Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay

Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay

Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay (or Aish-Ke-Vo-Go-Zhe, from "Eshkibagikoonzhe", " [bird] having a leaf-green bill" in Ojibwe; also known as "Flat Mouth" ("Gueule Platte"), a nickname given by French fur traders) was a powerful Ojibwa chief who traveled to Washington in 1855, along with Beshekee and other Ojibwe leaders, to negotiate the cession of ten million acres (40,000 km²) including the headwaters of the Mississippi in northern Minnesota.

“Tell him I blame him for the children we have lost, for the sickness we have suffered, and for the hunger we have endured. The fault rests on his shoulders.” —Aysh-ke-bah-ke-ko-zhay, Leech Lake Ojibwa speaking of Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey


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