Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
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Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard was an American fur trader, insurance underwriter, and land speculator. He was influential in the development of the city of Chicago and responsible for its growth during th
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
Hubbard at age 28, by Anson Dickinson
Watseka
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Watseka or Watchekee was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians.
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
…Jefferson Vance Owen of Kaskaskia, Illinois. On several trips throughout Illinois, he became the adopted son of Chief Waba of the Kickapoo and married Watseka, niece of Chief Tamin of the Kankakee Potawatomi. After he walked for 75 miles (121 km) in a single night to warn the town of Danville, Illinois, of…
Photograph of Watseka Bergeron (also known as Watchekee)