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As a result of the white settlements into the area east of Lake Huron, many were sent east to support the eastern Chippewas in the wars against the Europeans and their Indian allies. By the 1660s, the Saulteaux Ojibwa's had forced their way east of Lake Huron. They began to drive the whites and their Indian allies east. They then colonized the region by sending settlers east, south, and north. They are known as the Wabanaki or Abenaki, Shawnee, and Chipewyan. Not Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. However, in the 16th century, an earlier migration of Chippewa's from the Montana region, had already forced their way to this same region. It was not as massive an invasion as the 17th century invasion.   

Wars between the First Nations Peoples and the European white settlers became more frequent and more deadly. By 1795 (after the Battle of Fallen Timbers) the Saulteaux living east of Lake Superior and north of Lake Huron, began leaving the area. Some migrated up to northern Quebec. Most migrated north of Lake Superior then to the west.  

He sent 1,000s of Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers to launch massive raids against English settlers. They killed and wounded 1,000s during the war including the 1763 war known as Pontiac's War. By 1763, the English no longer wanted war. A peace treaty was had yet the Saulteaux Ojibwa's knew from prophecy, the settlers had evil intentions. The settlers only advanced as far west as what is now central Pennsylvania. They had fortifications further west but it was dangerous. They advanced further west down south.  

After 1763, little had changed since 1670. Settlers had advanced to what is now eastern New York State, parts of Vermont, parts of New Hampshire, and parts of Maine. Chief Pontiac's war strategy was successful. His soldiers kept the white advance limited.  

He fought in the 1754-1763 War.  He does not show up in history until the commencement of the so called Revolutionary War, in 1774. He supposedly granted an island to the English in 1774 yet that may be misleading. The island was not far from Fort Detroit which means chief Agashaway was preparing to lay siege to Fort Detroit. Saulteaux Ojibwa leaders were preparing to war upon the whites who were letting known their intentions of trying to advance west again.  

It is believed that chief Egushawa or Agashaway, was possibly related to chief Pontiac. Chief Agashaway may have been the highest ranking Saulteaux Ojibwa military commander during the 1774-1794 War. He may have sent the Indian soldiers to the Virginia region to fight the whites, in 1774. After the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, white settlers crept into the Kentucky region. Saulteaux Ojibwa leaders knew what their future foretold and were anxious to retaliate. <br>  

Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers killed and took captive, many of the European settlers. In 1774, the settlers rose up in open rebellion. It's known as the American Revolutionary War. Chief Agashaway led the war from the Michigan region. The strategy of the Saulteaux Ojibwa military was to kill as many of the settlers as possible. Both civilian and military. Saulteaux Ojibwa military commanders sent their soldiers east to fight the settlers. Their weapons were bows and arrows.  

However, they used gun powder during their wars. They probably learned early on how to make their own gun powder. They may have had cannons (probably taken from the whites) yet they knew gun powder could be used in other ways. So during the 1774-1794 War, they frequently attacked locations where the whites had ample supplies of gun powder. They did so for two reasons. To increase their gun powder supplies and decrease the gun powder supplies of their white enemies.  

During the August 20, 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, chief Agashaway was seriously wounded. He knew during the latter stages of the long 1774-1794 War, that his people were tired of the conflict. Some of them began to act on their own. They allowed chief Blue Jacket to become one of their principle military commanders. It enraged the Saulteaux Ojibwa's. Chief Blue Jacket was white. He raised Tecumseh. <br>  

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 white 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.  

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 invading whites. 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.  

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. As usual, the whites established fortified settlements in the south of Manitoba.  

After the conflict, Cuthbert Grant became attracted to agriculture including the building of a watermill. In 1828, Grant was selected to rule the white 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. That's for a reason. More information about that is below.

He was also an important Saulteaux Ojibwa leader during the War of 1812. He was born in 1774. They think he was born near Sault Ste. Marie. He later moved to northern Minnesota then up to Manitoba. During the War of 1812, the English invaded southern Manitoba and established the Red River Colony. It is not known if chief Peguis was a Saulteaux Ojibwa military commander during that conflict. European historians write a deceptive portrait of chief Peguis as being sympathetic towards the settlers. That is probably wrong.  

Chief Peguis is thought to have been a mixed blood. Cuthbert Grant was a mixed blood. After the whites established fortified settlements in southern Manitoba, Saulteaux Ojibwa soldiers were sent to attack them. After the 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks, the leaders of the Red River Colony knew they had to cooperate with the far more numerous Saulteaux Ojibwa's who surrounded them. In 1817, chief Peguis signed the Selkirk Treaty. It ended the conflict in southern Manitoba.  

What is fascinating about St. Peters Reserve, is it's identical name to the St. Peters Mission in the Great Falls, Montana region. We know during the time period between 1896 and 1918, several forced deportations of Saulteaux Ojibwa's from around the Great Falls region, happened. White historians are not honest about those deportations. We know Canada was one of the locations the Montana Saulteaux Ojibwa's were deported to. We know both Alberta and Saskatchewan, were locations the Montana Saulteaux Ojibwa's were deported to.  

For all we know, the Montana Saulteaux Ojibwa's were deported from the Great Falls, Montana region, between 1907 and 1909, to where Peguis Reserve is located in Manitoba. The Saulteaux Ojibwa's of Peguis Reserve and Fisher River Reserve, must seriously do investigative work to learn if a cover-up is in place.