Okunzhewug

Notes:

"In the summer of 1827, Okunzhewug, an old woman, the wife of Kishkemun, the
principal chief of Torch Lake (Lac du Flambeau), a man superannuated and blind,
attended the treaty of Butte des Morts, bearing her husband's medal. She was
treated with the respect due to the character she represented, and ample
presents were direected to be given to her; among other things a handsome hat.
The latter article had been requested of her by a young Menomonie, and refused.
It is thought a general feeling of jealousy was excited by her good reception.
A number of the Menomonies went on her return route as far as the Clover
Portage, where she was last seen. Having never returned to her village, the
Chippewas attributed her death to the Menomonies. Her husband died soon
after; but she had numerous and influential relatives to avenge her real of
supposed murder. This is the account delivered by the Chippewas, and it is
corroborated by reports from the traders of that section of the country. Her
singular disappearance and secret death at the Clover Portage, is undisputed;
and whether caused or not by any agency of the Menomonies, the belief of such
agency, and that of the most direct kind, is fixed in the minds of the
Chippewas, and has furnished the basis of their subsequent acts in relation to
the Menominie hunting-parties who have visited the lower part of Chippewa
River. Two women belonging to one of these parties were killed be a Chippewa
war-party traversing that part of the country the ensuing year. The act was
disclaimed by them as not being intentional, and it was declared they supposed
the women to be Sioux. On a close inquiry, however, I found the persons who
committed this act were relatives of Okunzewug, which renders it probable that
the murder was intentionally perpetrated..."
!Source #2: (for location) Treaty with the Chippewa, etc., 1827. ...Concluded
at the Butte des Morts, on Fox river, in the Territory of Michigan,...

Birth:
She was born in Indian lands, Michigan Territo.

Okunzhewug married Stone) Keesh-ke-mum (Sharpened about 1760 in Lac de Flambeau, Michigan Territory, WI. Keesh-ke-mum (son of Pelican) She-da-wish (Bad) was born in Racine; died about 1827 in Lac du Flambeau, Vilas, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Occupation: Ojibway chief of Lac Du Flambeau til death

Chief of Lac du Flambeau till his death in 1847.
Half-brother of the Sioux Wabasha.

Tribe: Chippewa Clan: Crane

Other Names: Ah-bish-ka-gog

Family/Spouse: Waub-Ish-Gaug-Aug-E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptized as Marguerite Racine.

Marguerite Beauleu was born an Indian Maiden named O-Ge-mau-gee-shi-
go-qua, which means Queen of the Skies, but was baptized Margaret
Racine. (She was the daughter of the Indian Chief, White Raven.)

Marguerite Beauleu was born in 1790 in Wisconsin. The St. Croix, WI
census of 1840 says: Living with a son Clement H. Beauleu a female
age 50. The census of Crow Wing Village, Crow County, Minnesota of
1860: Dwelling #1 Clement H. Beauleu (her son) age 50 in same house
Marguerite Beauleu age 70, a female Indian, born in Wisconsin.
Marguerite Beauleu died in 1860 in Minnesota. Basile Hudon Beauleu
and Marguerite Beauleu had nine children.

Died:
She was buried in StFrancis Assisi, Crow Wing, Crow Wing, Minnesota. She has reference number 813sx.

O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe is buried in a hillside with no marker and the area is not taken care of. There is a well kept cemetery by where she is suppose to be buried by. It is believed that Hole in the Day is also buried in that hill side. Hole in the Day shot and killed O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's daughter in law's Maria Margaret Fairbanks Beaulieu's brother. It is also rumored that O Gii Maa Gee Zhi Go Ikwe's grandson Colonel Clement Hudon Beaulieu killed Hole in the Day as retaliation but stories are that Hole in the Day's band members killed him. It will never be known who really killed Hole in the Day.

Julie Beaulieu

Margaret married BEAULIEU Bazile Hudon Dit in 1810 in Lac de Flambeau, Oneida Co., WI. Bazile (son of BEAULIEU Nicolas Basil Hudon Dit and DESCHENES Marie Josephte Dit Miville "Josette") was born on 18 May 1783 in Riviere-Quelle, Quebec, Canada; died on 09 Sep 1838 in LaPointe, Madeleine Island, WI/Beauleu Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Julia Beaulieu - sister to Paul who married the Borrup - they lived on Summit Ave in St Paul - if you know the area - you had to have money to have a house there. They had quite a few parties there and I also wondered if Julia was dark skinned or light skinned and if she ever brought her mother to her house - since she was a full blood. Was it cool to be Indian back than? Julia's daughter started a chocolate company that is still in business today - Maud Borup's Chocolates.

Julie Beaulieu

Family/Spouse: OAKES Charles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BORUP Gustave. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married BISSON Martin in 1826 in WI. Martin (son of BISSON Antoine and Caille-Biscornet Rosalie) was born in 1799 in LaPrairie, Quebec Canada; died on 11 May 1890 in White Earth, Becker Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Indian Name: Gay-Bah-Ke-Wen-Zie

Came to Minnesota in 1837 to found for the American Fur company, a
permanent trading-post for the fur trade with the Indians at the slit
mouth of the Crow Wing River.

Clement H. Beaulieu

Posted by Dick Campbell on Fri, 18 Jun 1999

Col. Clement H. Beaulieu, Sr., or, as his friends delighted to call
him, "Uncle Clem," was born at Lac du Flambeaux, in the then
territory of Michigan, which included Wisconsin, Minnesota and a
large portion of territory west of the Mississippi, on Sept. 10,
1811. A pioneer, a statesman and an individual of marked
characteristics, being born in a period when the West and Northwest
was, comparatively speaking, a howling wilderness and barbaric Eden
of the untutored red man, his father, Bazil Hudon de Beaulieu, having
emigrated from Canada in the year 1804, and who was actively engaged
in the fur trade of the Northwest for many years, and in which
business Mr. C. H. Beaulieu, Sr., became early engaged in the Lake
Superior region and other points east and west of the headquarters of
the Mississippi, especially in the vicinity of La Pointe, Wis., and
at Crow Wing, Minn. At the latter place at one time he owned and
conducted the most thriving trade and enjoyed the pleasantest home in
Minnesota, under the warm hospitality of its roof and from the bounty
of its board no friend or stranger ever turned away hungry, nor felt
touched by the chill of discourtesy.

Mr. Beaulieu was of mixed French and Algic Indian blood, being
descended on his father's side from the chivalrous de Beaulieus of
France, and the most distinguished totem, or clan of the Ojibwa
nation, members of whose family have been chiefs and princesses from
time immemorial, and the principles and persuasive influences of both
races were happily continued in the life and nature of Mr. Beaulieu,
and it was owing to the implicit faith that the Indians cherished in
his word and wisdom that he was a power amongst them, and true it is,
that many serious collisions have been averted between the Chippewa
Indians of Minnesota and their white neighbors, owing to his timely
councils, and today, these people not only can thank his aggressive
forethought and wisdom for their heritage to homes on the White Earth
Reservation, but the further significant fact that no stain of the
white man's blood rests on the hands of the Chippewas of Minnesota.

He was married to Miss Elizabeth Farling, a daughter of one of the
early Scotch missionaries, in 1840, celebrating midst the
surroundings of a large family of children and grandchildren their
golden wedding, some three years ago.

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THE SEER OF MINNESOTA'S VENERABLE PIONEERS IS DEAD!
Clement Hudon de Beaulieu, more familiarly known as Col. C. H.
Beaulieu, of White Earth, this county, died on the morning of Monday,
2d of Jan., 1893, after a short illness of some eight days. Mr.
Beaulieu, who was a very active man for one so advanced in years, met
with a very serious accident a few days ago, having broken his leg,
and which culminated in his death. His wife survives him, and also
five sons, Capt. Chas. H., Rev. C. H., Jr., Gus. H., Theo. B., Robt.
G. and one daughter, Mrs. Theo. H. Beaulieu. - Detroit Record
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The Bio of Clement H. Beauliu is a direct quote from the 1907 book by
Alvin H. Willcox, "A Pioneer History of Becker County Minnesota."
Chapter XVIII,
page 258-259.

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As we have reported, Clement H. Beaulieu is first listed as
establishing a trading post near Crow Wing River in 1838, but the
census of 1840 gives La Pointe as Beaulieu's residence. He was listed
as Justice of the peace in La Pointe County in 1848. Besides, his
son, Reverend C. H. Beaulieu claims that his father moved to Crow
Wing at the time the Government was building Fort Gaines. It is thus
more probable that 1849 was the date of his final arrival in Crow
Wing as a permanent resident.

In order to be independent of military regulations, Beaulieu decided
to build off the reservation and settle opposite the north mouth of
Crow Wing River. He moved in with a large force of loggers, sawyers,
and carpenters and erected a group of post buildings, "one of which
was a large two-storied log building clapboarded outside and ceiled
within and designed for his residence." Outside on the three sides
were wigwams of the Indians. To the north, were Indian burial
grounds. 44

Eventually, Clement Beaulieu purchased the building of Pierre
Chouteau Company. He formed a partnership with John Fairbanks and the
firm of Beaulieu and Fairbanks became the principal supplier of all
Chippewa Indian Posts. One source claims that at one time Allan
Morrison worked for Clem Beaulieu as clerk. Peltries were still sent
to St. Louis, but Crow Wing became known as an out-fitting place. 45
For this trade the geographical location of Crow Wing was excellent.
It was on the Red River ox cart trail and wagon trail. It was in the
heart of the great Chippewa country.

44. Zapffe. It Happended Here, Brainerd, Minnesota, p. 9.

45. Brainerd Dispatch, April 18, 1918.

Speaking of Crow Wing:
Of the houses left in the old settlement, many were destroyed by
fire. One half of the Clement Beaulieu home was moved to the old Jean
Branchaud farm in Morrison County. It is well know today as the house
at the south entrance of Camp Ripley on Highway 371.

Col. married FARLING Elizabeth on 05 Dec 1837 in WI. Elizabeth (daughter of FARLING James and FRASER Nancy-Anne) was born on 15 Dec 1816 in Drummond Island, Chippewa Co., MI; died on 14 Feb 1903 in White Earth, Becker Co., MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul was an interpreter for the US Government, and assisted in
concluding many treaties with the Chippewas.

Paul H. Beaulieu

Posted by Dick Campbell on Fri, 18 Jun 1999

The following is from the book "A Pioneer History of Becker County
Minnesota" Chapter XVIII, page 258, by Alvin H. Wilcox, 1907:

Paul H. Beaulieu was born at Mackinac in 1820. He was of French and
Indian descent and took an active part in the early development of
the territory and state of Minnesota, especially in all matters
relating to the Chippewa Indians, and in their several treaties with
the government. He possessed the attributes of a splendid education,
was a master of the English and French languages, a born diplomat, a
brilliant orator, and a Chesterfield in manner and address, and was
reputed to be the most fluent interpreter of the Chippewa dialect
that the nation ever produced. He was largely instrumental in
bringing about the measure which secured to the Chippewas their
present home, the White Earth Reservation, and he, too, led the van
when they removed hither, and turned the first furrow and planted the
first crop, and took the initiatory steps in the paths of a new
civilization. Mr. Beaulieu never sought the uncertain allurements of
the political works, although grandly qualified to honor and
administer the duties of its most intricate branches; he chose,
rather, to humiliate himself to his humble surroundings and to the
elevation of his kindred, the Chippewas of Minnesota. He belonged to
that lofty school of individualism that is fast passing away, and
who, "along the cool, sequestered vale of life, they keep the
'morseless tenor of their way" and whose noble deeds of self-
sacrifice are buried with them. Mr. Beaulieu had been in failing
health for some time, and the sudden and tragic death of his beloved
son, John H. Beaulieu, a few weeks ago, undoubtedly hastened his
demise which occurred on the 9th of February, 1897. He leaves a wife
and two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Jennie Ledeboer, Mrs. A. J.
McIntosh, and Truman and C. A. H.. Beaulieu. He was a brother of the
late lamented Col. C. H. Beaulieu, and at the time of his death he
was employed as interpreter on the Chippewa commission. In respect to
his memory Maj. R. M. Allen, U.S. Indian agent, ordered the agency
flags at half mast during Wednesday and Thursday, and that general
business about the agency be suspended during the funeral services.
He was laid to rest on Thursday, in St. Benedict's mission cemetery;
Rev. Father Aloysius, O. S. B., officiated at the funeral services. -
Detroit Record.

Paul married FAIRBANKS Maria on 15 Oct 1841. Maria (daughter of FAIRBANKS John H. and SAYER Mary) was born on 21 Feb 1821 in Vermillion Lake. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Beaulieu&GSfn=Bazil&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19664478&df=all&

Family/Spouse: SOLIE Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married FAIRBANKS Robert P. on 30 Jun 1846 in LaPointe, Wisc Territory, MI. Robert was born on 21 Sep 1825 in Sandy Lake, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophia married HENDERSON George on 26 Dec 1851 in Belle Prairie, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]