Obigouitte and Aish-ke-bug-e-koshe,[1] Guelle Plat (as called by the French), Flat Mouth (by the English), spoke to the same effect, and it was arranged that Beau, a brother of Flat Mouth, and a chief called the Buck, should go with Lieutenant Pike as deputies to Saint Louis.
In 1806, the country east of the Mississippi between Red River and the Crow Wing was in dispute between the Sioux and Ojibways, and the Ojibways claimed west of the Mississippi, north of the Crow Wing River.
Pike, in his published work,[2] in an appendix, gives the following census of the Ojibways of the Saint Croix and Mississippi.
OJIBWAY POPULATION A.D. 1806.
| Place. | Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. |
| Sandy Lake | 45 | 79 | 224 | 348 |
| Chief, Catawabata (De Breche or Broken Tooth). | ||||
| Leech Lake | 150 | 280 | 690 | 1120 |
Chiefs, Eskibugekoge (Guelle Plat or Flat Mouth), Obigouitte (Ch de la Terre, or of the Land), Oole (La Brulé or the Burnt).
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| Red Lake | 150 | 260 | 610 | 1020 |
| Chief, Wiscoup (Le Sucre or the Sweet). | ||||
| St Croix and Miss. | 104 | 165 | 420 | 689 |
OJIBWAYS AT THE CAPTURE OF MACKINAW ISLAND A.D. 1812.
The President of the United States by the order of Congress on June 19, 1812, declared war against Great Britain. The United States military post on Mackinaw Island was then in command of Porter Hanks, a lieutenant of artillery.
