Quashquame maintained two large villages of Sauk and Meskwaki in the early 19th century near the modern towns of Nauvoo, Illinois and Montrose, Iowa, and a village or camp in Cooper County, Missouri.
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14 Facts About Quashquame
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Quashquame is best known as the leader of the 1804 delegation to St Louis that ceded lands in western Illinois and northeast Missouri to the US government under the supervision of William Henry Harrison.
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Zebulon Pike noted rumors that Quashquame was leading a large group of 500 Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ioway near the Missouri River west of St Louis in 1806.
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Quashuame was back along the Mississippi by 1809, Quashquame attended several meetings with the US Army at Fort Madison during the turbulent period leading up to the War of 1812.
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Quashquame was left in charge of the non-warrior members of the Sauk during the War of 1812.
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Quashquame was a Sauk representative on a number of treaties after the war.
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In 1815 Quashquame was part of a large delegation that signed a treaty confirming a split between the Sauk along the Missouri River with the Sauk that lived along the Rock River at Saukenuk.
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Quashquame maintained a village near what is Nauvoo, Illinois until it was combined with an older village on the west side of the Mississippi near Montrose, Iowa.
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Quashquame's village moved to the west bank of the river, merging with an existing Sauk village near what is Montrose, Iowa.
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Quashquame appears to be about 65 years of age, perhaps even older.
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Quashquame appeared very friendly to Mr Johnson, whom he well knew; and we held a long and interesting talk with him.
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Quashquame finally succeeded so perfectly, that the cannon was going off, a dog was represented as sitting down near and officer of our army, with his chapeau de bras on, his epauletts were on his shoulders, and several privates were standing on the boat.
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Quashquame was not considered great intellectually, and was regarded as deficient in the traits of a noble warrior.
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