Person:Buckongahelas Lenape (1)

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Buckongahelas (c. 1720 – May 1805) together with Little Turtle & Blue Jacket, achieved the greatest victory won by Native Americans, killing 600. He was a regionally and nationally renowned Lenape chief, councilor and warrior. He was active from the days of the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) through the Northwest Indian Wars, after the United States achieved independence and settlers encroached on territory beyond the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio River. He became involved in the Western Confederacy of mostly Algonquian-speaking peoples, who were seeking to repel American settlers. The chief led his Lenape band from present-day Delaware westward, eventually to the White River area of present-day Muncie, Indiana. One of the most powerful war chiefs on the White River, Buckongahelas was respected by the Americans as a chief, although he did not have the position to do political negotiations.

1.   Ohio annals: Historic events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys.

   Excerpt: "One of the noted war chiefs of the Delawares was Shin-gask, alias Sach-gants-chillas, or Bockongahelas and called by Judge Burnett, in his notes, Buckingelas, and by other writers, Bockingilla."

2.   The Scout of the Buckongehanon: An Historical Romance of the Western Virginia Border, 1764-1782.

   Historical Romance about Buckongahelas

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