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Winamac was the name of a number of Potawatomi leaders and warriors beginning in the late 17th century. The name derives from a man named Wilamet, a Native American from an eastern tribe who in 1681 was appointed to serve as a liaison between New France and the natives of the Lake Michigan region. Wilamet was adopted by the Potawatomis, and his name, which meant "Catfish" in his native Eastern Algonquian language, was soon transformed into "Winamac", which means the same thing in the Potawatomi language. The Potawatomi version of the name has been spelled in a variety of ways, including Winnemac, Winamek, and Winnemeg. The Winamac name became associated with prominent members of the Fish clan of the Potawatomi tribe. In 1701, Winamac or Wilamet was a chief of the Potawatomi villages along the St. Joseph River in what is now the U.S. state of Michigan. This man or another of the same name was an ally of New France who helped negotiate an end to the Fox Wars in the 1730s. Two other Winamacs were prominent during the War of 1812. One was active opponent of the United States, while the other was a U.S. ally. These two Winamacs have often been confused with each other. == Wilamet == In 1681, a group of Native Americans from several Algonquian tribes of New England accompanied French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on an expedition to the west.〔Clifton, 19-20.〕 One of these Natives, Wilamet (or Ouilamette or Wilamek), was appointed by La Salle to serve as a laison between New France and the natives of the Lake Michigan region.〔Clifton, 20.〕 Wilamet was adopted by the Potawatomis,〔Susan Sleeper-Smith, ''Indian Women and French Men: Rethinking Cultural Encounter in the Western Great Lakes'' (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001), 175n35.〕 and his name, which meant "Catfish" in his native Eastern Algonquian language, was eventually transformed into "Winamac", which means the same thing in the Potawatomi language.〔 Before long, he was recognized by the French as the "chief" of the Potawatomi villages along the St. Joseph River in what is now the U.S. state of Michigan.〔Clifton, 78.〕 Wilamet was therefore not a traditional Potawatomi leader (or ''okama''〔Clifton, 57.〕), but was instead a "chief" appointed by the French.〔Clifton, 85-86.〕 French-appointed chiefs were a common feature of the Franco-Indian alliance. According to historian Richard White, "as the French singled out certain leaders to be the channels by which French power entered the villages, they created a new kind of chief which can best be distinguished as an alliance chief".〔White, 38.〕 Wilamet helped La Salle promote French polices while countering Iroquois influence in the Lake Michigan region.〔 In 1694, a man named Ouilamek, probably the same Wilamet, led 30 Potawatomis in an expedition under Cadillac against the Iroquois.〔Clifton, 83.〕 In 1701, Wilamet and Onanghisse (or Onangizes), another prominent Potawatomi alliance chief,〔White, 39.〕 represented the Potawatomis at the great Treaty of Montreal, which ended the war with the Iroquois.〔Clifton, 86.〕 During the Fox Wars (1712–1733), a Wilamek was a leader of the Fish clan of the St. Joseph Potawatomis.〔Clifton, 89.〕 Historian David Edmunds portrays this man as the same one who had attended the 1701 treaty, although Richard White writes that a Wilamek of this era was of a man of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) parentage who had married into the Potawatomi tribe.〔White, 171.〕 In 1719, Wilamek traveled to Montreal with a group of Meskwaki leaders in an effort to make peace.〔 The following year, his son was captured by the Meskwakis, but he was later released.〔Clifton, 89; Edmunds, 34.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winamac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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