Tessouat ("Anishinaabe": Tesswehas) (c. ??? - 1636/1654) was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation ("Kitche"=Great, "sipi"=river, "rini"=people: the people from the great river, the Ottawa River). His nation lived in an area extending from the "Lac des Deux-Montagnes" to Pembroke, Ontario. Tessouat lived on the Isle-aux-Allumettes, in a neck of the Ottawa River. He was described by the French settlers as having a strong character. Wikipedia
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