Alexander Henry the elder
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Alexander Henry 'The Elder', in French: Alexandre Henri Le Vieux was an American-born explorer, author, merchant who settled in Quebec following the Conquest of New France and was a partner in the Nor
Alexander Henry
A Canadian fur trader in 1777
The portrait of Alexander Henry (1739–1824) from his 1809 book
Nelson's Column, Montreal. Erected in 1809, Henry was one of the principal donators.
Wawatam
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Wawatam was an 18th-century Odawa chief who lived in the northern region of present-day Michigan's Lower Peninsula in an area along the Lake Michigan shoreline known by the Odawa as Waganawkezee.
Alexander Henry the elder
…and was a partner in the North West Company and a founding member and vice-chairman of the Beaver Club. From 1763 to 1764, he lived and hunted with Wawatam of the Ojibwe, who had adopted him as a brother. "Blessed with as many lives as a cat", he recounted his time with the Ojibwe and subsequent explorations…
Ojibwa Chief Wawatam statue in Mackinaw City.