Biauswah

Biauswah (Bayaaswaa in Ojibwe, meaning "The Dry-one") was the name of two different Ojibwa chiefs. The name Bayaaswaa refers to jerkied meat, dried either by smoke or by sun.^[1]

Biauswah (I) is an Ojibwa chief from Wisconsin.
Biauswah (II) is an Ojibwa chief from Minnesota.

References

↑ Hodge, Frederick Webb (1907). Handbook of American Indians. Bulletin 30 (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology ed.). Washington: Government Printing Office.

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