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The Treaty Of Chicago , which he signed on August 29 , 1821 as an Ottawa, reserved a three mile square tract for a village at the head of the Kalamazoo River (spelled then as ''Kekalamazoo''), the present-day city of Kalamazoo .

The Treaty With The Potawatomi , signed September 19 , 1827 , ceded the tract reserved for the village to the U.S. He did not sign the 1828 Treaty With The Potawatomi , which ceded additional land in southwest Michigan, although he did sign the 1832 Treaty With The Potawatomi , which also ceded additional land in the area.

The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band Of Pottawatomi (formerly known as the Gun Lake tribe), based in Dorr, Michigan in Allegan County , take their name from this chief.