Cheeseekau

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Cheeseekau
Pepquannakek (Gunshot), Popoquan (Gun), Sting, and Chiksika
Kispokotha Shawnee leader
Succeeded byTecumseh
Personal details
Bornc. 1760
DiedOctober 1, 1792
Pucksinwah and Methotasa
NicknameMatthew

Cheeseekau (c. 1760–1792) was a war chief of the Kispoko division of the Shawnee Nation.[1][2] Also known as Pepquannakek (Gunshot), Popoquan (Gun), Sting, and Chiksika.[3] [4] Although primarily remembered as the eldest brother and mentor of Tecumseh, who became famous after Cheeseekau's death, Cheeseekau was a well-known leader in his own time, and a contemporary of Blue Jacket.

Few details are known about Cheeseekau's early life. He may have been born along the

Methoataaskee, moved north to the Ohio Country around the time of his birth. After Pukeshinwa's death in the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, Cheeseekau assumed much of the responsibility for his younger brothers, including Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa.[5][6]

During the

Running Water on the Tennessee River, where he joined Dragging Canoe's militant Chickamauga Cherokee in fighting American expansion. He died On October 1, 1792 after being mortally wounded during an attack on Bledsoe's Station, a frontier fort near Nashville, TN.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Shawnees". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  2. ^ Alvin M. Josephy Jr. (1961). "These lands are ours …". American Heritage. Vol. 12, no. 5. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  3. ^ "Tecumseh". History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts. 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  4. ^ "Re: Tecumseh and Tecumapease decendants [sic]". RootsWeb: OHROOTS-L. 2005-04-07. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  5. ^ Benjamin Drake (1852). Life of Tecumseh and of his brother the prophet. Cincinnati: H.S. & J. Applegate & Co. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  6. ^ Ethel T. Raymond (1920). Tecumseh : a chronicle of the last great leader of his people. Toronto: Glasgow, Brook. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  7. ^ Glenn Tucker. "Tecumseh (Shawnee chief)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  8. ^ Brown, p. 271

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