Chief Shabbona - Bear Of Kankanee
Jones, Larry W Shabbona (Sha-bon-ney) (1775-1859) was an Ottawa tribe member, born on the Kankakee River, who became a chief within the Potawatomi tribe in Illinois. His name means "indomitable", "hardy", "built like a bear." Shabbona was a grandnephew of Pontiac, the famous Ottawa leader. He aided Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and participated in the Battle of the Thames where Tecumseh was killed in 1812. Shabbona became a "friend of the whites" and warned other t...