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'{{no footnotes|date=July 2020}} '''Whitmore Knaggs''' was a fighter, linguist and spy. ==Biography== Whitmore's parents were George Knaggs, who had been born in [[London]], [[England]], and Rachel Sly, who had [[Netherlands|Dutch]] parentage. One of at least eight children, he was born in about 1763 on his father's farm by the [[Maumee River]] in [[Ohio]]. He was educated at home, being taught [[French language|French]], [[Latin]], and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] by his mother. He was friendly with the local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people, and was appointed a United States [[Indian agent]] in 1781 (some say by [[George Washington]]). In July 1784 the headman of the [[Ottawa (tribe)|Ottawa nation]] granted him a tract of land on the Maumee River on which [[Fort Miami (Ohio)|Fort Miami]] was later built. On August 20, 1794, he fought with [[General Anthony Wayne]] at the [[Battle of Fallen Timbers]] against a mixed Canadian and Indian force. He also acted as interpreter. He moved to [[Detroit]], where his father had opened a trading store, and in 1797, married Josette Labadie. In 1803 he bought a homestead and farm on the [[Detroit River]] by Knaggs Creek (now disappeared, the site was about two blocks west of where Grand Boulevard meets the Detroit River<ref>[https://detourthroughhistory.blogspot.com/2018/03/knaggs-house.html article on Knaggs House]</ref>, where he raised five children, and built a [[windmill]]. It became a stopping point for Indians of the Ottawa, [[Chippewa]], [[Pottawatomi]] and [[Wabash (tribe)|Wabash]] tribes. Whitmore Knaggs could converse in all these languages. He was a personal friend of the Indian leader [[Tecumseh]] (who was later killed by James Knaggs). In 1805 he was made a captain in the [[Michigan Militia]], and fought against the British and the Indians in the War of 1812, from 1812 to 1815. He was present at the [[Surrender of Detroit]] and was taken prisoner by the British, but later released. Later captured by the [[Shawnee]] chief [[George Blue Jacket]], he was saved from death by the [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] chief, Jack Brandy. After the war he resumed his duties as Indian agent and interpreter, being a signatory to Treaties at Detroit (1807), Brownstown (1808), Maumee (1817), St Mary's, Ohio (1818), Saginaw (1819) and Chicago (1821). He died on May 5, 1827. ==Sources== A full history of Whitmore Knaggs, his family and descendants is told in ''[https://archive.org/stream/historyofknaggsf00ross#page/6/mode/2up History of the Knaggs Family of Ohio and Michigan]'' by Robert B Ross, Detroit, 1902. ==External links== *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/gOhio.html Transcript of the Ohio & Michigan History] *{{find a Grave|125412308}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Knaggs, Whitmore}} [[Category:1763 births]] [[Category:1827 deaths]] [[Category:People from Michigan Territory]] [[Category:People from Wood County, Ohio]] [[Category:United States Indian agents]]'