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Tessouat (Anishinaabe: Tesswehas) (c. ??? – 1636–1654) was an
Algonquin chief from the
Kitchesipirini nation ("Kitche"=Great, "sipi"=river, "rini"=people:...
- one-e****
chief named Tessouat.
Anyone coming down the
river was forced, by
rapids on
either side of the island, to
portage through Tessouat's territory. Thus...
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first Algonquin nation to meet
French explorers in the
early 17th century.
Tessouat (d. 1636),
their chief, met
Samuel de
Champlain in the
summer of 1603,...
- when
Samuel de
Champlain came upon a
party led by the Kitcisìpirini
Chief Tessouat at Tadoussac, in
eastern present-day Quebec, in the
summer of 1603. They...
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named Edward Lee near Cobden, Ontario. It was in June that he met with
Tessouat, the
Algonquin chief of
Allumettes Island, and
offered to
build the tribe...
- l'Isle des Allumettes"). "One-E****" was a
reference to the
disability of
Tessouat, an
Algonquin chief in the region. The name "Allumettes" was
first given...
- role in War of 1812 1931
James Teit
Ethnographer (First Nations) 1994
Tessouat dubbed "le
Borgne de l'isle"
First Nation leader 1983
Thanadelthur First...
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spelled or
rendered Pieskaret, Diescaret, Piescars) was the
chief of the
Tessouat tribe,
whose territory lies in present-day Quebec. The name
Pieskaret means...
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traveled up the
Ottawa River,
eventually meeting with the
Algonquin Chief Tessouat. The
Algonquins were
offered a fort by the
French if they
agreed to resettle...
- Year of publication: 1966,
revised edition: 1979 Jury,
Elsie McLoed 1966
Tessouat (d. 1636) in
Dictionary of
Canadian Biography, vol. 1,
University of Toronto/Université...
