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| Chief Sassaba survived the War of 1812. In 1822, chief Sassaba was canoeing with his family and drowned with his family after an accident. | | Chief Sassaba survived the War of 1812. In 1822, chief Sassaba was canoeing with his family and drowned with his family after an accident. |
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| ==== Cuthbert Grant: ====
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| An important Saulteaux Ojibwa leader during the War of 1812, Cuthbert Grant was one of the higher ranking Saulteaux Ojibwa military commanders in the Manitoba-Minnesota-North Dakota region during that conflict. Hudson Bay Company commenced to send settlers to southern Manitoba in 1812. English policy during that war was to expand west. In 1774, the English forced their way to the Cumberland House region of Saskatchewan, which brought an escalation to the war being fought between the Saulteaux Ojibwa's and the English and their Eskimo allies.
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| By 1812, the English had established other forts in the Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan region. After the 1811 Battle of Tippicanoe, Saulteaux Ojibwa leaders commenced to organize for another war against the settlers. Southern Manitoba was well known by the English well before the War of 1812. They knew the land along the Red River was rich agriculture land and wanted it. Thus, one of their goals was to commence a colony in southern Manitoba.
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| Though the battles fought in southern Manitoba during the War of 1812 were not numerous, a few were fought. The most famous of the battles is the June 19, 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks. Historians actually claim the war fought in southern Manitoba was not a part of the War of 1812 but they are wrong. The Europeans established fortified settlements in the south of Manitoba.
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| Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers were sent to the fortified settlements to try and destroy them. Cuthbert Grant became well known for leading Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers at the Battle of Seven Oaks. The Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers defeated the settlers at that battle. It unofficially ended the War of 1812.
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| After the conflict, Cuthbert Grant became attracted to agriculture including the building of a watermill. In 1828, Grant was selected to rule the colony in southern Manitoba known as the Red River Colony (aka Selkirk Colony) by the Saulteaux Ojibwa's. Historians ignore the Saulteaux Ojibwa's of southern Manitoba.
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| ==== Chief Peguis: ==== | | ==== Chief Peguis: ==== |