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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. Biography [ edit ]
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 colonists out of Kentucky and reclaim their hunting grounds. As the raids intensified, Americans who strayed from fortified settlements like Boonesborough were likely to be ...
By tradition, each Shawnee division had certain roles it performed on behalf of the entire tribe. These customs were fading by the time they were recorded in writing by European Americans. The Chillicothe division often provided political leadership for the tribe. [2] A well-known Chillicothe leader was Chief Blackfish.
Blackfish (Chiungalla, 1729–1779), Shawnee chief of the Chillicothe division of the Shawnee tribe Blue Jacket (Waweyapiersenwaw, "Blue Jacket", 1743–1810), leader in the Northwest Indian War and important early supporter of Tecumseh
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The Battle of Chillicothe was a military engagement of the western theater of the American Revolutionary War.In May 1779, Colonel John Bowman of the Kentucky County militia, accompanied by Benjamin Logan and Levi Todd, led between 160 and 300 militiamen against the Shawnee settlement of Old Chillicothe.
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Siding with Great Britain during the War of 1812, he led the Shawnee against the United States until his death at the Battle of the Thames. Tenskwatawa: 1775–1834 1800s–1830s Shawnee: Shawnee chief known as "The Prophet" who was an ally of his brother Tecumseh, together founding Prophetstown. Touch the Clouds: c. 1838–1905 1851–1904 ...