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===Sauganash===

Sauganash was once part of the Sauganash land tract ([[Billy Caldwell|Caldwell's Reserve]]) and was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. This neighborhood is named after Billy Caldwell, also known as Sauganash (meaning "English speaking"). Born to a Mohawk mother and an Irish father, William Caldwell Sr., a Captain of the British Butler Rangers, he became a leader of the Potawotomi. The "Treaty Elm" which stood until the 1930s was originally used in the first and second government surveys of the reserve. Sauganash negotiated with the United States on behalf of the United Nations of the [[Chippewa]], [[Odawa|Ottawa]] and Potawotomi. In return for his services, the US gave him 1600 acres on the [[Chicago River]].