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Peguis, Chief (Saulteaux)
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This file includes photocopied excerpts from several books and journal articles on Chief Peguis (also written Be-gou-ais, Be-gwa-is, Pegeois, Pegouisse, Pegowis, Pegqas, Pigewis, and Pigwys), aka William King, aka the Destroyer, aka Little Chip, who was Chief of the Red River Crees and one of the principal chiefs of Saulteaux First Nation. Sources include Peguis, North-West America Mission, a letter from Reverend W. Cockran, and The Reverend David Jones: Missionary at Red River 1823-38, among others. Also includes copies of speeches given and letters written by Chief Peguis alongside a newspaper clipping detailing the death of Tommy Prince, Canada's most decorated Indigenous war veteran and the grandson of Chief Peguis.