Nigig, Odawa chief, attended councils at Detroit, October 10, 18, 20-22, 1783, he spoke on October 18 and 20; Negig, Odawa chief, signed [with a Sturgeon or Fish totem] the Jacob Schieffelin deed south side of the Detroit River, opposite Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], October 13, 1783; Little Otter was wounded at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794; the Little Otter, Odawa chief, attended the council at Greenville in August 1795, but he did not sign the Greenville Treaty; Negig, Odawa chief, was a witness and signed [with a Fish totem] Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796; Negig told Selby on October 12, 1797 that he and his community of 58 people wished to winter at Chennail Ecarte; Little Otter's community of 31 people lived on Harsen's Island in four houses, October 26, 1797; Little Otter's tribe of 40 people moved to "behind" Sandwich in July of 1798; the Otter, Odawa chief, lived near a Shawnee chief's house on the south side of the Detroit River where he received a white belt of wampum from Caughnawagas, which told of Spanish and Indian forces gathering at the mouth of the Mississippi River in January of 1799 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, IT 021-IT 025, IT 027-IT 028; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 17, 19, 49, 65, 71; Leighton: app. B5, B8, B8a; MPHSC vol. IX: 442). 'Father, why should I not take this war hatchet, when it is presented from you and my brethren' —Odawa war chief, April 26, 1781. Otter = nikikw (Piggott and Grafstein).

From Surrender #7 (1796). PAC RG10, Vol. 1840, IT 027.

Negigo [fl. 1783], Odawa chief; Nigigon attended a council at Detroit, October 10, 1783; Niguegon attended a council at Detroit, October 17, 1783; Negigo / Negigoe attended a council at Detroit, October 22, 1783 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

Neguassigan / Nayquoscan / Hayquosseau [fl. 1783-1786], Ojibwa chief, Eagle clan; signed the Ainse deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] near Chatham, October 11, 1783; Nayquoscan / Hayquosseau, Ojibwa chief, Detroit area, Eagle tribe, signed [with a Bird totem] 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 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 272; Fraser: 173; Lajeunesse: 165-166; MPHSC vol. XXIV: 27-29).

Ne-kee-quin-wish-ka [fl. 1827], Pottawatomie chief; signed the US Treaty for lands in eastern Michigan, September 19, 1827 (US 1837; Leighton: app. B3).

Nekugar [fl. c.1785], Grand River Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, Otter clan, sub-ordinate to principal Chief Pokquan; c.1785 asked Mohawk Chief Brant to handle his Nation's affairs with the Government (Schmalz: 101-102, 283n).

Neolin / Neolan / The Imposter [fl. 1760-1765], Abenaki/Delaware chief / prophet / warrior and major influence on Pontiac; lived at Tuscarawa's Town in the Ohio River Valley in 1762; "constantly crying whilst he was exhorting them"; he claimed to have received his vision from Keesh- she-la-mil-lang-up [the Master Of Life]; MacDonald says that Neolin was called Teedyskung; Neolan signed a letter from a camp at Tuskerawas to Bouquet, October 14, 1764; he appeared at a council with Croghan at Fort Pitt in February 1765 and said that the Great Spirit had commanded the Indians to lay down the hatchet (Jennings: 442; MacDonald vol. II: 149; Peckham: 98-99; PSWJ vol. XI: 436).

Nesguance [fl. 1795], Ojibwa Nation, Thames River [Muncey] community; sent to the Lake Huron Ojibwa with warnings and news of the murder of chief Wabicanine in 1796 (Schmalz: 108).

Nesscottinnemeg / Nuscotomeg / Bad Sturgeon [fl. 1786-1815], Pottawatomie war chief from the junction of the Iroquois and Kankakee Rivers, brother-in-law of Chief Main Poc; Nescotnemeg, Pottawatomie chief, signed a peace agreement with the US in 1786; Necotnemeg attended a council near Detroit, December 18, 1786; he was at the capture of Fort Dearborn in 1812, and at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813; Bad Sturgeon signed the US Treaty ceding lands southwest of Lake Erie, October 4, 1814, but repudiated it; signed the US Fort Wayne Treaty, May 1815 (US 1837; Eckert: 281, 295; Sugden: 62, 163, 204, 259).

Nesseloganny [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief; signed [with a Pike or Muskellunge totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788 (PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4).

From PAO, MU 2099 - 1788.

Netawatwees / King Newcomer [fl. 1764 onwards; died in early 1777], principal Unami/Delaware chief, father of Chief John Kilbuck Senior, grandfather of Chief Gelelmend [John / Bill Henry Killbuck Junior]; lived at Saukunk; Newcomer's Brother attended a private conference of the Delawares, November 11, 1764; Niattawatways attended a meeting at Fort Pitt, May 9, 1765; he moved to Newcomerstown, Ohio, capital town of the Delaware Nation in 1771; invited the Moravians to the Muskingum River Valley in 1772; head Delaware statesman White Eyes offered to resign unless the Delaware Nation adopted the Moravians and Christian Delaware - Netawatwees and Munsee Chief Pakanke allowed the Christian Delaware to settle with the Delaware Nation as a result; Gnadenhütten was built at his request in 1774; Captain Grey Eyes / Whiteyes replaced him in 1773 or 1774, since his nation thought he was "unfit for the charge"; lived near what is now Coshocton, Ohio in 1776 (Goddard 1978a: 223; Gray: 46-47, 51, 61; DCB vol. V: 883; PSWJ vol. XI: 459, 723, vol. XII: 1048). 'From this time forward we solemnly declare [read the act] that we will receive the word of God, and that the believing Indians and their teachers shall enjoy perfect liberty throughout the Indian country, with the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the Indians. The country shall be free to all, and the believers shall have their right and share in it, as well as the unbelievers' —Gnadenhütten 1774 (Gray: 53).

Nevoiquequah / Newoiquequah [fl. 1820], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, north side of Lake Ontario; signed Surrender #22, Township of Toronto, and Surrender #23, west of Toronto, February 28, 1820; ancestor of Thomas Nayonnquodt? (Canada 1891 vol. I: 50, 53).

Newallike / The Four Steps [fl. 1774], Unami/Delaware chief, lived at Wechpakak, moved to Schoenbrunn with his family, where he was baptised Augustin on May 12, 1774; the family name became Stonefish and the family emigrated to Moraviantown [Fairfield] (Gray: 2, 52, 55, 269).

Newitchicapoway [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Perching Bird totem] the Jonathon Schieffelin deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] from Chatham to London, September 20, 1788 (PAO MU 2099 OS 1-4).

From PAO, MU 2099 - 1788.

ÌNi-a-ne-go [fl. 1778-1793], Odawa chief, Fork clan; Maa-nigo, Odawa village chief, attended a council at Detroit with Lieutenant Governor Hamilton from June 14 to June 20, 1778; Ne-a-ni-go / Nianega / Nainega, Odawa chief, attended a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781; Ne- an-ni-go, Odawa chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, October 20, 1781; Neanigo, Odawa chief, signed [with a Fork totem] the Jacob Schieffelin deed, south side of the Detroit River, opposite Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], October 13, 1783; Nianigoe / Namigo, Odawa chief, attended councils at Detroit, October 21-22, 1783; Any-ny-go agreed to a 990 year lease for land [with a Fork totem] on the north shore of Lake Erie, east of Amherstburg, May 6, 1788; Ni-a- ne-go, principal Odawa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790 where he signed [with a Fork totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Nuanago, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Fork totem] the Ainse declaration for land near Chatham, July 13, 1791; Yanigo arrived at Swan Creek from Roche de Bout with an account from Chief Little Otter about US Army movements at Fort Jefferson [north of Cincinnati], September 18, 1793; he sent directions to the women "to hide their corn and prepare to leave their village." (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, RG10 vol. 453, RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Fraser: 171; Lajeunesse: 154; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. IX: 442, vol. X: 472, vol. XII: 105, vol. XIII: 90, vol. XX: 195). 'Father - The motive of our journey was to pray of you to assist us in retracting the tenor of the writing which we passed to Messrs Abbott & Isaac Williams when intoxicated with Liquor, as we understood it shall remain as formerly, nor have we received the Value that they promised us on Signing the Deed'—Detroit, October 20, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

From Surrender #2 (1790). PAC RG10, Vol. 1840, IT 002.

Nichinissieve [fl. 1786], Shawnee/Chaouanon chief, signed the US Big Miamis [Maumee River] Treaty, January 31, 1786 (US 1837; MPHSC vol. XXIV: 24).

Abron Nicholas [fl. 1884], Oneida Nation, Oneida Settlement; signed Surrender #197, hunting agreement, August 1, 1884 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 121).

John Nicholas (1) [fl. 1884], Oneida Nation, Oneida Settlement; signed Surrender #197, hunting agreement, August 1, 1884; (Canada 1891 vol. I: 121).

John Nicholas (2) [fl. 1848], Ojibwa, Muncey community; married Margaret Elem of Delaware on October 13, 1848 at Muncey (Goodspeed: 25).

John Nicholas (3) [b. 1842; fl. 1852-1890], born on the Thames River, lived in the Ojibwa community at Muncey in 1852, his father Joseph [born on the Grand River in 1818; fl. 1852] and his mother Polly [born on the Thames River in 1820; fl. 1852] also lived in the Muncey Ojibwa community in 1852; John Nicholas, Munsee Nation, secretary of the Caradoc community, signed Surrender #288, part of Caradoc reserve, September 29, 1890 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. III: 15).

Nigigoonce [fl. 1843], Ojibwa Nation, possibly a relative of Ne-gig (1)?; lived on the Upper St. Clair reserve [Sarnia], January 20, 1843 (Canada 1847: no. 20).

Nihipuwa / Nimwa [fl. 1764-1785], Shawnee /Chaouanon chief; Nimwa attended a conference on the Muskingum River, November 12, 1764; Niemwha attended an Indian congress at Fort Pitt, May 9, 1765; signed US Big Miamis [Maumee River] Treaty, January 31, 1786 (US 1837; MPHSC vol. XXIV: 24; PSWJ vol. XI: 461, 724).

David Nimham / Captain Nimham [fl. 1762-1766], Oneida chief of the Wappinger Tribe in 1762; he signed a petition for that Nation, May 29, 1766 (PSWJ vol. X: 493, vol. XII: 98).

Ninekanine [fl. 1772], Ojibwa warrior, Thames River / Kettle Creek community; according to Ramsay, Ninekanine visited him at his new house on Kettle Creek in mid-February 1772; he returned a few days later and demanded his Pokemagan [a war instrument], that he had left with Ramsay; he was with a group of Ojibwa, including Wandagan, who allegedly threatened Ramsay and his brother on February 26, 1772; he left Kettle Creek to hunt on March 6 or 9, 1772 (PSWJ vol. VIII: 482-484, 486).

Henry Ninham [born in Canada in 1804; fl. 1852], Oneida chief / doctor, Oneida Settlement, married to Betsey [born in Canada in 1808; fl. 1852]; he stated that his grandfather was one of a group of Wyandots who attacked and killed a small group of British soldiers camped near Waubuno in 1765; The soldiers had escaped from the attack on Fort Michilimakinac on June 4, 1763, by paddling down the east shore of Lake Huron to Grand Bend; there they decided to avoid Pontiac's forces by portaging across southern Ontario to Lake Erie and New York (PAC Canada 1851-52; K. Armstrong; Stott: 12). 'the ill fated soldiers reached Grand Bend where, learning from friendly sources that Pontiac held River St. Clair and the Detroit River, decided to portage to Port Talbot and proceed across Erie to the safety of New York State. Painstakingly they wended their way till they reached the forks which is now the outskirts of London. Here the Wyandotte had cultivated several acres of fertile soil near the Thames. The British, hard hit for provisions, attacked and pilfered much of the tribe's food store ... here the British evaded attack for two winters, watching constantly for an outbreak.... In the spring of 1765 the inevitable Wyandotte attack came...' Oneida, c.1850 (K. Armstrong).

John Ninham [born at the Oneida Castle, New York in 1850; fl. 1884-1902], Oneida Nation, Oneida Settlement, son of Daniel and Margaret Ninham; John Ninham signed: Surrender #197, hunting agreement, August 1, 1884, Surrender #320, part of Oneida reserve, June 28, 1892, Surrender #453, public road right of way, March 4, 1902, and Surrender #458, part of Oneida reserve, May 21, 1902 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. I: 121, vol. III: 70, 346, 354).

Nin-ne-wa / Ninevois / Ninivois [fl. 1763-1807], head Pottawatomie war chief at Detroit, under Chief Wasson; Ninivois / Minivoa, Pottawatomie war chief, attended a war council with Pontiac near Detroit, April 27, 1763; he commanded 150 braves at the Siege of Detroit and attacked the fort on May 12, 1763; Ninivois, Pottawatomie chief, was an ally of Pontiac in February but broke alliance with him on July 6, 1763; he attended the Detroit Peace Council, October 17, 1763; Mr. Nineway was mentioned unfavourably in Hay's Detroit report of August 28, 1767; Nin-ne-wa, Pottawatomie chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807 (US 1837: 136; Lajeunesse: 95-97, 275; Leighton: app. B1; Peckham: 112, 129, 182; Quaife 1958: 6, 85, 129; MPHSC vol. VIII: 267, 273, 288, 313; PSWJ vol. V: 643).

Niquelon / Hiquelow [fl. 1786], Odawa chief, Detroit area, Bear tribe; signed [with a Bear(?) totem] 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 (Canada 1891: 273; Lajeunesse: 165-166; MPHSC vol. XXIV: 27-29).

Jonas Noah [fl. 1882], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield]; signed Surrender #199, part of Moraviantown, November 13, 1882 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 124).

John Noah / J.B.Noah [born on the Thames River in 1824; fl. 1861-1882], Munsee/ Delaware Nation, Upper Thames River community, lived at Muncey in 1861, married (1) Betsey [born on the Thames River in 1824; died before 1861], (2) Margaret [born in 1836; fl. 1861]; John Noah signed Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872; J.B.Noah signed Surrender #199, part of Moraviantown [Fairfield] reserve, November 13, 1882 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 124).

William Noah [fl. 1857], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield], son of John and Margaret Noah; signed Surrender #83, part of Moraviantown, April 9, 1857; Surrender #83², May 15, 1857 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 215, 217).

No-na-me [fl. 1807], Pottawatomie chief from the Detroit River area; Nanaume, Pottawatomie chief, addressed Hull at Detroit in November 1807; No-na-me, Pottawatomie chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807; he was involved in the cession of more than half of the Pottawatomie lands in Michigan (US 1837: 136; Clifton, Cornell, and McClurken: 56; Leighton: app. B1; MPHSC vol. XXXX: 248-250).

Nonyacha [fl. 1780], Wendat/Huron/Wyandot chief, Turtle clan [Turtle totem had a cross on its back and on its right flipper]; Nonyacha signed deed for a gift of land on the Detroit River to Father Potier, at Detroit, September 22, 1780; Yorhoha attended a council at Detroit, July 19, 1781 (Lajeunesse: 120, 126).

Noo-din-no-kay / No-tino-kke / Wind Maker / Raging Storm / William Henry [born on the Thames River in 1840; fl. 1845-1861], Ojibwa/Mississauga Nation, the son of Mary Henry [born on Bear Creek 1804; fl. 1852] and Isaac Henry [born on the Credit River in 1804; fl. 1852]; or possibly the son of Polly Henry [born on the Thames River in 1823; fl. 1852] and Isaac Henry [born on the Thames River in 1817; fl. 1852]; possibly descended from Chief Notanoca; Noo- din-no-kay performed on a theatrical tour of Europe with a group of southern Ontario Ojibwa in 1845-1846; according to a poster he was born in 1841 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada 1861; Rogers: 767; Smith 1987 fig.23).

John Norton / Teyoninhokarawen / The Snipe [born in Scotland, c.1763; died possibly in October 1831 in Mexico], Mohawk/Mingoe soldier / teacher / trader / interpreter / chief; son of a Cherokee from Kuwoki named Norton and a Scottish woman named Anderson, he came to Canada in 1785 with the 65th Regiment of Foot; deserted at Fort Niagara in 1787; appointed Mohawk chief in 1799; visited the Cherokee Nation and the Southern Indians in 1809 and 1810; commanded Ojibwa and Delaware warriors during the War of 1812; took 38 warriors to the fall of Detroit, August 15, 1812; he was at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], August 5, 1813, and at Queenston Heights, October 13, 1813, and was mentioned in dispatches; married to Delaware Karighwaycagh, his second wife, in 1813; he was at the capture of Fort George by the US, May 27, 1813; he was at the Battle of Stoney Creek, June 5, 1813; at Québec City on February 14, 1814; he was at the Battle of Lundy's Lane in July 1814; he visited England and Scotland with Karighwaycagh in 1815, and returned in 1816 to settle at Brantford; he wounded Big Arrow in a duel over Big Arrow's alleged affair with Karighwaycagh; he was convicted of manslaughter, refused to see her again, and left for Arkansas in 1823; he was replaced as principal spokesman for the Grand River community by Chief Tekarihogen; he was in Laredo, Mexico in 1825; Richardson says that after quarrelling with the Indians, Norton returned to Scotland via Mississippi with Karighwaycagh! (Berton 1981: 66, 83, 243; Casselman: 112; Goltz 1973: 266; Kjellberg: 72; Sugden: 196-200; DCB vol. VI: 152-153, 550-553).

John Norton Junior / Tekonakaraa [fl. 1857], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community, probably the son of Karighwaycagh and Chief John Norton; John Norton signed Surrender #83, part of Moraviantown, April 9, 1857 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 215; DCB vol. VI: 552).

Notanoca [fl. 1783], Ojibwa chief; signed the Ainse deed, north side of the Askunessippi [Thames River] near Chatham, October 11, 1783 (Fraser: 173).

Nowaquakezick / Nawequageezhig / Middle of the Day / Noonday [born c.1765; died in Anderson Township, Michigan in 1855 or 1856], Odawa war chief from Grand River, Michigan, married to Som-an-o- que; he fought with Tecumseh at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813, said to have carried Tecumseh from the field with Saginaw; No-no-qua-he-zich may have been with the warriors who burned Buffalo, December 30, 1813; Nowkesick, Odawa chief, signed the US peace treaty at the Miami Rapids, September 29, 1817; Nowkesick invited Baptist missionaries to his reserve in 1821; he converted to Christianity; he was living at Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1827, and in Barry County, Michigan in 1838; Nowakigeik lived on the Anderdon Township Reserve in August 1840; Nowkesick, Grand Rapids area Odawa chief, tried a member of his community for murder in the fall of 1840 at Middleville; he died at the age of about 98 (Canada 1847: no. 19; Clifton, Cornell, and McClurken: 21, 25; Sugden: 165; Tanner: 133; MPHSC vol. XVI: 677, vol. XXVI: 135, 305, vol. XXVII: 331, vol. XXXV: 145-147, 153). 'Kine Kin A Poot Tecumseh'—to Colonel Johnson in Washington, c.1825 (MPHSC vol. XXXV: 146).