Black Beaver
Black Beaver or Se-ket-tu-may-qua (c. 1806–1880, Lenape, or Delaware) was a trapper and interpreter who worked for the American Fur Company. He served as a scout and guide as he was fluent in English, as well as several European and Native American languages. He is credited with establishing the California and Chisholm trails. After working as a scout, he settled among his people in the village of Beaverstown in Indian Territory, where they had been relocated in the 1830s. At the beginning of the American Civil War, he guided hundreds of Union troops and their long wagon train from Fort Arbuckle in Indian Territory to Kansas, to escape much larger Confederate forces.