John Cameron (chief)

John Cameron (May 1764 – September 28, 1828), also known as Ogimauh-binaessih (from the Anishinaabe language: Ogimaa-binesiinh, "chief little-bird") or Wageezhegome (from the Anishinaabe language: Wegiizhigomi, "Who Possesses the Day"), was one of two principal Indigenous Mississauga Ojibwa chiefs, member of the eagle doodem, and farmer.

During his youth, he witnessed significant changes in his people's lifestyle, marked by the arrival of thousands of white settlers after the 1776 American Revolution into what is now southern Ontario.

This quickly led to treaty negotiations in which the Mississauga surrendered of much of their hunting territory and fishing grounds.

After the death of his tutor David Ramsay, Cameron settled on the flats of the Credit River to farm.

Peter Jones, who succeeded him as chief the next year, later recalled that he had said shortly before dying, "I thank the Lord that I have lived to see all my people serve the Great Spirit.