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Blackfish (c. 1729–1779) (Shawnee: Cot-ta-wa-ma-go or Mkah-day-way-may-qua), was a Native American leader, war chief of the Chillicothe band of the Shawnee tribe.
Chief Shaumonekusse (c. 1785 – 1837) was a leader of the Otoe Native American tribe in the early 19th century. [2] The Otoe are a Central Plains tribe , closely related to the Ioway , Missouria , Ho-Chunk , and Winnebago .
A war chief of the Lakota, he took part in Red Cloud's War and Black Hills War. Red Cloud: 1822–1909 1860s–1890s Oglala Lakota: A chief of the Oglala Lakota, he was one of several Lakota leaders who opposed the American settlement of the Great Plains winning a short-lived victory against the U.S. Army during Red Cloud's War. Red Jacket: c ...
It is thought he was born between 1822 and 1826, and died February 6, 1922. Some sources place his birth as early as 1787. He was an American Chippewa Native American. His extreme age was noted in the 1918 French annual periodical Almanach Vernot , for the day 6th September, where his name was reported as "Fleche Rapide" or "Rapid Arrow". It ...
Black Fox was the "Beloved Man" (headman) of Ustanali, an important Native American settlement site which is located in what is today New Town in northwestern Georgia. [3] As the fight with the frontier Americans drew to a close, he was one of the signers of the Treaty of Holston (July 2, 1791), an attempt at ending hostilities in the Holston ...
Chalahgawtha (or, more commonly in English, Chillicothe(/ ˌ tʃ ɪ l ɪ ˈ k ɒ θ i / CHIL-ih-KOTH-ee) [1] was the name of one of the five divisions (or bands) of the Shawnee, a Native American people, during the 18th century. It was also the name of the principal village of the division.
In 1777, British officials opened a new front in the war with the American colonists by recruiting and arming Native American war parties to raid the Kentucky settlements. Henry Hamilton , the British Lieutenant Governor of Canada at Fort Detroit , found willing allies in leaders such as Shawnee chief Blackfish , who hoped to drive the American ...
Dennis Wolf Bushyhead (March 18, 1826 – February 4, 1898 [1]) was a leader in the Cherokee Nation after they had removed to Indian Territory. Born into the Wolf Clan, he was elected as Principal Chief , serving two terms, from 1879 to 1887.