![]() Apawkausegun was instrumental in helping the Little Traverse Bay Odawa negotiate the treaty of 1836. Assiginack returned to his home at Waganakising in 1827 to help create a Catholic mission at Little Traverse along with his brother Apawkausegun. Assiginack quickly gathered his warriors, boarded the vessel and dumped all the rum overboard.Īt the conclusion of the war, Assiginack became an interpreter for the British on Drummond Island, Michigan. On one occasion, Assiginack got word that a boat planned on bringing a large quantity of rum to his village. After the war ended, Assiginack recognized new enemies that must be confronted, one of which was the disastrous effects alcohol had on his people. ![]() ![]() The Odawa war party was successful in every battle they fought in. He successfully led warriors from Little Traverse into combat, including the Niagara Theater. In addition to his speaking skills, Assiginack also led by example. Assiginack and his warriors followed a long lineage of Odawa warriors who fought against the Muschodesh, Fox, Iroquois, Winnebago, Chickasaw, British and American forces.Īssiginack was a renowned orator for the Odawa, once giving a speech from sunrise to sunset for the purpose of securing warriors to fight the Americans. The war party traveled by canoe to fight American soldiers throughout the Great Lakes. Assiginack’s war party included Mookmanish (Little Bad Knife), Kishigopenasi (Day Bird), Makadepenasi (Blackbird), Eshquagonabe (Looking Back) and Clap of Thunder at Night. Born in Waganakising (Middle Village) in 1768, Odawa warrior and orator Assiginack led his war party from the shores of Little Traverse Bay to fight in the Niagara Theater in the War of 1812. ![]()
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