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He was born as Bob Benge about 1762 in the Overhill Cherokee town of Toqua, to a Cherokee woman and a Scots-Irish trader named John Benge, who lived full-time among the Cherokee and had taken a "country wife." They also had a daughter Lucy. Benge stood out physically because of his red hair.
Durant wrote Heroes of History more for the layman than the scholar. Historical facts were interspersed with the author's opinions and reflections. "This book is likely to find a wide audience among those looking for an introduction to world history", says John Little of Publishers Weekly, "but the absence of a bibliography and source notes may denote to scholars a certain lack of rigor."
Teehee [b] was born in the town of Muldrow, in the Cherokee Nation [5] (modern-day Oklahoma) on October 14 or 31, 1874. [c] He was five-eighths Cherokee.[2] [d] His father, Rev. Stephen Teehee (or "Tehee") (1837–1907) was a Baptist minister and a unilingual speaker of Cherokee, who was originally from Cherokee territory in Georgia; at various times, he served the Cherokee Nation as a ...
Beginning in 1791, Doublehead began operating closely with the parties of his great-nephew, Bob Benge, who was to become one of the most feared warriors on the frontier, and Benge's brother, The Tail, who was then based in Willstown. In 1791, Doublehead was among a delegation of Cherokees who visited U.S. President George Washington in ...
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.A typical culture hero might be credited as the discoverer of fire, or agriculture, songs, tradition, law or religion, and is usually the most important legendary figure of a people, sometimes as the founder of its ruling dynasty.
A celebration of the culture and the contributions of people of Hispanic and Latin American ancestry, it is the perfect time to take a closer look at some of the unsung heroes who contributed to ...
He was the son of Chief Bloody Fellow (Talotisky, known also as Aaron Price) and Betsy Watts (Wurteh), who was the mother of Chief John Jolly (Due), Chief Bob Benge (known as "the Bench"), and George Gist (Sequoyah). [1] Tahlonteeskee was the older brother (or possibly a half-brother) of John Jolly.
'Order of Industrial Heroism' certificate awarded to Thomas "Derwydd" Thomas in 1933. Features a 1923 woodcut design by Eric Gill.. The list of recipients of the Order of Industrial Heroism (OIH) contains 440 recipients, [1] [2] [3] who received awards between its inception in 1923 and dissolution in 1964.