Ah-moose

Aamoons, or Little Bee, also rendered Ah-moose, Ah-mous, Aw-Mouse, Aw-monse, Bradford Ah-Moose, Ahmoons, or Wasp, (1795? – March 18, 1866) was a 19th century leader of the Ojibwe people of North America. He was the head chief of the Lac du Flambeau band (Waaswaaganiwininiwag) "whose hunting grounds are on the Wisconsin River". According to Benjamin Armstrong, Ah-Moose was part of a delegation that met with President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The 1862 delegates were Ah-moose, or "Little Bee", from Lac Flambeau reservation; Kish-ke-taw-ug, or "Cut Ear", Bad River reservation; Ba-quas, or "He Sews", La Court O'Rielles reservation; Ah-do-ga-zik, or "Last Day", Bad River reservation; O-be-qnot, or "Firm", Fond du Lac reservation; Shing-quak-onse, or "Little Pine", La Pointe reservation; Ja-ge-gwa-yo, or "Can't Tell", La Pointe reservation; Na-gon-an, or "He Sits Ahead", Fond du Lac reservation; and O-ma-shin-a-way, or "Messenger", Bad River reservation. He was said to be nearly 70 years old at the time of the 1863 trip, "yet hearty and strong in appearance.

He died in Washington, D.C., in October 1866, of "black measles" (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) while on a trip to meet with U.S. federal government officials about the status of the tribe.