Kitihawa Point du Sable
Early founder of Chicago / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kitihawa Point Du Sable (also known by her Christian name, Catherine)[1] 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.[2] By the late 1700s, Kitihawa and her husband had set up their farm and trading post on the Chicago river.[2]