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Waupesesiu ("The Wild Potato"), a sister of a prominent 

 Menomini, was inveigled into taking part with the Indians in 

 Pontiac's scheme for the capture of all the British frontier 

 posts, and was also persuaded to carry among his adopted peo- 

 ple a red wampum belt and to invite their assistance. Con- 

 cerning Garron, Augustin Grignon, 1 says: 



At my father, Pierre Grignon's, then residing at Green Bay, Wau-pe-se- 

 pin was met by Old Carron, who, addressing him, said: ''I know the 

 object of your visit, and the purport of Pontiac's message ; I want no such 

 message as that, as I mean to do no wrong to my British friends. Is it 

 possible that you, too, are leagued with the Milwaukee band f Go back, 

 then, to your home among them, and let me see your face no more!" 

 Failing to inlluence his brother-in-law Carron, Wau-pe-se-pin gave up his 

 mission as hopeless, and retired to his cabin, instead of retracing his steps 

 to Milwaukee. While Carron and his faithful Menomonees were on the 

 alert, strictly watching lest the Milwaukee band might attempt some 

 mischief, which, however, they did not dare attempt, at length Lieut. 

 Gorrell, the commandant of the fort, receiving instructions to abandon 

 the post, left Green Bay, guarded to Mackinaw by Carron and a party of 

 Menomonees; and for his faithful adherence to the English, and rejection 

 of the counsels of Pontiac, Carron was subsequently presented with a 

 large silver medal by the British authorities, with a certificate of his 

 chieftainship and good services. 



Carron was well liked by the French, and his marriage with 

 a Menomini woman gave him considerable influence with that 

 tribe, so that in 1703 (at the time of Pontiac's preparations for 

 attacking the British posts) he had become speaker for the 

 head chief of the Menomini, Sheka'tskokwe'niau, "Old Chief," 

 or, as he is termed in history, "The Old King." It appears 

 from Grignou's statement, above cited, that Old Carron, beside 

 having offspring by his Menomini wife, "had two children 

 each by two other women, one of them a Sauk with whom he 

 became acquainted while on a war expedition against either the 

 Osage or Pawnee. He was regarded as the handsomest man 

 among the Menomini." Carron died in 1780, at the age of eighty 

 . years. He had the following children, by his Menomini wife — 



(2) I. Konot', 



(3) II. Tomau', 



(4) III. Kii'ron, or Shekwa'nene', 



(5) IY. Aia'mita, 



V, VI, VII, daughters, one of whom was named Katlsh'. 

 2. Konot' (Carron); tins word is the Menomini pronunciation for 

 Claude, generally referred to in history as Glode. He was 

 born about 1716, and at the death of his father in 1780 suc- 

 ceeded him as chief. 



About the fall of 1803 Glode went on a winter's hunt, taking his two 

 wives and five or six children with him, and somewhere on or near the 



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