Cobmoosa
Cobmoosa (1768 - 1866) was an Ottawa leader. Some sources claim he was the son of Antoine Campau and his wife, who was said to have been the daughter of an Ottawa chief.[1]
Originally he and his followers lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was in charge of a band of Ottawa in Ionia, Michigan. He was the leader of the Ojibwe who sold their crops to the initial settlers of Ionia in 1833. He was also among those who went with Rix Robinson to negotiate a treaty for removal to Indian Territory, but he like other Ojibwe resisted that removal.
In 1855 he signed a treaty with the federal government to relocate to Oceana County, Michigan. The government built a log cabin for him in Cobmoosa, Michigan and he along with 1300 others were located by 1858. He was buried in Elbridge, Michigan
Sources
- Walter Romig, Michigan Place Names, p. 123.
- publication on Ionia history