The land of the Bear River Ottawa was later developed by European Americans as the present-day town Petoskey, Michigan, and named for these leaders.
A Frenchman reportedly of aristocratic origins, Carré arrived from France in the 1770s or early 1780s according to traditional accounts.
[1] After spending the winter in what is now Chicago, he and members of his tribe were traveling north along the Kalamazoo River during the spring of 1787.
According to local legend, Carré held the infant up to the rising sun and said "his name shall be Petosegay and he shall become an important person".
Following his death, his son, Ignatius Petoskey succeeded him as chieftain and head of the Bear River Ottawa.