Peguis (ca. 1774 – 28 September 1864) was a

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chief, who moved from the Great Lakes area to Red Lake (now in

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), then arriving in what is now southern

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in the 1790s.Donna G. Sutherland, ''Peguis: A Noble Friend'', Chief Peguis Heritage Park Inc., 2003, In 1817, he signed the first treaty with Lord Selkirk, granting land along the Red River to the Selkirk settlers. In 1840, he was one of the early western

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converts to Christianity and was given the baptized name William King; his children adopted the surname "Prince". He and his people had helped both the

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and the Selkirk settlers; indeed, without Peguis' help, the Selkirk settlers might well have starved.Lucille H. Campey, ''The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River'', Dundurn Press Ltd., 2003 , p.105 However, by the 1850s, he had become concerned at illegal settlement by European migrants on traditional lands. He was sometimes called Cut Nose since his nose had been injured in a fight in 1802. His name is commemorated in the name of

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Chief Peguis Trail Route 17, also known as Chief Peguis Trail, or CPT, is a major highway in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The highway connects Routes 52 (Main Street) and 20 (Lagimodiere Boulevard). Route description Route 17 is the lowest numbered Winnipeg ci ...

(Winnipeg Route 17), and many organizations, place names, and institutions of Manitoba.

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''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'', retrieved August 27, 2010
{{Authority control 1770s births 1864 deaths 19th-century First Nations people Pre-Confederation Manitoba people Saulteaux people

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