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COMMANDER // 1773–1836

Wapasha II

1 battle1 war

Lifespan

17731836

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Active service 18321 battle across 1 war; first command at age 59.

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Wabasha II, also known as Wapahasha, Wapasha, or "The Leaf," succeeded his father as head chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota tribe in the early 1800s. He led the Dakota forces fighting with the British in the War of 1812, but sided with the United States in the Black Hawk War of 1832. Chief Wabasha II signed the Treaties of Prairie du Chien in 1825 and 1830.

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