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Chief Oshkosh

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528:. Grignon's son-in-law Louis Porlier was also present and later recalled that the Menominee initially rejected the government's offer of relocating to Minnesota, at which point Morgan L. Martin approached Porlier and advised him that the Menominee "ought to make the most advantageous they can; for if they persist in refusing to treat, the president can at his pleasure order their removal, without giving them another chance to make a treaty, and then it would be optional with him whether to them anything or nothing." Porlier and Grignon then spoke to Oshkosh, who signed the treaty the following day. 31: 296:. During his appointed by and/or Cameon King tenure as head chief, the Menominee ceded over 10,000,000 acres (40,000 km) of land to the United States. However, Oshkosh resisted U.S. government pressure for the tribe to relocate to northern Minnesota and played a key role in securing the 235,524-acre (953.13 km) 466:
to the United States for $ 125,000. They then signed a second treaty in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 1832, ceding an additional 250,000 acres (1,000 km) to the New York Native American groups. Oshkosh was present at the initial negotiations in Green Bay, but he did not travel to Washington, D.C.,
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Oshkosh had reputation for drinking heavily. According to Augustin Grignon, he was "only of medium size, possessing much good sense and ability, but a great slave to strong drink, and two of his three sons surpass their father in this beastly vice." However, a pioneer who knew Oshkosh recalled that
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to render the final verdict. Doty acquitted Oshkosh and the other two men, believing that they should not be punished for following traditional customs. He ruled that United States laws did not apply to Native Americans under the circumstances, because, at the time, Native Americans were not granted
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was hunting and accidentally killed a Menominee man who belonged to Oshkosh's band. He reported the incident to Oshkosh, who was in Green Bay at the time. Oshkosh and two other men stabbed Okewa to death. The three men were arrested and charged with murder. Some historians have interpreted Oshkosh's
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In 1926, the Menominee allowed Oshkosh's remains to be moved to Menominee Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where they were interred at the foot of a monument dedicated to him, covered with an inscribed granite slab. Soon after, doubts arose as to whether the Menominee had handed over the actual remains.
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Oshkosh married three times. He and his first wife, Bambani, had three sons who survived to adulthood: Akwinemi, Niopet, and Koshkanoque. He had no surviving children with his second wife, Shakanouiu. He and his third wife, Tomokoum, had a daughter, Kinoke. He also had at least one adopted son, who
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negotiated on behalf of the U.S. government. Cass lamented the lack of centralized leadership among the Menominee at the time, saying "We have observed for some time the Menomonees to be a in bad situation as to their chiefs. There is no one we can talk to as head of the nation...like a flock of
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recalled that his mother-in-law, who was related to the Métis family that enslaved Okewa, considered asking a council of chiefs to kill Oshkosh as an act of retribution for Okewa's death. According to Williams, Oshkosh possibly feared for his life and apologized to the woman by "acknowledg the
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tribes again, settling adjacent to the new Menominee Reservation. On February 11, 1856, Oshkosh and other Menominee leaders signed a treaty granting 46,000 acres (190 km2) of the Menominee Indian Reservation to the other tribes, creating a separate reservation for the
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Oshkosh led a delegation to visit the Crow Wing River area in 1850, but was disappointed with what he found. The Menominee found few opportunities for hunting and were concerned when they found that the region was already embroiled in intertribal war between the
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allow the tribe to remain in Wisconsin. Fillmore initially permitted the tribe to remain in Wisconsin until June 1, 1851, and granted two additional extensions in 1851. In 1852, the Menominee were allowed to stay on a temporary reservation on the
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permanent. Oshkosh was reportedly unhappy with the treaty, first refusing to sign, and then begrudgingly signing after the government increased financial compensation for the tribe, saying "I without my consent. My tribe compels me to sign it."
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When the case came to trial, the jury ruled that while Oshkosh was guilty of killing Okewa, he had acted in accordance with Menominee custom and could not be convicted of murder. Unfamiliar with the nuances of the law, the jury asked Judge
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Some speculate his remains were never removed from the Menominee reservation and a different body was interred at the monument, possibly a woman. The monument is usually referred to in city documents as the Oshkosh "burial site" using
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actions as having fallen in line with the Menominee traditional of justice practiced at that time; an enslaved person could be killed for taking a Menominee person's life under any circumstances, even if it was an accident.
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side with a band of approximately one-hundred Menominee warriors led by Tomah, also known as Thomas Caron, a Menominee chief whose paternal grandfather was a French military officer. Oshkosh was present at the sieges of
647:, Walter James Hoffman also quotes the Indian Agent's report, supporting an August 31 death date, but elsewhere gives Oshkosh's death as August 21, 1858. Patricia Ourada claims the chief died on September 11, 1858. 607:, on August 31, 1858. His eldest son, Akwinemi, who was involved in the fight, succeeded him as head chief in 1859 and held the role until 1871, when he was deposed and imprisoned for stabbing another man. 474:. Three hundred pro-U.S. Native American troops were raised in Green Bay in July 1832, including Oshkosh, who was part of a band that patrolled the Mississippi River under the command of 497:, the Menominee ceded 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km) along the Fox River, west of Lake Winnebago, and east of Green Bay for $ 800,000, with the tribe agreeing to relocate to a site near 417: 454:
The territorial dispute between the Menominee, the U.S. government, and the New York Native American groups was not resolved until 1832. The Menominee first signed the 1831
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geese without a leader, some fly one way and some another. At the opening of the council , we shall appoint a principal chief of the Menomonees...We shall give him the
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The Lost Prince: Facts Tending to Prove the Identity of Louis the Seventeenth, of France, and the Rev. Eleazar Williams, Missionary among the Indians of North America
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Head Chief Chawanon died in 1821 without leaving a clear successor. In 1827, Oshkosh was involved in negotiations with the United States Federal Government at
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Various sources give different dates for Oshkosh's death. Scott Cross places the chief's death on August 31, 1858, and cites Oshkosh's obituary from the
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were among the representatives of the United States government, while Oshkosh was accompanied by other Menominee chiefs as well as interpreter
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Jung, Patrick J. (2002), "Judge James Duane Doty and Wisconsin's First Court: The Additional Court of Michigan Territory, 1823-1836",
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the privileges of citizenship under the law, so U.S. law did not apply to their internal disputes and affairs on their own lands.
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while the chief was fond of alcohol, "stories to the effect that he was continually intoxicated are not true."
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While the negotiations of the 1832 treaty were ongoing, the Menominee sided with the United States during the
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in northeastern Wisconsin. The 1854 Wolf River Treaty made the 250,000-acre (1,000 km)
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and $ 20,000. A clause in the treaty allowed the tribe to remain in Wisconsin until 1850.
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In 1836, the U.S. government sought to acquire more Menominee land in the newly created
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peoples. He traveled to Washington, D.C., in August 1850 to request that President
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to sign the treaties. His younger brother signed the 1832 treaty in his stead.
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people from New York and western Massachusetts on Menominee land in Wisconsin.
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and an excerpt from a report by a U.S. Indian Agent as evidence. In his book
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murder, thr himself on her mercy, and implor pardon," which she granted.
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was killed on January 1, 1850 in a bar fight with a white man in
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In 1848, the United States and the Menominee negotiated the
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as a permanent home for his people on their ancestral land.
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Like a Deer Chased by the Dogs: The Life of Chief Oshkosh
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Chief Roy Oshkosh: Door County’s Unlikely Ambassador
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The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History
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Wisconsin Historical Society. 6 July 2012 557:In 1856, the U.S. government relocated the 489:conducted negotiations at a site along the 1684: 1521: 1502: 1488: 1480: 1475:City upgrading Chief Oshkosh ‘burial site’ 29: 18: 751:"Ojibwe People's Dictionary: Oshkanzhiin" 60:August 7, 1827 – August 31, 1858 901: 899: 1249: 1188: 1164: 890: 866: 818: 737: 691: 679: 660: 629: 2228:Native Americans of the Black Hawk War 878: 854: 806: 703: 280:for both white settlers and relocated 2218:Native American people from Wisconsin 1311: 1309: 1237: 1176: 1152: 1140: 1128: 1116: 1082: 1070: 1058: 1046: 1034: 1022: 1010: 931: 842: 830: 717:"Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin" 667: 7: 955: 943: 2223:Native Americans in the War of 1812 485:. Oshkosh and Territorial Governor 1316:Miles Maguire (October 20, 2016). 14: 2170:Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien 1398:The Wisconsin Magazine of History 1380:. 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Index

Portrait of Chief Oshkosh posting in a top hat and coat
Samuel Marsden Brookes
Nekoosa, Wisconsin
Keshena, Wisconsin
Native American chief
British Empire
United States
War of 1812
Siege of Fort Mackinac
Siege of Fort Meigs
Battle of Fort Stephenson
Battle of Mackinac Island
Black Hawk War
Menominee
Native Americans
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oneida
Stockbridge
Munsee
Brothertown Indians
Menominee Indian Reservation
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Ojibwe
Point Basse
Wisconsin River
Nekoosa, Wisconsin
War of 1812
British
Fort Mackinac

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