Sauganash, or Billy Caldwell, was a half-Potawatomi, half British leader born in the late 18th century. He settled near Chicago in about 1820. As a result of an 1830 treaty with the U.S. government, he was granted a land tract of about 1600 acres (6.5 km²) north of Chicago. Sauganash eventually sold the land and moved to Iowa, where he died in about 1841. Most of the Sauganash land was eventually annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. The name "Sauganash" is said to mean "Englishman" in the Potawatomi language.

"Sauganash" also refers to a Chicago neighborhood that occupies part of the Sauganash land tract. See also Edgebrook.

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Sauganash biography

Sauganash Community Organization