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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. White historians write a deceptive portrait of chief Peguis as being | 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. White historians write a deceptive portrait of chief Peguis as being sympathetic towards the whites. 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. | 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. | ||
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It is known that chief Peguis had his nose cut in a fight in 1802. He had the nick name of "Cut Nose." That's not the only similarity between chief Peguis and John Smith. Historically, it is known that a Saulteaux Ojibwa leader with the name John Smith, led 100s of Saulteaux Ojibwa's to central Saskatchewan, from the St. Peters Reserve in southeastern Manitoba. | It is known that chief Peguis had his nose cut in a fight in 1802. He had the nick name of "Cut Nose." That's not the only similarity between chief Peguis and John Smith. Historically, it is known that a Saulteaux Ojibwa leader with the name John Smith, led 100s of Saulteaux Ojibwa's to central Saskatchewan, from the St. Peters Reserve in southeastern Manitoba. | ||
They were set aside the Muskoday Reserve and James Smith Reserve in Saskatchewan. White historians are so corrupt, they have written that the Indians of Muskoday and James Smith, are Cree. They are not Cree if they trace their origins to St. Peters Reserve. St. Peters Reserve was located within Saulteaux Ojibwa territory. | They were set aside the Muskoday Reserve and James Smith Reserve, in Saskatchewan. White historians are so corrupt, they have written that the Indians of Muskoday and James Smith, are Cree. They are not Cree if they trace their origins to St. Peters Reserve. St. Peters Reserve was located within Saulteaux Ojibwa territory. | ||
If chief Peguis was in fact the John Smith who died in 1922, he was not 137 when he died. He was 148. Chief Sitting Bull claimed to have been born and raised among the Red River Metis or Saulteaux Ojibwa's. If that's true, he probably knew chief Peguis. Many of the other Saulteaux Ojibwa's from St. Peters Reserve, were forced to relocate to Peguis Reserve in 1907. | If chief Peguis was in fact the John Smith who died in 1922, he was not 137 when he died. He was 148. Chief Sitting Bull claimed to have been born and raised among the Red River Metis or Saulteaux Ojibwa's. If that's true, he probably knew chief Peguis. Many of the other Saulteaux Ojibwa's from St. Peters Reserve, were forced to relocate to Peguis Reserve in 1907. | ||