THE OTTAWA INDIANS MEAN "TO TRADE, BUY, OR SELL" A TERM COMMON TO THE CREE AND CHIPPEWA.. THEY WERE NOTED FOR INTERTRIBAL TRADERS AND BARTERERS WITH CORNMEAL, FURS, RUGS, TOBACCO, AND MEDICINAL ROOTS.
THE OTTAWA ARE CALLED "CHEULUX RELEUEZ" BY FRENCH. CHAMPLAIN VISITED BY THE OTTAWA IN 1616. THEY VISITED THE OTTAWA IN 1616. THEY DRIED HUCKLEBERRIES FOR WINTER. THE MEN WERE WARRIORS, HUNTERS, AND CHIEFS. THEY PLANTED CORN AND OTHER PLANTS. THEY WENT 400 LEAGUES AWAY TO TRADE. THEY MADE THEIR RUGS. THE WOMEN COVERED THEIR BODIES THE MEN WERE UNCOVERED. THEY HAD FUR ROBES FOR THE WINTER. THEY ASKED CHAMPLAIN TO AID THEM AGAINST ENEMIES ON THE SHORE OF THE FRESH WATER SEA, 200 LEAGUES AWAY. THE OTTAWA, KISKAKON, AND OTTAWA SINAGO WAS A SINGLE TRIBE. THE OTTAWA CLAIMED THE RIVER BELONGED TO THEM, AND OTHER NATIONS MUST SEEK THEIR CONSENT TO USE IT. ALL THOSE WHO WENT TO THE FRENCH TO TRADE BORE THE NAME OTTAWA. THEY DID NOT GRASP CHRISTIANITY AND HAD LOOSE MARRIAGE TIES.
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