watseka

Watseka or Watchekee was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois around 1810, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians. In 1824 she married Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. Hubbard and Watseka had two children, both of whom died in infancy. They mutually dissolved the union in 1826. Watseka eventually married Noel Le Vasseur. She had three children with Le Vasseur. By 1837, she was no longer married to Le Vasseur. The United States Navy tug USS Watseka (YT-387), and a city in northern Illinois were named in her honor.

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