Sauganash

For the neighborhood, see Sauganash

Sauganash, also known as Chief Sauganash, or Billy Caldwell, was a half-Potawatomi, half British leader born in the late 18th century. He settled near Chicago in about 1820. As a result of an 1830 treaty with the U.S. government, he was granted a land tract of about 1,600 acres (6.5 km²) north of Chicago. Sauganash eventually sold the land and moved to Iowa where he served as spokesmen for Potawatomi interests. His village along Indian Creek where he died in 1841 eventually became the modern city of Council Bluffs. Most of the Sauganash land eventually was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. The Chicago neighborhood Sauganash is today located on a portion of the Sauganash land. In the Potawatomi language, the name "Sauganash" (Zhagenash) means "English."

The Sauganash treaty was signed under the "Old Treaty Elm," which stood until 1933. The approximate location of the Old Treaty Elm in the Sauganash neighborhood of Chicago is today marked with a historical marker.

External links

[Sauganash biography]

[Image of Old Treaty Elm marker]

[Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online]

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