[1] In 1796 after travelling to York, Upper Canada, to sell salmon, Wabakinine camped with his band on the peninsula.
In the middle of the night, a soldier of the Queen's York Rangers, Private Charles McEwan, accompanied by two other men, attempted to pull Wabakinine's sister from her bed.
[2] Wabakinine was a peacemaker and leader of a large band of Mississaugas; his death greatly increased the already rising tensions between Crown officials and First Nations in Upper Canada.
Eventually, as the Mississaugas were too weak to act on their own, they gave up thoughts of launching a rebellion to avenge Wabakinine's death.
[3] McEwan was detained and was allowed to flee Upper Canada thus evading trial relating to the death of Wabakinine.