Biauswah (Bayaaswaa in Ojibwe, meaning "The Dry-one") was the name of two different Ojibwa chiefs. The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is the largest group of Native Americans - First Nations The name Bayaaswaa refers to jerkied meat, dried either by smoke or by sun. [1]
Biauswah (I)
Bayaaswaa was a Ojibwa Chief of a village on the south shore of Lake Superior, located about 40 miles west of La Pointe, Wisconsin, in the late 1600's. The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is the largest group of Native Americans - First Nations Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. La Pointe is a town in Ashland County in the US state of Wisconsin. According to William Whipple Warren, based on oral history regarding Bayaaswaa, he was known for his prowess and wise counsel. William Whipple Warren ( May 27, 1825 &ndash June 1, 1853) was a Mixed-blood Ojibwe historian interpreter and legislator Oral history can be defined as the recording preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker Warren continues that when Bayaaswaa returned from a day's hunting, he found his villagers massacred by the Fox. "Outagamie" redirects here For the Wisconsin county see Outagamie County Wisconsin. Upon tracking the Fox, he found they had two captives: an old man that was tortured to death and a boy that was just about ready to be tortured. Warren then states:
| “ | As Biauswah looked upon the scene from his hiding-place he recognized in the lad his own son. His heart was filled with strong affection for the youth, and knowing how helpless he was to rescue him single-handed, he stepped forth from his place of safety as the Indians were about to light the faggots. Much to the amazement of his enemies he bravely strode among them, until he stood near the lad, and then addressing them, said, "My little son, whom you are about to burn with fire, has seen but a few winters; his tender feet have never trodden the warpath, he has never injured you. But the hairs of my head are white with many winters, and over the graves of my relatives I have hung many scalps, which I have taken from the heads of the Foxes. My death is worth something to you. Let me, therefore, take the place of my child, that he may return to his people. His enemies listend in astonishment, and having long desired his death, accepted his proposal. They allowed the young lad to return to his people, and the father was burned in his stead. A terrible revenge was meted out to the Foxes when the lad told his sad tale, for a large war party fell upon the Foxes, destroying so many of them that the remainder left the district and made their home in Wisconsin. [2][3] | ” |
Biauswah (II)
Bayaaswaa (recorded variously in English as Biauswah, Bajasswa, Byianswa or Biaswah) was the principle Chief of the Sandy Lake Ojibwa, whose village was located at either terminous of the Savanna Portage (Sandy Lake & opposite the mouth of the East Savanna River) in Minnesota. Sandy Lake Band redirects to here This article is about an indigenous tribe located in central Minnesota. The Ojibwa or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway) is the largest group of Native Americans - First Nations Savanna Portage State Park was established as a Minnesota state park in 1961 to preserve the historic Savanna Portage, a difficult six-mile (10 km trail connecting Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers
According to William Whipple Warren, based on oral history regarding Bayaaswaa, as a child Bayaaswaa was captured by the Fox and whose father Bayaaswaa (I) traded his life for his son's. William Whipple Warren ( May 27, 1825 &ndash June 1, 1853) was a Mixed-blood Ojibwe historian interpreter and legislator Oral history can be defined as the recording preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker "Outagamie" redirects here For the Wisconsin county see Outagamie County Wisconsin. Bayaaswaa and few other survivors went to Fond du Lac, and the Fond du Lac Band drove the Fox out of northern Wisconsin. Fond du Lac is a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (or Wiikwe-wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag in the Ojibwe language, meaning "Lake Superior Men at the far end
The oral history, Warren continues, recalled a major battle with the Dakota at the mouth of the Crow Wing River. Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people The Crow Wing River rises in a chain of 10 lakes in southern Hubbard County Minnesota and flows southeast about 90 miles before joining the Mississippi River at Sixty Ojibwa led by Bayaaswaa engaged three hundred Dakota who they said had destroyed their village at Sandy Lake. Supposedly, the battle lasted for three days. The Ojibwa established their village at Sandy Lake, establishing the Sandy Lake Band, and then ventured to Red Lake and Pembina. Sandy Lake Band redirects to here This article is about an indigenous tribe located in central Minnesota. [2] Other oral history accounts, however, suggest the Cree aided the Ojibwa against the Dakota. Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw According to Richard Alan Nelson, Bayaaswaa was a jiisakiiwinini (Shaking-tent Seer) and lived to the age of 109. The Midewiwin (also spelled Midewin and Medewiwin) or the Grand Medicine Society is a secretive religion of the aboriginal groups of the Maritimes [4]
Bayaaswaa's son Gaa-dawaabide ("Broken Tooth") later becomes Chief of the Sandy Lake Band. Sandy Lake Band redirects to here This article is about an indigenous tribe located in central Minnesota.
Biauswah Lake in Itasca County, Minnesota, is named after him, as is the Biauswah Bridge, a bridge for the Minnesota State Highway 23 over the St. Louis River out of the Fond du Lac neighbourhood of Duluth, Minnesota. Itasca County is a County located in the US state of Minnesota Minnesota State Highway 23 is a Highway that stretches from southwestern to northeastern Minnesota. The St Louis River is a river in the US State of Minnesota that flows into Lake Superior. Fond du Lac is a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States Duluth is a Port City in the US state of Minnesota and the County seat of St
References
- ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb (1907). Handbook of American Indians, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulliten 30, Washington: Government Printing Office.
- ^ a b Warren, William W. [1851] (1985). History of the Ojibway People. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press (Borealis Books). ISBN 087351162X 9780873511629.
- ^ MacLean, John (1896). Canadian Savage Folk: The Native Tribes of Canada. Toronto: William Briggs.
- ^ Nelson, Richard Alan. Parent & Related Families in Britain, Québec, Europe and USA (Godden, Edwin, Hedges, Lavoie, Miersch, Valyer, etc.). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project. Retrieved on 2007-09-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz
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