Egushawa

Egushawa (c. 1726 – March 1796), also spelled Egouch-e-ouay, Agushaway, Agashawa, Gushgushagwa, Negushwa, and many other variants, was a war chief and principal political chief of the Odawa, an indigenous North American people. His name is loosely translated as "The Gatherer" or "Brings Together" (cf.Ojibweagwazhe'waa, "to quilt something(s); to blanket someone(s)"). He was a prominent leader among the Detroit Odawa, a prominent group in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio. Egushawa is considered a successor to Chief Pontiac. As a leader in two wars against the United States, Egushawa was one of the most influential Native Americans of the Great Lakes region in the late eighteenth century.