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

Odinghquanooron / Babi / Baby / Babie [fl. 1747-1764], Wendat/Wyandot/Huron chief, Turtle tribe, Atieeronnon [white ash tree people] clan; Babi lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census; Baby, Huron chief, though he preferred neutrality he became an ally of Pontiac at the siege of Detroit, he is mentioned in the Pontiac Manuscript on May 12, 1763; Babie / Odinghquanooron, Wyandot chief, attended a conference at Detroit, May 7-10, 1764; Baby / old Cuquandarong, principal Huron chief and sachem, signed the Peace Treaty at Fort Niagara on July 18, 1764 (Lajeunesse: 36-37, 95, 276; MPHSC vol. IX: 449, vol. XIX: 308-310; PSWJ vol. XI: 178). '... nous ne scavons pas quelle sont Les desseins du Maître de La Vie sur nous, peut Estre Esce Luy qui inspire cette guerre à nos frères, Les Outavois, si ce nest pas Luy qui L'ordonne, il sçaura Bien nous faire connaître Sa volonté et nous serons toujours Bien a mesme de nous retire sans estre tache du sang des Anglois, faisons ce que nos frères exige denous Et ne nous Epargnons point' —Huron Village near Windsor, May 12, 1763 (Lajeunesse: 276).
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Orontondy [fl. 1779; died c.1781], Wyandot chief, Sandusky community, son of Nicolas Orontony; Orontoni, and his brother the Half King, were called "rascals and cowards" in May 1779 by Henry Bird who felt that they would not oppose US forces if they attacked Detroit; Or-o-ton-dy / Orontony, Sandusky Huron chief, attended a conference at Detroit, October 21, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; MPHSC vol. XIX: 413).
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Nicolas Orontony / Nicholas / Wanduny / Rondoenie [died c.1750 probably in an epidemic at Kuskusky; according to Plant he died in 1748], La Pointe de Montréal Wendat/Huron/Wyandot/Winnebago chief, Turtle tribe, Eronhisseronon clan, father of Pomoacan / Half King and Orontondy; Oroutony / Orontony met Noyelle at Sandusky in January 1739 where he gave him a belt and proposed (with Sastaretsy and Tayetchatin) to the French that the Huron be resettled on the St. Lawrence River in order to live in peace; he visited Montreal and Governor Beauharnois to present his proposal in 1740; he moved his village to Sandusky Bay where he came into contact with the British; he visited Albany in 1743 with a proposal for an alliance between the Huron, New York Iroquois and the British; English ally with Wyandot Chief Angirot; Nicholas lived at Sandoske [Sandusky] on June 23, 1746, in the small village, and at Etiononout, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island] in 1747; he attempted to destroy Detroit in May 1747, and did destroy the Mission and villages on Isle aux Bois Blancs in the same month; he burnt his village on the Sandusky River in April 1748 and moved to the White River, Indiana; after the death of Orontony, the Wyandot gravitated back to Detroit and Sandusky (Clifton 1983: 1-7, 15; Lajeunesse: xviii, 29-41, 251-255; Leclair 1988a: 10; MacDonald vol. II: 147; Peckham: 31, 33; Plant: 40; DCB vol. III: 495-496; MPHSC vol. X: 527, vol. XIII: 43, vol. XXXIV: 164, 192-194, 196-2008). '... Nicholas said that he was jealous of the honor, which the Hurons alone of the tribes possessed, of never having shed the blood of the French; that he was counting on exciting the pity of his Father, to induce him to put them under his wings'—Sandusky, August 1, 1740 (MPHSC vol. XXXIV: 200).
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Ouaouananta / 8a8ananta, [fl. 1747], Huron/Wyandot or Tionnontaté Nation; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Ouaron woman / 8aron [fl. 1747], Huron/ Wyandot or Tionnontaté Nation; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Ouasanion / 8asanion [fl. 1747], Huron/ Wyandot or Tionnontaté Nation; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Oukaes / 8kaes [fl. 1747], Huron/Wyandot or Tionnontaté; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).

Round Head [fl. 1840], Wendat/Huron/Wyandot, son of Ted-y-a-ta(?); lived on the Anderdon Reserve, August 31, 1840 (Canada 1847 no. 19).
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ÌRou-nia-hy-ra [fl. 1790-1805], Wendat/ Wyandot/Huron chief, Sandusky community; Rou-nia-hy-ra, principal Huron chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790 where he signed [with a Walking Beaver totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Roneniarah / the Crow, Tarhe / the Crane, Harronenu / the Cherokee, and Rashsharrah / Stooky, Sandusky Wyandot head chiefs, attended a council at Sandusky, August 20, 1805; on September 19 the chiefs advised US Governor Hull about British attempts to get them to break their treaty with the US, Roneniarah being subordinate to Chief Tarhe at that time (PAC RG10 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. XXXX: 69, 71).
 
 

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Ruhumatt / One Canoe [fl. 1800], Wendat/ Wyandot/Huron or Tionnontaté chief, signed Surrender #12, Huron Church Reserve sale, Windsor, September 11, 1800 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 30; Lajeunesse: 208).

Sachendoa [fl. 1747], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron or Tionnontaté; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census; "good drunkard," according to Potier (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Sachetotach [fl. 1780], Wendat/Huron/Wyandot chief, Turtle tribe; signed [with a Turtle totem - cross on its back and one on its right flipper] the deed for a gift of land on the Detroit River to Father Potier, at Detroit, September 22, 1780 (Lajeunesse: 120).
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Saensaouat / Saens8at [fl. 1747], Wyandot/ Huron principal chief, Turtle tribe, Ennchensiarronnon clan; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Sahenteskon [fl. 1800], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron or Tionnontaté chief; signed Surrender #12, Huron Church Reserve sale, Windsor, September 11, 1800 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 30; Lajeunesse: 208).
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Sanatane [fl. 1783], Huron chief, Detroit area; attended councils at Detroit, October 21-22, 1783 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).
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Sandotes [fl. 1747], Wendat/Wyandot/Huron or Tionnontaté Nation; lived at Etionnontout, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Sastarexi [fl. 1707-1764], Tionnontaté chief at Detroit, married to Datyriz [La Vieille Reine?], father of Sasteretsi; Sasterecy attended and addressed a council at Detroit, August 6, 1707, where Cadillac promised to put Odawa Chief Le Pesant to death; Sasteretsi, principal Huron chief, Deer clan, lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census; Sastaredzy signed a letter dated September 9, 1750; Sasterredsey, Huron chief, was an ally of Pontiac in the siege of Detroit in 1763; Sasteregi, chief of the Sandusky Wyandot, attended and signed a treaty of peace at the Lake Erie Camp at L'Ance aux Feuilles [near Dunkirk, New York], August 12, 1764 (Blair vol. I: 252-254, vol. II: 136; Lajeunesse: 35-37; MPHSC vol. XXXIII: 333-335; PSWJ vol. XI: 177, 330). 'My father, we have always told you that we would follow in your footsteps; you will always be our guide. We are your obedient children, we are under your wing, you have given us good land; we are greatly indebted to you. Be assured that nothing could ever make us quit this land and that we shall never depart from what you wish of us'—Detroit, August 9, 1707 (MPHSC vol. XXXIII: 335).
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Sas-ta-rit-sie (1) / Adario / Sastareche / Kondiaronk / The Rat [born c.1649; died August 2, 1701 at Montréal], principal Wyandot/Huron/Tionnontaté chief, Deer tribe, Esountennonk clan; Kondiaronk negotiated with Frontenac; Sastaretsi / Kondiaronk / Adario / The Rat lived at Michilimakinac; Adario attacked a Five Nations peace delegation on Lake Ontario in 1688; The Rat went to the Iroquois in 1689 and proposed the destruction of the Odawa Nation at Michilimakinac, the plan was discovered; he converted to Catholicism around 1695; he became leader of the pro-French faction of the Hurons; Kondiaronk attended an armistice at Montreal in 1700; Le Rat attended and spoke at the Great Peace Council at Montreal from July 25, 1701; he died after addressing the council on August 1, and was given a state funeral. 'Let it not be in a forced or insincere way that you ask him [Onontio] for peace; for my part I return to him the hatchet he had given me, and lay it at his feet. Who will be so bold as to take it up?...[and] that their [the Iroquois] hands were covered with the blood of our allies, that the allies flesh was even still between their teeth, that their lips were gory with it, it was well known that they were trying to hide what was in their hearts...'—Montréal, 1700 (DCB vol. II: 322).
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ÌSas-ta-rit-sie (2) [fl. 1778; died sometime between 1790 & 1801], Wendat/ Wyandot/Huron principal chief; Sastakaritze, Wyandot chief, attended a council at Detroit with Lieutenant Governor Hamilton, June 14-20, 1778; Sasterratzeé, Wyandot Nation, returned to Detroit from Niagara with belts from the Five Nations in October, 1779; Sastaritze / Sastaratsi attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781; Suts-taw-ra-tse, Wyandot chief, lived opposite Amherstburg at Gibraltar, Michigan; Sas- ta-rit-sie, principal Huron chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790 where he signed [with a Deer Head totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; sometime after 1790 head Wyandot Chief Sut-staw-ra-tse summoned a Wyandot council at Brownstown where the Wyandot archives were kept by Chief Ta-hou-ne-ha-wie-tie (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Clarke: 37, 53, 66; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. IX: 449, vol. X: 371, 472, vol. XIII: 90, vol. XX: 308, 693). 'Brothers—you must have heard of the arrival of one of our Father's Vessels from Niagara, where in were our Brothers the Six Nations - Two of their Chiefs told us that they now hoped that the Nations of this place would open their ears & attend to what was good, Ca-ya-shu-ta who is now present, has animated us with his discourse, he added, that it was from us he looked out for assistance, after that of his Father'—Detroit, April 26, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

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

Sasteretsi [born Michel Satarexi at Detroit on October 4, 1711; died at Québec in 1746], Tionnontat chief, Catholic, pro-French, the son of Michael Sastarexi and Datyriz [La Vieille Reine]; Sasteretsy sent a message to the Marquis de Beauharnois, August 12, 1738 about the hostility of the tribes around the Hurons at Detroit, and the attack of the Odawas; Sastaretsy was addressed by Beauharnois at Detroit on June 12, 1741 about his request [with Orontony and Tayetchatin] to move to Quebec; Sastartsy replied to Beauharnois on June 13; he lived near at Detroit, June 23, 1746; Sasteretsi became an opponent of Wyandot chiefs Orontony and Angirot; Sastaredzy travelled to Québec in 1746 for a conference with the French (Clifton 1983: 7-9; MPHSC vol. XXXIV: 191-193, 198, 204, 336-337).
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Sentouanne / Sent8anne [fl. 1747], Wendat/ Wyandot/Huron or Tionnontaté Nation; lived in the large village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Sha-tey-ya-ron-ya / Leatherlips [fl. 1794 onwards, executed on the Scioto River, Ohio, June 1, 1809], Detroit area Huron/ Wyandot chief; carried messages between US officials and the Wyandot Nation in February, 1795; Sha-tey-ya-ron-ya signed the US Greenville Treaty, August 3, 1795; he opposed Tecumseh around 1805, preferring neutrality; Leatherlips was accused of witchcraft by the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa and his followers; after a council of two or three hours he was executed by Wyandot Chief Ted-y- a-ta, who had travelled directly from Tippecanoe to Chief Leatherlips' camp on the Scioto River, 12 miles above Columbus, Ohio, June 1, 1809; Hull received a speech from the Lower Sandusky Wyandot chiefs Leather-lips and The Bowl on January 2, 1810 (US 1837: 54; Cruikshank vol. III: 282; Drake: 118-119; Gray: 198; DCB vol. V: 775; MPHSC vol. XX: 416, vol. XXV: 87, vol. XXXX: 309; OAHS vol. IX: 14-19).
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Chepens, Pottawatomie principal chief, Anderdon community, claimed part of the Huron Reserve in 1836 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Berton 1981: 310; Clifton 1975: 42, 58-59; Leclair 1988a: 42; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. IX: 443, vol. X: 472, vol. XIII: 90).
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ÌShe-hou-wa-te-mon [fl. 1790-1809], principal Huron chief; attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2 [with a Clawed Foot totem], south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Show-han- wit / Black Chief, Wyandot chief, Sandusky community, endorsed speeches from the Wyandot chiefs to US Governor Hull asking for more land, September 30, 1809 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Lajeunesse: 173; Leighton: app. B4; MPHSC vol. XXXX: 307).

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

Shetoon / Isadore Chene [fl. 1763-1812], Métis/Wyandot/Huron/Tionnontaté chief of Flat Rock [across the Detroit River from Amherstburg], interpreter / British agent / militia officer, Isadore Chene was a Métis - he may have been She-hou-wa- te-mon, or his son, born by a French woman; he was the younger brother of Elleopolle [Miny / Mini] Chaine; Isadore Chaine broke down when he was told that his brother Miny and some Odawas had captured a British merchant and robbed him during the seige of Detroit, May 12 or 13, 1763; Isidore Chêne was a witness to a wedding in the parish of Assumption, June 7, 1766; Isadore Chéne witnessed the Réaume deed of June 10, 1776, Windsor; J. Sidorechene (Sid-dor-shien) witnessed the Kitché-minishen [Grosse Île] deed of July 6, 1776; Isidore Chesne was an interpreter at the Detroit councils of June 14 & 29, 1778; Captain Isador Chaine led the attack on Boonesboro, September 5, 1778, he returned to Detroit around September 12; Isidore Chene witnessed the Jacob Schieffelin deed of September 20, 1778; Sieur Isidore Chesne was called "a dangerous man whom it is necessary to know as the officers of the militia," in a British intelligence report of 1780; Isidore Chesne was an interpreter for the Odawas, etc. at the Detroit council of April 26, and at a conference at Detroit with the Sandusky Wyandots, October 10, 21 & 28, 1781; J. Chesne was an interpreter for the Delawares at a Detroit council of December 8, 1781; Captain Chéne delivered provisions to Ohio in January, 1782; Isidore Chesne was an interpreter for the Mascoutens at a Detroit council of February 25, 1782, and interpreter at a Detroit council of May 15, 1782; Chesne was an interpreter at a Detroit council of April 24, 1783; interpreter for the Odawas and Ojibwas at a council at Lower Sandusky on September 6, 1783; lot #8 [4 acres] on the south shore of the Detroit River, near its mouth, was surveyed for Isidore Chene on March 25, 1785; Isadore Chene was an interpreter at the Detroit council of May 19, 1790, where Surrender #2 was negotiated and signed; according to Goltz, Shetoon / Isadore Chaine, a mixed-blood Huron, who sometimes lived at Amherstburg, and who worked as an interpreter near Fort Wayne for the British, represented the Hurons from the Western District at the Massinawa Council, May 15, 1812; he carried a black war belt from the British and, although the council agreed to co-operate with the US, he secretly advised Tecumseh to restrain his followers and to stock-pile weapons and food; Esidore Chaine, Huron Nation, reported to Claus about Tecumseh and the council shortly before June 16, 1812 (Clarke: 88-98; Eckert: 148-150, 571, 767; Edmunds: 165-167; Goltz 1973: 325-326; Goltz 1983: 28; Lajeunesse: 66, 160-161, 345; MPHSC vol. IX: 442, 452, vol. X: 472, 527, 542, 547, 550, 576, vol. XIII: 42, 89-90, 93, vol. XV: 88-89, vol. XIX: 585, 635-636, 648, vol. XX: 176, vol. XXV: 147, vol. XXVII: 633, vol. XXXV: 581, 585). 'I received some branches of porcelaine [wampum] from the chief of the grand Huron village by which they ask help in the same terms as the Chaouenons. We heard that the chiefs of the different villages sent to distribute the ammunition & other thing[s] to those from whom they were intended. The Indians trouble us much & threaten to leave us if I do not give them bread & Pork & allow them to go, as is their custom have a small action & return'—letter from Isadore Chêne to De Peyster, Sandusky, May 20, 1781 (MPHSC vol. XIX: 635).
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Shu-ga-re-ss [fl. 1781], Huron chief, Detroit area; attended a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).
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Sindaton [fl. 1780-1809], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron or Tionnontaté chief, Turtle tribe [Turtle totem had a cross on its back and one on its right flipper]; Sindaton, Huron/ Wyandot chief, signed the deed for a gift of land on the Detroit River to Father Potier, at Detroit, September 22, 1780; Cimrathon, principal Huron chief, attended a council with De Peyster at Detroit, July 29, 1781; Sindatton, Huron chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, October 10, 1781; Sindaton attended and spoke at Detroit councils, October 21 and November 9, 1781; T'Sindatton attended and spoke at a Detroit council, May 15, 1782; Sindaton, Wyandot chief, attended and spoke at a council at Detroit, September 6, 1783; Syndotan, Huron chief, attended and spoke at councils at Detroit, October 21-22, 1783; Sindathon attended a grand council at his village, south of Detroit, December 18, 1786; Shendeta met with and addressed St. Clair on the Muskingum, December 29 1788 to January 6, 1789, to negotiate the Fort Harmar treaty (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Eckert: 295; MPHSC vol. X: 472, 527, 577, vol. XIII: 43, 96, vol. XX: 176, 180-181, vol. XXXX: 307; OAHS vol. III: 13-16). 'Father! I arise to tell you that I want water to sharpen your ax and I shall sing the War Song although one half of my people are already killed by the Enemy'—Detroit, May 15, 1782 (MPHSC vol. X: 577). 'It is not long since you pleas'd us & cleans'd our Hearts from Grief at the News you deliver'd as of Peace Whereby our minds were at ease & settled. But all of a sudden that Tranquility was disturbed by the unfair dealings of Mr. Scheifflin. The Great God knows all as for me I was amaz'd when I heard of his doings. I was stupify'd like a man that a great stone had fallen upon'—Detroit, October 21, 1783. (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).
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ÌSka-hou-mat [fl. 1790-1807], principal Wendat/Wyandot/Huron chief; attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed Surrender #2 [with an Antler(?) totem], south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Ska-ho-mat, Wyandot chief, signed the US Treaty of Detroit ceding the western half of Lake St. Clair, etc., November 17, 1807 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; US 1837: 136; Leighton: app. B1, B4).
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Skanaret [fl. 1747-1768], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron or Tionnontaté; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census; Skanarady was a Cayuga chief who attended a conference at Johnson Hall, November 6, 1768 (Lajeunesse: 35-37; PSWJ vol. XII: 628).
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Skutache [fl. 1747], Wendat/Wyandot/Huron or Tionnontaté; lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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ÌSon-din-on [fl. 1766-1809], Huron/ Wyandot chief, Sandusky / Windsor community; Sondescon, Sandusky Wyandot chief, was called hostile by Teata in his speech at the peace conference of July 22, 1766; Sun- di-non, Huron chief, attended a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781; Son-din-ou, Huron chief, attended a council at Detroit on May 19, 1790, where he signed [with a Wolf's Head totem] Surrender #2, south side of Askunessippi [Thames River] from Port Bruce to Windsor; Sin-dae-we-no, and nine other principal Wyandot chiefs and warriors, addressed Hull, September 30, 1809 (PAC RG10 vol. 1840 IT 002; PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 11, 12; Canada 1891 vol. I: 1; Lajeunesse: 120, 126, 173; Leighton: app. B4).
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Sounnokanien [fl. 1747], Wendat/Wyandot/ Huron chief, Turtle tribe, Entihoronnon clan; lived at the Little Village, or Etionnont8t, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747 census (Lajeunesse: 35-37).
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Sun-hui-go-ya [killed near the Falls of the Ohio River, summer 1781], Huron war chief, Detroit area; attended a council at Detroit, April 26, 1781 where the Hurons agreed to go to Sandusky to fight the rebel Americans; the death of Sun-oi-qua- yaw was discussed at a council at Detroit, October 10, 1781 (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13) 'Father! You must have known the consequences of the man we lost, he was not only esteemed by our nation, but by all, therefore do not be surprised if you see us present in flood of tears - Father! It's you that is the occasion of it since we have espoused your quarrel you recommended to us to defend our Lands, we did so, and in doing your will, this is the great misfortune befell us'—excerpt from a speech by Huron Chief Sindatton which asked for the adoption of captives to cover the loss of Sun-oi-qua-yaw (PAC RG10 ser. II vol. 13).

Tachiaten [fl. 1741; died in 1747 en route to Detroit from Montréal], principal Tionnontaté chief, Wolf tribe, Hatinaariskoua clan; Catholic pro-French chief, opponent of Wendat/Wyandot/Huron Chiefs Orontony and Angirot; Tayetchatin [with Sasteretsy and Orontony] gave two belts to Beauharnois, asking that the Huron Nation be moved to near Montreal, June 1741 - the message was passed on to the Governor on June 13, 1741; Taechiateu, Huron sachem, was listed in Potier's account book around 1743; Taychatin lived at Detroit, June 23, 1746; Taechiaten lived in the small village, Isle aux Bois Blancs [Bob-Lo Island], 1747; Taychatin attended a council at Montreal where he became ill in 1747; he left for Detroit on August 23, 1747 (Clifton 1983: 12; Goulet: 8; Lajeunesse: 35-37; MPHSC vol. XXXIV: 193, 198, 337). 'My father, it is forever that we have formed the idea of coming near to you; and there is nothing which can change it ... My father, the Huron knows not what it is to belie himself, nor to let a second idea take the place of the first which he has thought right. Therefore, my father, I do not conceal from you that he may take a course which, perhaps, you will not approve of, if you were to reject his message'—with Sastartsy and Orontony, Huron village near Detroit, June 13, 1739 (MPHSC vol. XXXIV: 198).