Logan Fontenelle
Logan Fontenelle , also known as Shongaska , was a trader of Omaha and French ancestry, who served for years as an interpreter to the US Indian agent at the Bellevue Agency in Nebraska. He was especially important during the United States negotiations with Omaha leaders in 18531854 about ceding land to the United States prior to settlement on a reservation. His mother was a daughter of Big Elk, the principal chief, and his father was a respected FrenchAmerican fur trader.
Logan Fontenelle was born at Fort Atkinson, Nebraska Territory on May 6, 1825. He was the oldest son of four born to Meumbane, a daughter of the Omaha principal chief Big Elk , and her husband Lucien Fontenelle, a French Creole fur trader from New Orleans. Their other children were Albert , Tecumseh , Henry , and Susan . The senior Fontenelle sent his sons to St. Louis, Missouri for EuropeanAmerican schooling. His daughter Susan was educated at home with her mother and family, received extended training in the local mission schools, and married a halfbreed named Louis Neals.
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