1. Shabbona was born around 1775 of the Odawa tribe either on the Maumee River in Ohio, in Ontario or in a Native American village in Illinois.
19 Facts About Shabbona
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Shabbona was said to be a grandnephew of Pontiac, the famous Ottawa leader.
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Shabbona was granted his chief status at a very young age.
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Shabbona was an accomplished warrior who fought alongside Tecumseh during the War of 1812 while aligned against the United States.
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Shabbona helped persuade many Native Americans in the Northwest Territory to oppose the white settlers and side with Tecumseh and the British in an all-out war.
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Shabbona readily agreed with Tecumseh and joined his recruiting party to visit the Potawatomi, Sac, Fox, Winnebago, and Menominee of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Harrison marched north to Prophetstown on the Tippecanoe in November 1811, Shabbona was there with Waubansee and Winamac to lead the Potawatomi warriors against the Americans.
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Shabbona entered the village alone, hoping that his lone presence would not upset the village.
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Shabbona was immediately confined as a spy for the Americans.
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At the Treaty of Prairie du Chien, Shabbona received a grant of land for his service during the Red Bird uprising.
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On May 16,1832, Shabbona, knowing he could not control all Potawatomi, rode across northern Illinois to warn the settlers of impending danger.
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Shabbona would warn settlers on several occasions of hostile tribes, including one incident where he rode from Princeton to Chicago in one night to warn residents of an impending attack.
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The story is told around Peru, Illinois, on the Illinois River that Shabbona returned from the west and died in that area.
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Shabbona is known in that area as a firm friend of the whites, counseling peace, and cooperation.
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Shabbona is buried at Morris, Illinois, having drowned in the Mazon River, a tributary of the Illinois River, in December 1864, five years after the death of her husband.
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The unincorporated community of Shabbona was named before 1909 in his honor in Evergreen Township, Michigan.
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The Shabbona Trail was established in the 1950s by Troop 25, featuring a variety of woodland habitats.
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The trail is Nationally Approved by the Boy Scouts of America and follows the paths that Shabbona was known to have walked.
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Since the death of Shabbona, there has been an ongoing effort to reclaim a reserve that was afforded to Shabbona in the 1829 Second Treaty of Prairie du Chien.