page_title: Louis Campau
section_title: Saginaw
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Campau / Saginaw
caption_attribution_description: English: Engraving titled "Habit of an Ottawa an Indian Nation of N. America". From A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern, particularly old English dresses, Vol 4: Plate 197. HEW 14.7.6, Houghton Library, Harvard University
context_page_description: Louis Campau, also spelled Louis Campeau, was an important figure in the early settlement of Saginaw and Grand Rapids - two important Michigan cities in which he had established trading posts. Campau was also involved in negotiations between the local Native Americans and the federal government, including the Treaty of Detroit signed in 1855 by the local chief, Cobmoosa.
context_section_description: He established the first trading post at what is today Saginaw, Michigan, as early as 1815. He played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Saginaw in 1819. This Treaty was made between Gen. Lewis Cass and Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region (principally the Ojibwe, but also the Odawa (Ottawa) and Potawatomi) of Michigan. Native Americans ceded more than six million acres (24,000 km²) in the central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
caption: A 1772 engraving of a man from an Odawa (Ottawa) tribe.
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