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Wasson
Wasson (c. 1730 – c. 1790s) was an Ojibwa chief during the siege of Fort Detroit in Pontiac's War.
Wasson led around 200 warriors, who joined Pontiac's forces on May 31, 1763, remaining as part of the siege until it was abandoned in the autumn. On July 4, 1763, Wasson killed captive Captain Donald Campbell, in revenge for the death of his nephew.
From the following year until at least 1776, Wasson participated in a series of peace conferences, and was the primary native speaker at John Bradstreet's peace conference in September 1764. An Ojibwa chief of the same name was also involved in negotiations over land in 1790, but it is not certain whether this was the same person.
Wasson (surname)
Wasson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Craig Wasson (born 1954), American actor
- Daniel Wasson
- David Wasson
- Dean Wasson
- Erin Wasson
- Ernie Wasson
- Gus Wasson
- Isabel Bassett Wasson, American geologist and naturalist
- Jeremiah Richard Wasson (1855–1913), American military instructor in 19th century Japan
- Robert Gordon Wasson (1898–1986), American banker who became an expert on psilocybe mushrooms
- Thomas C. Wasson, American Consul General in Jerusalem, 1948
- William Wasson, American priest