Kitihawa Point du Sable

Early founder of Chicago

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Updated 2026-08-17

Kitihawa Point Du Sable was a Potawatomi woman who, with her husband Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, established the first permanent settlement in what is now the city of Chicago. By the late 1700s, Kitihawa and her husband had set up their farm and trading post near the mouth of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.

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