Baw Beese

Baw Beese
Baw Beese
Potawatomi leader
Personal details
Born	c. 1790
Died	c. 1850; Adrian, MI; Georgian Bay, Ontario; or Miami County, Kansas
Children	Winona

Baw Beese (c. 1790^[1] – c. 1850) was a Potawatomi chief who led a band that occupied the area of what is now Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. They had a base camp at the large lake that was later named for him by European-American settlers who took over the territory. In November 1840 the Potowatomi were forced to Indian Territory in Kansas under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which was being enforced in the former Northwest Territory.

^ Dewey, F.A., "Address at the Farmer's Picnic, Devils Lake, August 22, 1883.", Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 7, Lansing: Pioneer Society of Michigan, 1886. p538.

[FADewey-1] Dewey, F.A., "Address at the Farmer's Picnic, Devils Lake, August 22, 1883.", Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 7, Lansing: Pioneer Society of Michigan, 1886. p538.

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