Tessouat (Anishinaabe: Tesswehas) (c. ??? – 1636–1654) was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation ("Kitche"=Great, "sipi"=river, "rini"=people:...

first Algonquin nation to meet French explorers in the early 17th century. Tessouat (d. 1636), their chief, met Samuel de Champlain in the summer of 1603,...

when Samuel de Champlain came upon a party led by the Kitcisìpirini Chief Tessouat at Tadoussac, in eastern present-day Quebec, in the summer of 1603. They...

one-eyed chief named Tessouat. Anyone coming down the river was forced, by rapids on either side of the island, to portage through Tessouat's territory. Thus...

named Edward Lee near Cobden, Ontario. It was in June that he met with Tessouat, the Algonquin chief of Allumettes Island, and offered to build the tribe...

role in War of 1812 1931 James Teit Ethnographer (First Nations) 1994 Tessouat dubbed "le Borgne de l'isle" First Nation leader 1983 Thanadelthur First...

l'Isle des Allumettes"). "One-Eyed" was a reference to the disability of Tessouat, an Algonquin chief in the region. The name "Allumettes" was first given...

traveled up the Ottawa River, eventually meeting with the Algonquin Chief Tessouat. The Algonquins were offered a fort by the French if they agreed to resettle...

spelled or rendered Pieskaret, Diescaret, Piescars) was the chief of the Tessouat tribe, whose territory lies in present-day Quebec. The name Pieskaret means...

Year of publication: 1966, revised edition: 1979 Jury, Elsie McLoed 1966 Tessouat (d. 1636) in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université...