Chief Wapahaska (

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1880s) (), also known as Chief Whitecap and , was a

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chief from the area now known as Whitecap Dakota Reserve.

Founding of Saskatoon

John Lake of the Temperance Colonization Society of Toronto arrived in what is now

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in 1882 to survey the land. Whitecap advised that Lake begin the settlement on the east bank of the

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, which would later become

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Later life

Whitecap was a participant in the

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, and was tried for treason after Louis Riel's surrender. He was later found not guilty.

References

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