Ostenaco (/ˈoʊtəˌsɪti ˌoʊstɪˈnækoʊ/; Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏔᎾᏆ, romanized: Ustanaqua, or "Bighead"; c. 1710 – 1780) was a Cherokee leader, warrior, orator, and leader...
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greeted by the town's head man, Ostenaco (or "Mankiller"). After spending several days in Tomotley as guests of Ostenaco, they proceeded to the Overhill...
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the Shawnee of the Ohio Country. In 1755, a band of 130 Cherokee under Ostenaco (or Ustanakwa) of Tamali (Tomotley) became the garrison in a fortified...
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Tomotley on December 20, where they were greeted by the town's head man, Ostenaco (or "Mankiller"): 57–58 and soon found themselves participants in a peace...
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greeted by the town's head man, Chief Ostenaco. After spending several days in Tomotley as guests of Ostenaco, Timberlake and McCormack proceeded to...
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Skayaguska Oukah, a leader of Tasseta Town, who visited England in 1730. Ostenaco Utsidihi (outacite or "mankiller"; eventually skiagusta or "war chief")...
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Jefferson came to know various American Indians, including the Cherokee chief Ostenaco, who often stopped at Shadwell to visit on their way to Williamsburg to...
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military rank Wilma Mankiller, first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation Ostenaco (ca. 1703 – 1780), Cherokee mankiller often referred to by his rank Man-Killer...
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February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors of the Cherokee led by Ostenaco and the garrison of Fort Loudoun (in what is now Tennessee) composed of...
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under the joint leadership of Captain Richard Pearis and Chief Outacite Ostenaco. Dinwiddie had agreed to supply them with guns and ammunition, but could...
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