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Wapasha I (Red Leaf), Chief

Male Abt 1718 - 1806  (~ 88 years)


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  • Name Wapasha I (Red Leaf)   [1] 
    Suffix Chief 
    Birth Abt 1718  Head of Rum River, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 130 
    Reference Number GRA-BK2 
    Death 05 Jan 1806  Root River, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I130  fullereriksen
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2013 

    Father (Snow Mountain) Wapasha, Chief,   b. Abt 1683, Mille Lacs, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Chippewa Princess,   b. Abt 1690 
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
    +1. Winona Wapasha,   b. Abt 1750
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1718 - Head of Rum River, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 05 Jan 1806 - Root River, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • was greeted with a cannon volley when he arrived at Fort Mackinaw.

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] North Dakota Historical Society, NDHS, "Ninety Six Years Among the Indians of the Northwest" North Dakota History, Volume XV, Jan-Oct 1948, (Publisher, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck North Dakota, 1948, pp 85-97), Gra-BK2, section 2, p 87, GRA-BK2, Section 2.

    2. [S33] North Dakota Historical Society, NDHS, "Ninety Six Years Among the Indians of the Northwest" North Dakota History, Volume XV, Jan-Oct 1948, (Publisher, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck North Dakota, 1948, pp 85-97), Page 87 states:
      "Wapasha had a son who was born at the head of the Rum River, Minnesota in 1718. The Indians calle dhim Wapasha I. The whites called him "Red Leaf". Edward Duffield Neil says that history has preserved the name of no greater man."

      On the same page it goes on to say:
      Neil relates a story that a trader named 'Pagota' was killed by an Indian 'Isatapa' about 1763 at Anthony's Falls [close to Mendota]. The traders left the trade area taking their wares with them. The Indians suffered from now having these things and so Wapasha took Isatapa down the Mississippi to face his punishment, but before they arrived the guilt party escaped. Wapasha traveled to Quebec and presented himself in place to face the puishment of the whites. The authority was so impressed that they have him medals and for him and the other chiefs.; Gra-BK2, section 2, p 87, GRA-BK2, Section 2.

    3. [S37] Charles Edward Cratte, Family tree data with sources, (Received March 7, 1984), Died of cancer of the neck; Gra-Gra, p 1-21, GRA-CRAT, page 1-50.


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