Grand Rapids, Michigan

====Native American settlement====
By 1810, [[Chief Noonday]],or Nowaquakezick, an Odawa chief, established the village of Bock-a-tinck (from ''Baawiting'', "at the rapids") on the northwest side of present-day Grand Rapids near Bridge Street with about 500 Odawa, though the population would grow to over 1,000 on occasion.<ref name="HISTORY1881">{{cite book |title = History of Kent County, Michigan |date = December 1881 |publisher = Chas. C. Chapman & Co. |location = Chicago, Illinois |url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/bad0958.0001.001/7?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image |access-date = October 2, 2016 |via = University of Michigan Libraries |archive-date = November 26, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161126083755/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/bad0958.0001.001/7?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="WILD" /> During the [[War of 1812]], Noonday was allied with [[Tecumseh]] during the [[Battle of the Thames]]. Tecumseh was killed in this battle, and Noonday inherited his tomahawk and hat.<ref name="MSU">{{cite web |url = http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/chief-noonday/ |title = Chief Nawehquageezhik Noonday |publisher = MSU |access-date = July 17, 2019 |archive-date = July 17, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190717200518/http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/chief-noonday/ |url-status = live }}</ref> A second village existed lower down the river with its center located at the intersection of what is now Watson Street and National Avenue, with Chief Black Skin – known by his native name recorded as Muck-i-ta-oska or Mukatasha (from ''Makadewazhe'' or ''Mkadewzhe'', "Have Black Skin") and was son of Chief Noonday – leading the village.<ref name="WILD" />