Waabicaba [killed at the Battle of Moraviantown {Fairfield}, October 5, 1813], Kickapoo chief (Sugden: 133).

Wabacanine / Wabakanine / Wabegonne / Wabacoming / Waipykanine / Wabakayne / Wabukayn [fl. 1781 onwards; assaulted with his wife near the waterfront at York by a British soldier, he died of his injuries at the Credit River, August 20, 1796; his wife died a few of days later, their deaths nearly causing an uprising when the murderer was acquitted], head Mississauga/Ojibwa chief of the Credit River community, Eagle clan, Lake Indian; Wabicanine, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #381, west side of the Niagara River, May 9, 1781; Wabakanyne, Mississauga/ Ojibwa chief, negotiated and signed [with a Bird totem] an indenture which would eventually become Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce [Catfish Creek], May 22, 1784; Wabukanyn / Wabukanyne, Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, signed the Toronto Purchase, September 23, 1787 (confirmed as Surrender #13, September 23, 1805 and Surrender #13a, August 2, 1805), as well as the Crawford Treaty, Lake Ontario front from the Gananoque River to the Niagara River, September 23, 1787; Wabukayine signed Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce, December 7, 1792, and an amended version, January 14, 1793; signed the October 24, 1795 surrender of 3, 500 acre parcels of land to the Crown; Wabakanyne, Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #3¾, west of Toronto, October 24, 1795; in early 1796 he sent Menchaguese to the Thames River Ojibwa to warn them of the aggressive intentions of the English toward the Ojibwa Nation; he went to York to sell salmon in late August, 1796 where he got in a fight with a soldier who was with his sister; Wabukanyne, Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #14, Burlington, September 6, 1806 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5, 7-8, 34-36, vol. III: 196; Fraser: 486-487; Morris: 11, 17-18; Schmalz: 97, 102, 108; Smith 1987: 23, 25, 27-29, 38, 46, 100, 269-270; DCB vol. IV: 755-756, vol. V: 707).

Wabachkweela / White Horn [fl. 1812], Munsee war chief, Muncey; fought in the war of 1812 (MPHSC vol. XVI: 727).

Wabaconoing [fl. c.1794], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief from Lake Ontario near Toronto; it was said by a surveyor [Augustus Jones(?)] that he surrendered the Thames River area to the Crown; the Ojibwa complained to Chief Wabinose and Chief Pokaton shortly after, saying that Wabaconoing "was an old woman: that his land did not extend beyond the Grand River" (Cruikshank vol. III: 24; Schmalz: 108).

Wabakagego / Wabakagigo [fl. 1806-1820], Mississauga/Ojibwa Chief, Credit River community; Wabakagego, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #14, Burlington, September 6, 1806; Wabakagige / Wabakigigo, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #22, Township of Toronto, and Surrender #23, west of Toronto, February 28, 1820 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 36, 50, 53).

ÌWa-ban-di-gais [fl. 1778-1790], Ojibwa chief, ancestor of Chief Waubugaze(?); Wabangay, Ojibwa war chief, attended a council at Detroit with Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, June 14-20, 1778; Wa- ban-di-gais, principal Ojibwa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2 [with a Bird totem], south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor [Lajeunesse spells his name Wabandisgais] (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Lajeunesse: 173; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. IX: 442).

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

Wabanip [fl. 1792-1797], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief; subordinate to principal Chief Pokquan; around 1795 he asked Mohawk Chief Brant to handle his Nation's affairs with the Government; Wabanip, Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, signed: Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce, December 7, 1792, and an amended version, January 14, 1793), Surrender #3¾, west of Toronto, October 24, 1795; Wabanip signed Surrender #8, Burlington, August 21, 1797; Wah-bah-neeb was converted to Christianity by Kahkewaquonaby [Peter Jones] at the mouth of the Grand River, and then attended a camp meeting near Toronto, June 1, 1835 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5, 7-8, 22; Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 375; Morris: 18; Schmalz: 101-102, 283n).

Wabaniship [fl. 1792-1793], Mississauga/ Ojibwa chief, Fish Hawk clan; signed Surrender #3, Niagara River to Port Bruce, December 7, 1792, and an amended version, January 14, 1793) (Canada 1891 vol. I: 5; Morris: 18).

Wabbicommicot / Wapacomagat / Wabacommegat [fl. 1761 onwards; died mid-August 1768], principal Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, Toronto area, younger brother of Chief Estawabey, brother-in-law of Weynakibio; Wabbicommicot, Ojibwa chief, met Johnson at Fort Niagara, July 28 1761; at Johnson's request he accompanied him to Detroit where he addressed a council there on August 10th; he began to oppose Pontiac during the Siege of Detroit; Wabacumaga, Mississauga chief, received a war belt from St. Luc la Corne at Toronto in early 1763 but he refused to accept it - Wapaumagen told John Seger that the war belt was sent to the western nations near Detroit; Wapackamigat visited Niagara in early June 1763 - he was refused rum there, and consequently trader Wendell was killed in an ambush along the Grand River on June 2; Wabbicomigot, Mississauga chief, arrived at Detroit, October 1, 1763; he arranged and attended peace conferences at Detroit, October 11-13, 1763, which negotiated the end of the Siege of Detroit; a court of inquiry at Detroit on September 8, 1763 disclosed that Wapaumagen had received several underground war belts, "which he had kicked from him" in early 1763; he attended the Niagara Conference, July-August 1764, and spoke to Johnson on July 29; he carried messages between Detroit and Niagara; Wapacomagat spoke at the second Detroit conference, September 9, 1764, and signed the peace treaty arising from the conference; he visited Johnson Hall in June, 1765; carried messages to Pontiac in July, 1765; he was succeeded by Chief Monoghquit (Peckham: 106, 233-234, 262; Schmalz: 75-79, 87-88; DCB vol. III: 651- 652; PSWJ vol. III: 454-457, 490-491, vol. IV: 135-136, 310, 532-533, 786, vol. V: 662, 777, vol. X: 875, vol. XI: 306-308, 313, 769-770, 772, 797, 810, 819, vol. XII: 590-592, vol. XXVII: 647, 652). 'We now take him by the hand, as all the nations have done, with a Certainty that nothing can separate us, we give him now this bunch of Green Wampum which has a power to dispel all darkness by Day or by Night, and will lead him through any part of our country without stumbling or hurting his feet; and this pipe which is known by all the Nations here I give to you Brethren of the Mohocks, to Smoak out of it in your Councils with your Brother Warraghiyagey, the smoak of which shall be seen, and shall reach to the most remote Nations'—Detroit, August 10, 1761.

Margaret Wabesenasequa [born on the Thames River in 1814; fl. 1852], Ojibwa Nation, Upper Thames River [Muncey] community, married Talbot Chief [born on the Thames River in 1812; fl. 1852], November 12, 1834 (PAC Canada 1851-52, Goodspeed: 25).

Wabinaqua [fl. 1788], Ojibwa chief; signed [with a 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.

Wabisy [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.

Wa-bi-wey [fl. 1781], Pottawatomie chief, St. Joseph community; attended and spoke at Detroit councils, May 6 and 8, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13). 'Father! We have no other thoughts but yours, you are our father, and its from you we look for succour'—Detroit, May 6, 1781.

Wab-shi-caw-naw [fl. 1795], Pottawatomie chief of St. Joseph; signed the US Greenville Treaty, August 3, 1795 (US 1837: 54; MPHSC vol. XX: 418).

Wa-by-nossée [fl. 1778-1816], Ojibwa village chief; attended the Detroit council, June 14, 1778; Wabinosay, Ojibwa chief, attended councils at Detroit, October 10, 17 and 20, 1783; Wapenousa, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Bear totem] Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796; Wobanossah, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Bear(?) totem] a deed to William Thorn Junior for land on the east side of the St. Clair River, August 28, 1798; a quantity of stores from the Indian Department was issued to Wabanosa's Ojibwas from the Pinery, September 20, 1807; Oabenoses, Le Chef, signed [with a Bear totem] a petition? on June 30, 1816 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 021-IT 028; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; PAO RG1 A-1-7 vol. 8 env. 1 03535, 03581-03582; Canada 1891 vol. I: 5, 17, 19, 22, 34, 36; Schmalz: 101-102, 107-108, 127, 283n ).

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

Wa-che-ness [fl. 1795], Pottawatomie of St. Joseph, brother of Pe-dar-go-shek; he signed the US Greenville Treaty, August 3, 1795 (US 1837: 54; MPHSC: vol. XX: 418).

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

Wageezhegonne / Wakeshogomy / Weggishgomin / Okamapenes / Ogimauh- Binaessih / Okemapenesse / Okemabenesse / Possessor of Day / John Cameron [born c. 1767; died September 30, 1828], one of 2 principal Mississauga/Ojibwa chiefs of the Credit River community who opposed Chief Quinipeno; married Wechikiweka-pawiqua / Catherine [half-sister of Kahkewaquonaby]; he travelled with David Ramsay [the murderer of Wandagan and 2 Ojibwa women in 1771]; according to Kahkewaquonaby, Wageezhegome was taught to read by Ramsay; after the death of Ramsay he settled on the flats of the Credit River; Okamapenes, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #3¾, west of Toronto, October 24, 1795; Okamabenesse, Mississauga chief, signed [with a Bird totem - as with all other surrenders he signed] Surrender #8, Burlington, August 21, 1797; he was selected to succeed his father as chief in August 1805; Okemapenesse, Mississauga chief, signed: Surrender #13, Toronto Purchase, September 23, 1805, and Surrender 13a, head of Lake Ontario, August 2, 1805; Okamapenesse signed Surrender #14, Burlington, September 6, 1806; Weiquesquome signed: Surrender #22, Township of Toronto, and Surrender #23, west of Toronto, February 28, 1820]; he converted to Christianity in 1824; he moved to Brantford in 1824 and back to the Credit River in 1826; his daughter Charlotte was born on February 24, 1828; he was succeeded by Kahkewaquonaby as chief in 1829 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 8, 22, 33-36, 50, 53; Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 185; Kahkewaquonaby 1861: 199; Smith 1987: 36, 38, 64, 66, 73, 80, 104; DCB vol. VI: 555).

Wahbanhgee / Wahbunahkee / Scobie Logan [born on the Credit River in 1836; fl. 1881-1901], Munsee chief / teacher / diplomat, Upper Thames River [Muncey] community; the son of Munsee and Mohican parents, he lived at Muncey in 1852; he was educated at the Mohawk Institute at Brantford; he went to England to plead for the retention of Munsee lands on the Thames River; he was elected second chief of the Munsees in April, 1881; Scobie Logan, Munsee of the Thames chief, signed: Surrender #288, part of Caradoc Reserve, September 29, 1890, and Surrender #444, part of Caradoc Reserve, June 10, 1901 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. III: 15, 329; Goodspeed: 19).

Wahbanoosay / Wapinose / Morning walker [fl. 1778 onwards; died 1806], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief, Eagle totem; married (1) Puhgashkish [she was killed at the fall of York, May 5, 1813], and (2) Naishenum, the mother of Joseph Sawyer; Wahbanoosay was the father of Tuhbenahneequay [wife of Augustus Jones], grandfather of Kahkewaquonaby [Peter Jones], John Jones, Maungwudaus [John Henry], and Wahbunoo; he negotiated the Gunshot Treaty, near Toronto, October 9, 1783; Wapinose worked with his son-in-law Augustus Jones [Deputy Provincial Surveyor] between 1793 and 1794; in March, several Ojibwas and Mississaugas complained to Wapinose about surveys on their land near Lake Simcoe; in July, 1794 several Ojibwas and Mississaugas came to the camp of Jones and Wapinose to complain about surveys on their land near the River La Tranche; Wahbanoosay / Wabenos, Mississauga chief, Grand River community, Eagle clan, subordinate to principal Chief Pokquan c.1795, asked Mohawk Chief Brant to handle his Nation's affairs with the Government; Wabanoseh, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #8, Burlington, August 21, 1797; Wabanose, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #13, Toronto Purchase, September 23, 1805; Wabenose, Mississauga chief, signed Surrender #14, Burlington, September 5, 1806; the town of Waubuno, situated east of London, Middlesex County, on River Road, was named after Wahbahnoosay [or Kahkewaquonaby's half brother Wahbunoo / Morning Light] by Thomas Ridout, at the suggestion of Kahkewaquonaby (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 021-IT 028; Canada 1891 vol. I: 5, 17, 19, 22, 34, 36; Cruikshank vol. III: 24; Fraser: 486, 488; Goodspeed: 21; Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 1; Kahkewaquonaby 1861: 162, 230; Leighton: app. B5; Schmalz: 101-102, 107-108, 127, 283n; Smith 1987: 1-4, 6-7, 17, 23, 29, 38, 71-72, 75, 221, 242, 292; MPHSC vol. IX: 442. vol. XX: 545).

William Wahbuck [fl. 1866-1872], Ojibwa Nation, Sarnia community; William Wahbuck signed: Surrender #107, December 13, 1866, Surrender #119, May 5, 1871, and Surrender #128, Indian Mission lot, May 1, 1872 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 252, 275, 298).

Wahbunoo / The Morning Light / Francis Wilson [born near Burlington in 1817; died of smallpox in early 1847], Mississauga Nation, Credit River community, son of Tuhbenahneequay and Mesquacosy, half brother of Kahkewaquonaby; the town of Waubuno was possibly named after him; he was studying medicine in Toronto when he became ill (Smith 1987: 8, 209).

Waimlash / Mary Delaware [born on the Grand River in 1802; fl. 1848-1852], Delaware/Munsee Nation, Muncey community; she was a member of the Anglican Church at Muncey in 1848 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Goodspeed: 26).

Wai-sai-gan [fl. 1781-1827], Ojibwa/Odawa/Pottawatomie chief(s?); We-si-goin, Odawa chief from Saginaw, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, May 5, 1781; Wahsayguan, Ojibwa chief of Chennail Ecarte, attended a council at Amherstburg to negotiate Surrender #21, October 16, 1818; Wai-sai-gan, Pottawatomie chief, signed the US Treaty for lands in eastern Michigan, September 19, 1827 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; US 1837; Leighton: app. B3; MPHSC vol. XVI: 643). 'You may remember Father to have seen me here some time ago when I delivered you the meddal before going to my Son who died, - we pray you to raise him again by investing our Brother Ga-ta-wey with that meddal whom we have thought proper to recommend to you, to replace the deceased chief'—Detroit, May 5, 1781.

Wa-kai-she-mans [fl. 1827-1833], Pottawatomie chief; he signed the US Treaty for lands in eastern Michigan, September 19, 1827; We-see-mon signed the US Treaty of Chicago, September 27, 1833, which led to the removal of the Pottawatomie Nation from Michigan, September 27, 1833 (US 1837; Gilbert: 81; Leighton: app. B3).

James Walker [born on the Thames River in 1822; fl. 1872-1876], Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community, hunter, son of Old Walker [born on the Thames River in 1782; died before 1861], married to Molly [born in 1828; fl. 1852]; he signed: Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872, and Surrender #154, August 31, 1876 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 30).

William Walker [born in 1842; fl. 1883], Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community; he signed Surrender #210, September 28, 1883 (PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. II: 146).

Frank C. Wampum [born on the Thames River in 1848; fl. 1882], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community, son of John and Catherine Wampum; he signed Surrender #199, part of Moraviantown, November 13, 1882 (PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. II: 145).

Wanapenant [fl. 1795], Mississauga/Ojibwa chief; he signed Surrender #3¾, west of Toronto, October 24, 1795 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 8).

Wandagan [murdered and scalped along with 2 women {including the grand-daughter of an Ojibwa chief} by trader David Ramsay during the full moon in March 1772, near Port Stanley], Ojibwa warrior, Kettle Creek community (part of the Upper Thames River Ojibwa community; he may have been the grandson of Chief Paupinnash; according to Ramsay's deposition of May 1771, several members of the Kettle Creek community visited his house on March 26, 1771, and Wandagan threatened to kill him; Wandagan was left to guard him on March 9, 1772, when four of the Ojibwa men went to the Thames River and two went along Lake Erie; when Wandagan tried to burn down his house, Ramsay attacked him and two women with a spear (Schmalz: 89-91; Smith 1975: 5-6; DCB vol. V: 706; PSWJ vol. VII: 482-485).

Wannedegoosh / Wen-ta-gashe / Wantigoozhe / Wamptekoosh / Wantugoozh / Frenchman [born on the Thames River in 1792; fl. 1837-1855], Ojibwa chief of the Upper Thames River community [Muncey] in 1837, married to Peskau-na-yak [born on the Thames River 1806; fl. 1852], father of Henry Frenchman, ancestor of John French(?); Wem-ta-goshe, principal chief of Muncey, signed a letter about John Tom-a-coo and John Riley losing their status as chiefs, October 24, 1837; Wannedegoosh / Wen-ta-gashe, Ojibwa of the Thames chief, member of the Church of England, actively supported the Government in the Rebellion of 1837, according to letters of December 14 and 21, 1837; Wamptekoosh, Ojibwa chief, signed a petition [with a Deer totem] to the Crown asking for some land to replace Bear Creek lands sold by mistake by the Crown, June 12, 1839; Wanptkgeshes, Ojibwa chief of the River Thames, signed a letter on January 31, 1843; Wantegoosh farmed 10 acres at Muncey in 1852; Wantegoozhe, Ojibwa chief, signed [with Deer totem] a receipt for travel expenses to other Ontario Ojibwa communities, September 27, 1855 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC RG10 vol. 140, vol. 454: 106; PAO RG1 A-1-7 vol. 8 env. 2: 03763-03764; Britain 1839: 391; Reed and Stagg: 326-328). wemßtigoshi = people of the wooden canoe = French (Canada 1913: 398).

From a Letter by the Chippewa Chiefs of Caradoc, June 12, 1839. PAO RG1, A-1-7, Vol. 8, Env. 2.

Wanoyantinna [killed at the Battle of Moraviantown {Fairfield}, October 5, 1813], Ojibwa warrior (Sugden: 133).

Wa-pa-gace / Wapagance [fl. 1825, died c.1827 at Sarnia], original Sarnia Ojibwa community chief, he was a member of the Kettle Point and Sauble Ojibwa communities, the family name became Johnston; he was related to Wau-pu-gais (Johnston Wapugass); he signed Surrender #27½, Watford area, April 26, 1825 (RCWL VF 185; Canada 1891 vol. I: 65; Leighton: app. B8; Plain: 3, 5-6).

Wapamanischigun / Wapamonesschiqua [fl. 1784], Mississauga/Ojibwa principal woman; she 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).

Wapeanojhqua / Wapeanoghqua [fl. 1784], Mississauga/Ojibwa principal woman; she negotiated and signed [with a Salamander(?) 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).

Wapose / Wapoose [fl. 1813-1848], Ojibwa Nation, medicine man; he killed 2 men on the St. Clair River in 1813 [he mistook them for American sympathizers]; William Jones, Indian Agent of the Upper St. Clair [Sarnia] reserve notes in his journal, September 17, 1836, that "Wapoose wants to let his lot on the St. Clair reserve, since he occupies a lot on Bear Creek that he prefers;" Chief Wauboose signed [with a Crane totem], a petition to the Queen in 1838 objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands; he lived on the Upper St Clair Reserve on January 20, 1843; in 1848 Waupoore received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812; (PAC RG10 Vol. 1842; PAO, MS 296: 142; Canada 1847, no. 20; Goodspeed: 21; Richardson: 101; Schmalz: 136). Waupoore = Rabbit (Richardson: 101).

Warrow [fl. 1813 onwards; died in Anderdon Township c.1836], principal Wyandot and probably Tionnontaté descended chief, Windsor area, in 1835, younger brother of Splitlog and Roundhead; fought on the Niagara frontier with the British after the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield] in 1813; he was succeeded by his son Joseph Warrow senior in 1836; he negotiated the surrender of part of the Anderdon Reserve over the objections of Chief To-oo- troon-to-ra (Leclair 1988a: 40; DCB vol. VII: 821).

Widow Warrow [fl. 1840], Wyandot/Huron or Tionnontaté Nation; wife of Chief Warrow; lived on the Anderdon Reserve, August 31, 1840 (Canada 1847: no. 20).

Joseph Warrow Senior [fl. 1836 onwards; died 1868 near Windsor], principal hereditary Wendat/Wyandot/Huron chief of the Anderdon community in 1836; nephew of Chief Splitlog and the son of Chief Warrow, whom he succeeded in 1836; he surrendered part of the Anderdon Reserve after the death of his father; Joseph Warrow, Wyandot/Huron chief, signed Surrender #42, part of the Huron reserve, February 2, 1836; he was listed in the 1841 census; he lived on the Anderdon Reserve, August 31, 1840; he signed: Surrender 75½, lands near Windsor, April 28, 1854, Surrender #97, Fighting Island, February 27, 1863, Surrender #167, part of Anderdon Township, December 21, 1877, Surrenders #177 and #178, parts of Anderdon Township, May 7, 1879, Surrenders #215 and #216, parts of Anderdon Township, May 7, 1879, Surrender #179, part of Anderdon Township and Grassy Island, April 27, 1880, Surrender #195, part of Anderdon Township, April 25, 1882, and Surrender #236, part of Anderdon Township, December 16, 1886 (Canada 1847: no. 20; Canada 1891 vol. I: 88, 103, 209, 240, vol. II: 66, 85-87, 118, 154, 156, 192; Leclair 1988a: 40).

Was-a-ga-shick [fl. 1807], Odawa chief; he signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the west half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807 (US 1837: 136; Leighton: app. B1).

Washaway [fl. 1813], Ojibwa war chief at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813; Washwain, Ojibwa Nation; lived on the Upper St. Clair Reserve, January 20, 1843 (Canada 1847: no. 19; Sugden).

Wash-e-mang [fl. 1781], Ojibwa chief, Detroit area; attended a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

Wasinwa [fl. 1813], Shawnee/Chaouanon warrior; killed at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813 (Sugden: 133).

Wassakekabows / Wahsikegaboe / Wasagoboah / Firm Fellow [fl. 1813], Shawnee/ Chaouanon warrior, husband of Tecumapeace, brother-in-law of Tecumseh and Tenskatawa; killed at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813; his body was found near that of Tecumseh (Drake: 197; Sugden: 168-169, 176).

ÌWas-son / Ouasson / Ousson / Owasser / Warsong [born c.1730; died c.1800], Ojibwa chief; Wasson, Ojibwa chief of Saginaw Bay; he arrived at the seige of Detroit on May 31, 1763, with 250 warriors; he murdered hostage Captain Campbell, June 4, 1763, after the death and scalping of his nephew; he sent a letter advising the surrender of the fort on August 18; King Wasson, Ojibwa chief, prevented conflict between the Odawas and the Ojibwas over white captive Rutherford by adopting him, he then returned Rutherford to Odawa warrior Peewash; Ojibwa Chief Wanson / Owassa attacked a gunboat at Windmill Point in 1763; Wasson attended the Detroit peace conferences, August 11-13, September 5-7 and October 17, 1763; Wassong attended a Detroit Peace Conference from September 7-10, 1764, at which he spoke and signed a peace treaty; seven branches of wampum were sent to Wasson, Ojibwa chief at Saginaw Bay, from St. Ange in December, 1766; Wasson, principal Ojibwa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2 [with two Claw or Fork totems], south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Wasson, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #6, London Township, Surrender #7, Sombra Township, and accompanying maps, September 7, 1796; Wason, Ojibwa chief, Little Traverse Bay and Arbre Croche communities, attended a council at Little Traverse Bay, May 3, 1835 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002, 021-IT 028; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1, 17, 19; Jennings: 444; Lajeunesse: 172; Leighton: app. B4; Peckham: 182, 194-195, 210, 234, 298; Rutherford: 255-257; DCB, vol. IV: 761-762; MPHSC vol. VIII: 313, 351, vol. XII: 621; PSWJ vol. IV: 526-528, vol. XI: 349-351, vol. XII: 227-228). catfish = waasiinh (Margaret Jackson pers. com.). 'Everything that was done last year bad, was done by the Old Warriors without cause We have therefore turned them on one side, the young Warriors are determined to Settle everything themselves, and prevent for the future any mischief that might be intended, the Young Warriors as well as the Old Sachems thank you and are glad to see the good disposition you are in. Now the Young people have the direction of Affairs, they hope every thing may be Settled peaceably and that they may be permitted to shake hands with you and your Officers as Brothers'—Detroit, September 7, 1764 (PSWJ vol. XI: 349-350).

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

Wau-bud-dick / Wa-patikk / White Caribou / Reindeer / Abraham Henry [born c.1827; fl. 1845-1846], Ojibwa Nation; he was 5' 9" tall in 1845; Wau-bud-dick took part in a theatrical tour of Europe in 1845-1846 (Rogers: 767; Smith 1987: fig. 23).

Thomas Waucash / Wawcash [born in the U.S. in 1782; fl. 1852], Ojibwa Nation, lived at Muncey on the Thames in 1852, married to Nancy [born near London in 1797; fl. 1852], father of Wesley Waucaush (PAC Canada 1851-52).

Abel Waucaush [born in 1841; fl. 1872-1889], Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community, son of John and Anna; he signed: Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872, Surrender #200, December 21, 1882, Surrender #205, hunting agreement, July 25, 1883, Surrender #210, September 28, 1883, and Surrender #274, July 31, 1889 (PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 125, 139, 146, 267).

John T. Waucaush [born on the Thames River in 1811; fl. 1872-1890]; Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community, married to Anna [born at Sandwich in 1816; fl. 1852]; he signed: Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872, Surrender #184, October 6, 1881, Surrender #205, hunting agreement, July 25, 1883, Surrender #210, September 28, 1883, and Surrender #289, July 25, 1890 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 94, 139, 146, vol. III: 16).

Joseph Waucaush / Joseph Wawcauch [born on the Thames River in 1833; fl. 1852-1872], Ojibwa chief, Muncey community; he attended the Mount Elgin Industrial Institute in 1852; he signed Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872 (PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294).

Moses Waucaush [fl. 1889], Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community; he signed Surrender #274, July 31, 1889 (Canada 1891 vol. II: 267).

Wesley Waucaush [born on the Thames River in 1837; fl. 1883], Ojibwa Nation, Muncey community, son of Thomas and Nancy Waucash; he signed: Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872, and Surrender #210, September 28, 1883 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 146).

Wau-gau [fl. 1807], lived at Miami Bay on the south shore of Lake Erie in 1807 (US 1837: 136; Leighton: app. B1).

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

Wau-shakh [fl. 1813], Ojibwa war chief; killed at the Battle of Moraviantown [Fairfield], October 5, 1813 (Sugden: 133).

Wau-pu-gais / Johnston Wapugass / Wabugaze [fl. 1838-1857], Ojibwa Nation, Lower Lake Huron area and Sarnia Reserve chief, he was related to Wa-pa- gace [son(?)]; he signed [with an Antler totem] a petition to the Queen in 1838 objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands; William Jones, Indian Agent of the Upper St. Clair [Sarnia] reserve notes in his journal, May 4, 1839, that Warpagase was a chief of the Ausable Ojibwa; in 1848 Wau-pu-gais, Sarnia chief, received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812; Wapengass signed [with an Antler totem] a letter from the Upper Reserve, St. Clair River, September 6, 1849; Johnston Wapugass signed Surrender #69, part of Sarnia reserve for town and park lots, August 25, 1852; Jackson Wupagass signed Surrender #71½, Great Western Railway right of way, May 10, 1854; Johnson Wupugass signed Surrender #266, part of Bosanquet Township, September 27, 1855; Johnston Wapugais signed Surrender #80½, Stag Island, January 19, 1857 (PAC RG10, vol. 436, vol. 1842; PAO MS 296: 199; RCWL VF 185; Canada 1891 vol. I: 177, 193, 211, vol. II: 256; Plain: 3, 5-6; Richardson: 101; Schmalz: 136). Wau- pu-gais = Sucker (Richardson: 101).

Wawanosh / Way-way-nosh / Joshua Wawanosh [born 1786 or 1792; died at Sarnia in 1879], head chief of the St. Clair River Ojibwa, son of Metahbick and Chief Puck-a-nonce, and grandson of an Ojibwa chief; brother [or father(?)] of Sarnia Ojibwa Chief David Wawanosh, father of Joseph Wawanosh; he fought in the War of 1812 at Michilimakinac, Detroit, Queenston Heights, and Lundy's Lane; Waywaynash, Ojibwa chief, attended a council at Amherstburg to negotiate Surrender #21, October 16, 1818; Way-way-nosh, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #27½, Watford area, April 26, 1825; Wawanosh, Ojibwa chief, signed Surrender #29, Sarnia to Goderich, July 10, 1827; Joshua Wawanosh, interpreter or spokesman for the Sarnia community of the Ojibwa Nation - he, Yellowbird and 2 other chiefs were visited on "the Canada side of the St. Clair River" by Kahkewaquonaby [Peter Jones], August 1, 1829; he was converted to Methodism by Jones; after the death of Chief Puck-a-nonce it was said that Wawanosh got the Sarnia community chiefs drunk and got them to appoint him tribal negotiator with the Indian Department - through this action he became a chief; William Jones, Indian Agent of the Upper St. Clair [Sarnia] reserve, refers to Waywaynosh many times: March 5, 1832, "Waywaynosh revering to alcohol;" July 1, 1833, he complained to Wm. Jones about a house being built for the reserve's school teacher; on February 20, 1835 Wm. Jones notes that Waywaynosh had quit drinking and was a candidate for baptism; he lived 28 miles above Detroit in 1835; he attended a camp meeting near Toronto on June 1, 1835, where he stated, 'I only speak a little. When I left home my children were sick and I almost gave up coming, but now I am glad I came'; on March 6, 1836, Jones reports that Waywaynosh wanted a frame house built for himself - Jones also notes that the Walpole Island Ojibwa insisted that they don't recognize Waywaynosh as a chief; White Elk / Wawanosh reported chief of Lake Simcoe, Coldwater River, Muncey, Credit River and Saugeen; Ojibwa communities, attended a council of chiefs near the St. Clair River, September 13, 1836 - as a result of that council he signed [with an Antler totem], along with several Ojibwa chiefs and warriors, an 1838 petition to the Queen objecting to the illegal surrender of Indian lands; Waywaynash, Ojibwa Nation, maintained neutrality in the Rebellion, as indicated in a letter of December 14, 1837; On July 26, 1838, Wm. Jones reports that Waywaynosh complained about the way Jones was administering the reserve; he lived on the Upper St. Clair Reserve, January 20, 1843; he was deposed as chief in 1844, but restored later; in 1848 Wa-wanosh, Sarnia chief, received presents from the Indian Department for wounds suffered in the War of 1812; Waywaynosh, chief of the Upper Reserve, St. Clair River, signed [with an Antler totem] a letter from the Upper Reserve, St. Clair River, September 6, 1849; he was a chief of the Sarnia Ojibwa community in 1852; Joshua Wawanosh, Ojibwa chief, signed: Surrender #68½, Port Sarnia, July 28, 1852, Surrender #69, part of Sarnia reserve for town and park lots, August 25, 1852, Surrender #71½, Great Western Railway right of way, May 10, 1854, Surrender #266, part of Bosanquet Township, September 27, 1855, Surrender #80½, Stag Island, January 19, 1857, Surrender #107, December 13, 1866, and Surrender #119, May 5, 1871; it was stated in 1871 and at other times that Wawanosh's home territory was in the Lake Superior region, and that he ended up in Sarnia after killing a man back there (PAC RG10 vol. 1842; PAO MS 296: 21, 50, 91, 121, 177; RCWL VF 185; Canada 1891 vol. I: 176-177, 193, 211, 241, 252, 275, vol. II: 256; Ferris: 199; Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 245, 375, 379; Leighton: app. B8, B8a; Plain: 2, 6-8; Read and Stagg: 327; Richardson: 101; Schmalz: 136-138; Smith 1987: 110; Wilson: 24; MPHSC vol. XII: 455, vol. XVI: 643). Wa-wanosh = Waving (Richardson: 101). 'Your Red Children make this request for these considerations. First, because the surrenders made to our Great Father Ostegwuum [Sir Francis Bond Head] was made through fear and not voluntary; as we are prepared to prove. Second, Because the persons who made the surrender had no power or authority to do so, but acted in direct opposition to the decision of a Grand Council held at Munsey Town in 1835 that lodged a document in the hands of our late Father Sir John Colborne deciding that no person or persons shall have any authority to sell or surrender the Saugeen lands except in Grand Council of Ojibway chiefs and not even in such council until Wawanosh [White Elk] the head chief of the tribe shall give his consent'—1838.

David Wawanosh [fl. 1852-1866], Ojibwa head chief, Sarnia community, married Elizabeth LeRoy, son or brother of Wawaynosh; David Wawanosh, Ojibwa chief, signed: Surrender #68½, Port Sarnia, July 28, 1852, Surrender #69, part of Sarnia reserve for town and park lots, August 25, 1852, [he and Joshua Wawanosh were went to Montreal to negotiate this surrender], Surrender #266, part of Bosanquet Township, September 27, 1855, Surrender #80½, Stag Island, January 19, 1857, Surrender #98, sale of timber on Sarnia and Bosanquet reserves, November 6, 1862, and Surrender #107, December 13, 1866 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 177, 211, 241, 252, vol. II: 256; Plain: 7-8).

William Wawanosh [born 1835; fl. 1852-1903], Ojibwa chief, Sarnia community, son of Joshua Wawanosh(?); the family name became Wells; William Wawanash attended the Mount Elgin Industrial Institute, Muncey, in 1852; William Wawanosh, Ojibwa chief, signed: Surrender #119, May 5, 1871, Surrender #128, Indian Mission lot, May 1, 1872, Surrender #143, part of Sarnia reserve, January 14, 1875, Surrender #358, part of Sarnia reserve, October 2, 1894, Surrender #479, Sarnia, Petrolia & St. Thomas Railway right of way, June 22, 1903, and Surrender #480, part of Sarnia reserve, August 24, 1903 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 275, 298, vol. II: 5, vol. III: 143, 391, 393-394; Plain: 7-8).

Waweyaghtin [fl. 1766-1785], Pottawatomie chief; In 1766 Wawiaghtanon / The Goose brought two war belts from the French to Pontiac and asked him to take up the hatchet; Wawialia, Pottawatomie chief, fish clan, signed a deed for Kicheminishen [Grosse Îsle] to the Macomb brothers, July 6, 1776; Wa-wi-aghten, Pottawatomie chief, attended the Detroit council of June 14, 1778; Waweyaghtin, Pottawatomie chief, gave land on the Detroit River to Thomas Williams, July 28, 1780; Wi-wi- aughton, principal Detroit Pottawatomie chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, May 8, 1781; Wawiaghtenou, chief of the Pottawatomies of Detroit, attended and spoke at the Detroit council of March 11, 1781; Ouaouiatenne / Oü Oüia Tenne, Pottawatomie chief at Detroit, signed a grant of land on the Rivière Ecorse to Jean Baptiste Réaume, and land on the Detroit River at the Rivière à la Carrière Menning to James Abbott, December 9, 1785; [Clifton states that Wawaiattin / Wawiyatun / Whirlpool was a Pottawatomie chief of the Ocean clan] (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Clifton 1975: 61; Quaife 1928: vol. I: 175, 212; MPHSC vol. IX: 443, vol. X: 453-455, XXXV: 580-582; PSWJ vol. XI: 228). 'Bretheren! I shall say but a few words to you, in behalf of my nation, you see what I have just delivered to our Father, the hearts of all your bretheren, we pray you to take courage, and follow the advice of our Father who will not lead you wrong, his sense will show him the right way, he delivers his orders from the great man at Quebec, he always imparts whatever he receives to us, he never told us wrong - and we rejoice that he has told us brown skins to make one'—Detroit, May 8, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II, vol. 13).

Wawialliso [fl. 1822], Ojibwa chief, Bear Creek community, signed [with a Crane totem] a provisional version of Surrender #25, London Township to Chatham Township, July 8, 1822 (PAC RG10 vol. 1842 IT 079).

Wawindasson [fl. 1783], Ojibwa chief, Detroit area; he attended councils at Detroit, October 10, 17 and 20, 1783 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

ÌWa-wish-kuy [fl. 1778-1791], Odawa/Ojibwa chief; Way-wish-quoin, Odawa village chief, attended a council at Detroit with Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, June 14-20, 1778; We-wish-goy / Wiwishgay, Odawa chief, attended the Detroit council of April 26, 1781; Wawisque, signed the Ainse deed, north side of the Thames River from Lake St. Clair to Chatham, September 19, 1780; Wa-wish- kuy, principal Odawa chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2 [with a Crane totem], south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Wawisque, Ojibwa chief, signed [with a Perching Bird totem] a Sally Ainse declaration, for land near Chatham, July 13, 1791 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Clarke: 53; Fraser: 171-172; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. IX: 442, vol. X: 472 , vol. XIII: 90).

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

Wayapiersenwah / Weh-yah-pih-ehr- sehn-waw / Wey-a-pic-e-sen-waw / Waugh-we-ya-pe-yis-ein-ious / Wawapessenwa / Wawpessenhwa / Wapemassawa / Blue Jacket [born c.1750; died probably near the Detroit River sometime during the War of 1812], Shawnee/Chaouanon principal chief , married to a daughter of Jacques Duperon Baby; he fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, 1774; he lived at Bellefontaine in 1772; he settled near the Miami [Maumee] River in 1780; he attended a council of Western Nations at Detroit in 1785, which agreed to hold the US boundary at the Ohio River; Chief Blue Jacket maintained a plantation and a large herd of cattle on the Miami River in March, 1788; Wayapiersenwah fought with Miami Chief Michikinakoua / Little Turtle and defeated Harmar, October 28, 1790, and then St. Clair, December 3, 1791; he informed Major Smith at Detroit of the retreat of US forces, November 4, 1790; Blue Jacket received £80 in sundries from trader LaFontaine on July 1, 1791; Wawapessenhwa, Shawnee/ Chaouanon chief, attended the Glaize [Defiance, Ohio] General Council, September 30, 1792; Blue Jacket visited Detroit to seek a ship's pass to Montreal in July, 1793; he visited Detroit on May 22, 1794; he took over general command from Little Turtle in June, 1794; he was then defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August, 1794; he signed a preliminary peace with the US, February 11, 1795; Wey-a-pier- sen-waw, Shawnee chief, signed the US Greenville Treaty with reluctance, August 3, 1795; Hamtramck gave a letter of reference to Blue Jacket for travel to Greenville, April 18, 1796; he visited Tecumseh on Deer Creek and advised him of the terms of the Greenville Treaty; he then moved to the Detroit River at Brownstown in 1797, and was living there in 1801; he signed the US Treaty of Fort Industry, July 1805; he lived with Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa around 1807, attending a conference with Tecumseh in early 1807; he was called "a zealous friend of neutrality" by Hull on July 14, 1812, who was occupying Sandwich at the time; his son, Chief Jim Blue Jacket was killed at the Battle of Maguaga, August 5, 1812; Chief Wayapiersenwah was at the Battle of Frenchtown, January 23, 1813 (US 1837: 54; Berton 1980: 149; Cruikshank vol. I: 220-221, vol. III: 13, 275, 279, 281, 288, 291, 293-294, 296, 308, 312, 336, vol. IV: 68; Drake: 83; Goltz: 91; Kjellberg: 34; Quaife 1928 vol. I: 561-562; Ridout: 366; Tanner: 102; Wilson: 31, 85; DCB vol. V,: 852; MPHSC vol. XII: 65, 69, 118, 665, vol. XV: 691-693, vol. XX: 311, 417, vol. XXIV: 34, 134-135, 139, 311, 394, 485, vol. XXXIV: 739, vol. XXXX: 198-199, 414). 'We have not ceded our Country to the Americans by Deed, Treaty or other ways, as other nations have, and we have been always led to understand, that when our Great Father over the wide waters gave peace to his disobedient children, he did not give away our Country to them, and in this belief we are confident, as we are told he always balances the Scale exactly. Some of our naughty men have made war on the frontiers of America, because of their encroachments beyond the Ohio, they have done it without our nation's sanction; we as a People have made no war but as a People we are determined to meet the approaches of an Enemy, who came not to check the Insolence of individuals, but with a premeditated design to root us out of our Land...'—Detroit, November 1790 (MPHSC vol. XXIV: 136).

Wayish-ky [born c.1787; fl. 1835-1837], Ojibwa chief, lived near Manitoulin Island in 1835, son of principal Ojibwa woman / poet / storyteller O-shah-gush-ko-da- wa-qua, grandson of Chief Waub-ojeeb, brother of George Johnston and Ojibwa sisters O-ge-bu-no-qua and Obah- bahm-wa-wa-ge-zhe-go-quà; Wayish- ky attended a grand council at Manitoulin Island, August 1, 1837 (Jameson: 455-456, 500).

Waywejaytin [fl. 1819-1822], Ojibwa chief; signed [with an Bear totem] Surrender #21, west of London Township and north of the Thames River, March 9, 1819; Wawcattin signed Surrender #280½, west of London Township and north of the Thames River, May 9, 1820; Wawiattin, Ojibwa chief signed [with a Bear totem] Surrender #25, London Township to Chatham Township, July 8, 1822 (PAC RG10 vol. 1842 IT 065, IT 079; vol. 1849 IT 368; Canada 1891 vol. I: 49, 58, vol. II: 281; Leighton, app. B6, B7).

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

Weirchawk / Captain Woolfe / Richard Wolfe [born in the U.S. in 1755; fl. 1785-1852], Munsee Nation, Upper Thames River community [Muncey]; Captain Wolf, a Mingo, spoke at a council at Wakitunikee, May 18, 1785; Captain Woolfe, Delaware Nation, was given land on the Sandusky River as part of the US Miami Rapids peace treaty of February 18, 1819; he was a member of the Anglican Church at Muncey in 1848 (PAC Canada 1851-52; US 1837; Goodspeed: 25; MPHSC vol. XVI: 691). '[S]ayed some time ago he and several others had gone a hunting found the white people settling in many parts of their Country - That he thought from what he had heard from Mr. Shirlock, that they had no right, nor were encouraged by thier Great men to settle upon this side of the Ohio, as the line between them was on the other side of the Ohio settled by their forefathers; and that the Speeches delivered to him by the said Mr. Shirlock, as well as by General Clark were that if the People who were encroaching upon us got hurt, there would be no notice taken of it; as they brought it on themselves'— Wakitunikee, May 18, 1785 (MPHSC, vol. XXV: 691).

Wemekeuns [fl. 1775], Huron/Wyandot chief / prophet, lived near the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, died at the age of 125, his wife died at the age of 101, he was grotesque, large and powerful and had "three noses or sets of nostrils - a small nose on each side of the centre one"; attended the Council of Petagwano near Sarnia in 1775 where he advised the St. Clair River Ojibwa to remain neutral in the conflict between the Longknives [Americans] and the British (Goodspeed: 20).

Westbrook [fl. 1825-1840], Munsee chief, Upper Monseytown [Muncey] on the Thames River; he spoke English unlike most of the Munsees at that time; Chief Westbrook agreed to the setting up of a Methodist school at Muncey, May 30, 1825; he was visited by Kahkewaquonaby [Peter Jones], March 11, 1828; Brother Westbrook, Munsee chief, gave the closing prayer at a religious gathering with Kahkewaquonaby at Muncey, August 11, 1829; Munsee Chief Westbrook attended and spoke at a grand council at the Credit River, January 18, 1840 (Kahkewaquonaby 1860: 30, 119, 250; Kahkewaquonaby 1861: 116; Smith 1987: 87). 'He said that they, the Munceys, formerly lived towards the sun-rising, whence their forefathers were driven by the white people; that when they came to this part of the country they met the Ojebways; that when the latter had observed their sedate and quiet disposition, and that they had come from the east, they said in a council that they would call them their grandfathers. The designation has continued to this day'—Credit River Mission, January 18, 1840 (Kahkewaquonaby 1861: 116).

Old Nicholas Wetterhold [fl. 1792], Unami/ Delaware chief; brother of Captain Jacob; he lived on the Thames River near Sarah Ainse at Chatham in 1792, where he met the Moravians on their way to Moraviantown [Fairfield] (Gray: 91).

Weyawwenind [fl. 1819], Ojibwa chief; he signed [with an Antler totem], Surrender #21, west of London Township and north of the Thames River, March 9, 1819 (PAC RG10 vol. 1842 IT 065; Canada 1891 vol. I: 49; Leighton: app. B6).

Weynakibio [fl. 1764], Mississauga chief; he attended the Niagara Conference in July and August 1764; brother-in-law of Mississauga Chief Wabbicommicot; he received a medal from William Johnson, July 28, 1764 (Schmalz: 78; PSWJ vol. XI: 307).

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

Widow White [fl. 1840], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron or Tionnontaté Nation; mother of head chief Joseph White(?); she lived on the Anderdon Reserve, August 31, 1840 (Canada 1847: no. 20).

Joseph White [born 1803; died February 23, 1885 at Windsor], Wyandot Nation, Anderdon community; raised to a minor Wyandot chief in 1849; he became the last elected Wendat/Wyandot/Huron chief of the Huron Reserve [Anderdon Township]; he sided with the Americans in the war of 1812; he opposed the Rebels in 1837 and was given a medal for his service in the Rebellion; he did not speak English - his translator was Wyandot Alexander Clark; he lived on the Anderdon Reserve, August 31, 1840; Joseph White, Huron chief, signed: Surrender #75½, lands near Windsor, April 28, 1854, Surrender #97, Fighting Island, February 27, 1863, Surrender #146, part of Huron reserve, August 20, 1875, Surrender #167, part of Anderdon Township, December 21, 1877, Surrenders #177, #178, #215 and #216, parts of Anderdon Township, May 7, 1879, Surrender #179, parts of Anderdon Township and Grassy Island, April 27, 1880, Surrender #195, part of Anderdon Township, April 25, 1882, and Surrender #346, Huron reserve, November 2, 1892; Peter Dooyentate Clark stated in a letter of May 2, 1871 that Joseph White was the son of a white American [Adam Brown(?)] who had been adopted into the Wyandot band as a child, and that White was only a minor chief on a temporary basis (Canada 1847: app. 20; Canada 1891 vol. I: 88, 209, 240, vol. II: 10, 66, 85-87, 118, 154, 156, vol. III: 120-121; Leclair 1988a: 63; Leclair 1988b: 2).

William White [Born at the Oneida Castle, New York in 1808; fl. 1852-1872], Oneida chief, Oneida Settlement on the Thames, married to Caty [born at the Oneida Castle in 1823; fl. 1852]; he signed Surrender #127, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 17, 1872 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. I: 296).

Edward Whiteye [fl. 1857], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community; he signed Surrender #83, part of Moraviantown, April 9, 1857, and Surrender #83², May 15, 1857 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 215, 217).

Godfrey Whiteye [fl. 1836], Unami/Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community; the Whiteye family arrived at Moraviantown about 1821, they were descended from Delaware Chief Whiteyes; Godfrey Whiteye signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115; Gray: 269, 284).

Noah Whiteye [fl. 1836], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community; he signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115).

John Whiteloon / John Whitedom [born at Chatham in 1814; fl. 1855-1883], Ojibwa chief, Bear Creek [Sydenham River] community, married to Mrs. Whiteloon [born on Bear Creek in 1822; fl. 1852]; he lived at Lower Muncey, March 23, 1855, when he signed [with a Bear totem] an invitation to the new superintendent of the Indian Department; John Whiteloon, Ojibwa chief, signed: Surrender #126, Canadian Southern Railway right of way, January 18, 1872, and Surrender #210, September 28, 1883 (PAC RG10 vol. 453; PAC Canada 1851-52; PAC Canada, 1861; Canada 1891 vol. I: 294, vol. II: 146).

Elijah Williams [born in the U.S. in 1774; fl. 1848-1852], Oneida chief, Oneida Settlement, married to Mary Williams [born in the U.S. in 1790; fl. 1852]; he signed Surrender #233, Oneida Settlement purchase, December 20, 1848 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. II: 187, 189).

Bill Willson [fl. 1836], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community; he signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115).

John Willson [fl. 1836], Delaware Nation, Moraviantown [Fairfield] community; he signed Surrender #47, part of Moraviantown, October 25, 1836 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 115).

John Wilson [born on the Thames River in 1802; fl. 1852-1855], Ojibwa Nation, Bear Creek community chief, married to Mrs. Wilson [born at Rice Lake in 1807; fl. 1852]; he moved to Muncey before 1852 and became a chief; on March 23, 1855 he signed an invitation to the new superintendent of the Indian Department (PAC RG10 vol. 453; PAC Canada 1851-52).

Joshua Wilson [born on the Thames in 1827; fl. 1852-1890], Munsee Nation, Muncey; he signed Surrender #288, part of Caradoc reserve, September 29, 1890 (PAC Canada 1851-52; Canada 1891 vol. III: 145).

Josiah Wilson [fl. 1890], Munsee Nation, Muncey; he signed Surrender #288, part of Caradoc reserve, September 29, 1890 (Canada 1891 vol. III: 145).

Wingenund [fl. 1764-1790], Delaware chief; Winginum delivered a belt to Thomas Calhoun, May 27, 1763, at Tuscarawas Town; Wingenum attended a council at the Camp of Tuskawaras from October 13 to November 16, 1764; he attended an Indian Congress at Fort Pitt, May 9, 1765; Wingenem's brother was listed in trader Franks' war losses, August 19, 1766; he was a pro-British Delaware Council member around 1780; Winginum brought the Moravians to Detroit in October, 1781; Wi-gi-nam attended the November 9, 1781 trial at Detroit of Moravians who were accused by Shawnee Chief Hopokan [Captain Pipe] and charged with "meddling in public matters" [spying for the Americans] - they were acquitted (Gray: 71; Kjellberg: 26; PSWJ vol. V: 355, vol. XI: 436, 724; MPHSC vol. X: 527, 538, vol. XIII: 42, vol. XIX: 186, vol. XX: 134).

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

Witanesa [fl. 1835], Ojibwa chief, North Manistique River; he attended a council at Little Traverse Bay, May 3, 1835 (MPHSC: vol. XII: 622).

Wokiniana [fl. 1774], Odawa Nation at Detroit; son of Odawa chief Kitchiwonon, brother of Gritagamia; signed [with a Deer or Horse 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 C1224, vol. 16: 117-120).

Captain Wolfe [killed August 5, 1763 at Bushy Run] Delaware chief, son of Delaware Chief Kittiuskung; Chief Wolfe led Delawares and Mingoes in attacks at the Monogehela River and at Fort Pitt, May 27 and 29, 1763 (Peckham: 166, 213).

Wy-mee-gong [fl. 1778], Ojibwa War chief, Saginaw community; he attended the Detroit council of June 14, 1778 (MPHSC vol. IX: 442).

Wy-wee-na-cam [fl. 1778-1781], Ojibwa War chief; he attended the Detroit council, June 14, 1778; Wiannockeum, Ojibwa chief, attended a Detroit council, April 26, 1781 (MPHSC vol. IX: 442, vol. X: 472).