Waubonsie

[1] According to tradition, Waubonsie acquired his name (which means "Break of Day" (waaban-izhi)[1] or "He Causes Paleness" (waabaanizii)[2]) after sneaking into a place where some enemy Osages were located, killing and scalping one or more of them, and escaping at daybreak.

In September 1811, Waubonsie led an attack on one of William Henry Harrison's supply boats as it ascended the Wabash River in Indiana.

[5] When the Black Hawk War erupted in 1832, Waubonsie and other Potawatomi leaders worked to keep their people out of the conflict, but found it difficult to do so.

[6] Many white settlers, recalling the Fort Dearborn massacre, distrusted the Potawatomis and assumed that they would join Sauk leader Black Hawk's uprising.

[8] Hoping to demonstrate their good intentions to the Americans, the Potawatomis offered military assistance, fielding a force under Billy Caldwell and Waubonsie.