Shavehead

Shavehead received his name because he shaved the front part of his head, as was the Potawatomi custom.

Shavehead particularly disliked the incursions of white settlers, and attacked several mail stages on the Chicago Road through southwestern Michigan.

Under his direction, the Potawatomis set up a camp at the St. Joseph River near Mottville, Michigan where they collected payment for ferry boats passing through their territory.

Shavehead boasted that he owned a string on which hung 99 white men's tongues (although no proof exists of this and this was probably an exaggeration).

What is documented is that he showed scalps to white men in an attempt to discourage their entry into Potawatami lands.