Philander Prescott (September 17, 1801 – August 18, 1862) was an American trader, interpreter, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In 1823, he married Na-he-no-Wenah (Spirit of the Moon), also known as Mary Ke E Hi,[2] daughter of Man-Who-Flies, a Dakota subchief who lived near Lake Calhoun.
[clarification needed] During his life on the frontier, he served as a government interpreter of the Dakota language (including for the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux).
From 1839 to 1862, he operated a trading post along the St. Croix River – its location became the town of Prescott, Wisconsin, named for him.
[3] He was killed at the Lower Sioux (or Redwood) Agency during the Dakota War of 1862 in the Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency;[4] he was buried in the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, as were his wife and son.