![]() ![]() ![]() Noahquageshik was hostile to the idea of a treaty ceding Ottawa land and rejected its terms. ![]() ![]() In 1821, several Grand River Ottawa, including Noahquageshik's fellow leader Keewaycooshcum, met with representatives of the United States in Chicago to negotiate the sale of tribal lands south of the Grand River in present-day central Michigan. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and Noahquageshik inherited his tomahawk and hat. During the War of 1812, Noahquageshik was allied with Tecumseh during the Battle of the Thames. In 1794, he was involved in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War. He was one of the first Native American leaders to establish trade with European settlers in the area. Noahquageshik spent much of his life in what would become Yankee Springs Township in western Michigan. Noahquageshik (1755–1855 or 1770–1840 ), also spelled Nawehquageezhik, Nawehquageezhig, or Nowgeschick (from Naawakwegiizhig, "Noon-day" or "Noon-sky"), and better known as Chief Noonday, was a chief of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Nation Native Americans in what would become the U.S. Bronze statue of Noahquageshik on Grand Valley State University's campus in downtown Grand Rapids ![]()
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