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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.
Photograph of Watseka Bergeron (also known as Watchekee)
Watseka's first husband, Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard at age 28
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
Watseka
…Concord. Her father was Shabbona, who was an ally of Tecumseh during The War of 1812; her mother was Monashki. At age 10 or 11, she became engaged to Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, whom she married in 1826 at age fourteen or fifteen. Hubbard and Watseka had a daughter who died in infancy. They mutually dissolved the union in 1826…
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard