his Chippewa Chief, according to McKenney, was an "exceedingly active, sprightly fellow, quick in his movements, ardent, and fond of his family."

olonel McKenney met him at the Fond du Lac treaty council in 1826 when the chief introduced him to his fourteen-year-old son. Through an interpreter McKenney suggested he take the boy back to Washington "and educate him." Jackopa listened to the interpreter translate McKenney's proposal. Then shaking his head he ran his finger from his forehead down to his chest, "indicating," as McKenney recalled, "that to depart from his son would be like cutting him in two."

The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians by James D. Horan, Bramhall House, 1986, Page 210.