Minnewa (Great Warrior)
Minnewa (Great Warrior). A half-breed Creek. In early life he was noted for bravery and trickery and was known as Hothlepoya (crazy war hunter), annually crossing the Cumber- land River …
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Minnewa (Great Warrior). A half-breed Creek. In early life he was noted for bravery and trickery and was known as Hothlepoya (crazy war hunter), annually crossing the Cumber- land River …
Cornplanter (Ki-on-twog-ki). A Seneca chief, a half-breed, born about 1730. at Conewaugus. Genesee County. N. Y. He was one of the party to the treaty at Ft. Stanwix, and took …
Kickenapawling (The dawn has come). A village of mixed Delawares and Iroquois, taking its name from the chief that was at its head, situated at the junction of Stony Creek …
Wyandotte (The dwellers of the peninsula). They were called by the French Hurons, their name was A-hon-an-dote, a confederation of four organized Iroquoian families, occupying a limited territory in Ontario. …
Miantonomo (Treacherous). A chief of the Narragansetts, and a nephew of Canonicus. They were associated together as the head of the nation at the time the English first arrived on …
Narragansett (Other side of the river). They were located within the limits of Rhode Island and the islands in the vicinity. From time immemorial they waged war against the Pequods. …
Seminole (Wild men or wanderers). A Tribe of the Creek Confederacy in Florida, they spoke the Muskoghee dialect. As a nation there were seven Tribes in Florida and two in …