He was born into the Adik (caribou) doodem (clan), some time in the mid-18th century near Zhaagawaamikong on the western end of Lake Superior.
His father Mamongazeda (Big Foot) was also a noted warrior, who fought for the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
His children, notably his son Weshkii ("the renewer") and his daughter Ozhaguscodaywayquay, became prominent in the Sault Ste.
When John Johnston, a young Scots-Irish fur trader, fell in love with his daughter, Ozhaguscodaywayquay, and asked the chief to be allowed to marry her, Waubojeeg at first refused.
He created "Waubojeeg's Battle Song", which his son-in-law John Johnston translated into English: "On that day when our heroes lay low, lay low, On that day when our heroes lay low I fought by their side, and thought, ere I died, Just vengeance to take on the foe, Just vengeance to take on the foe.