William Whipple Warren

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William Whipple Warren (c. 1851)
William Whipple Warren (c. 1851)

William Whipple Warren (May 27, 1825June 1, 1853)[1] was a mixed-blood Ojibwe historian, interpreter, and legislator in the Minnesota Territory.[2]

[edit] Early life and family

William Warren was born at La Pointe on Madeline Island, the son of Lyman Warren, a fur trader, and Mary Cadotte, daughter of Michel Cadotte.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Thrapp, Dan (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: In Three Volumes. U of Nebraska Press, pp. 1515. ISBN 0803294204. 
  2. ^ Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.