Chief Charles Kishkinakaang Kisheck

Chief Charles Kisheck is listed as # 001 on the 1907 Wooster Roll where he is identified as Chief without listing his parents. His traditional name is recorded as "Kishkinakaang" meaning "cut off". As of 1907 he was a resident of Carter, Wisconsin where he lived with his wife, 3 unnamed sons, 2 widows of unknown association and a named daughter. The reason for his listing on the Wooster Roll is unclear but it seems that he or his parents may have been among those that either came to Canada but returned to Wisconsin OR were not part of the Potawatomi people who were moved from Wisconsin after the Treaty of 1833. He held no rights in Canada.

Chief Charles Kisheck is highlighted in a Timeline of Potawatomi History at the Forest County Potawatomi website. Special Agent Wooster's 1907 census also is mentioned in this timeline. https://www.fcpotawatomi.com/culture-and-history/timeline-of-potawa... .

The important letter of October 26, 1913 from C.F. Hauke, Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs is addressed to Charles Kisheck, Chief Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wasaukkee, WI. That letter is published in the December 15, 2012 edition of Potawatomi Travelling Times at https://www.fcpotawatomi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DECEMBER-15...

Also mentioned in this timeline is Simon Kahquados who is #360 on the Wooster Roll and is listed as being 6 years younger than Chief Charles Kisheck. The Kewakado name is present as a long time family name in Shawanaga First nation,Ontario but no known family connection has been identifies as of 2016.) In 1907 Simon Kahquados was not listed as chief but Chief Charles Kisheck may have predeceased him since Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (b. May 18, 1851, d. Nov. 27, 1930) was honoured at the time of his death as "Head Chief of the Potawatomi Indians. He was the last descendant of a line of Chiefs who ruled over the Door County Peninsula for many centuries." REF: http://wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-grave-of-... . For his 1920 publication about the Potawatomi Publius V. Lawson interviewed Simon Kahquados as an authority on Potawatomi history. See http://www.slahs.org/history/indians_of_wisconsin/potawatomi.htm

The relationship between Chief Charles Kisheck (as of 1907 and 1909) and Simon Onanguisse Kahquados in an undefined period of time prior to 1930 requires further research. In 1909 the Committee on Indian Affairs of the US House of Representatives published "Adjustment of Claims of the Pottawatomie Indians In Wisconsin". REF: https://ia801406.us.archive.org/26/items/adjustmentofclai01unit/adj... . This document does not mention Simon Kahquados but at page 31 and again at pages 34 does mention Chief Kisheck.