Weesaw

Weesaw (1785-Sep. 1836) was a war chief of the Potawatomi. He and his band were associated with the location that later came to be known as Gard's Prairie in Volinia Township, Michigan.^[1] He was the son of Anaquiba. He was married to Sinegogua Topinabee, a daughter of Topinabee.^[2] He was a signer of the 1821 Treaty of Chicago that ceded to the United States most of Michigan, with the exception of a small section of Berrien County and a square-mile tract adjacent to Niles, Michigan.^[3]

Weesaw was described as tall, majestic, and fond of ornaments, such as a large silver amulet. He, Pokagon, and Shavehead were the principal sub-chiefs under Topinabee.^[4]

References

1. Romig, Walter (1973). Michigan Place Names, p. 218.
2. Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico: N-Z, p. 785. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Atlas of Berrien County, p. 4.
4. Copley, Alexander B. "The Pottawattomies". In Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 14, (1908) p. 265. Michigan Historical Commission.

Sources

• History of Weesaw Township