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	Buckongahelas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Buckongahelas is known to have lived some time in what is now the City of Buckhannon in Upshur County, West Virginia.
		Buckongahelas translates as a "Giver of Presents." He was also known as "Pachgantschihilas" and "Petchnanalas" meaning a "fulfiller" or "one who succeeds in all he undertakes." A U.S. official, who knew Buckongahelas, characterized him as the "George Washington" of the Delaware people.
		Early in the American Revolutionary War, Buckongahelas broke away from the neutral and pro-American Delawares led by White Eyes, and established a town near the war leader Blue Jacket of the Shawnee.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Buckongahelas (821 words)

	Buckhongahelas Story
		Generations have Upshur County residents have been told the story of Delaware Native American Chieftain Buckongahelas and the early white settlers in the area now known as Buckhannon.
		And the story of Buckongahelas and the local settlers were immortalized in an historical novel, The Scout of the Buckongehanon, by the late Judge J.C. McWhorter, a book Straight read as a child.
		Buckongahelas is one of only two sculptures of a Native American in the state.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze7sdw1/id5.html (641 words)

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		Born in the mid-eighteenth century in western Ohio, Buckongahelas resisted white expansion into the Ohio country, but did so with a human demeanor that sometimes won the admiration even of his enemies.
		Later in the century, Buckongahelas was among the Native leaders of a major revolt led by the Miami Little Turtle.
		Buckongahelas took part in the defeat of Genaral Arthur Saint Clair in 1791 and the defeat of the Native alliance at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
	www.axel-jacob.de /no_photos02.html (1819 words)

	Buckhannon Upshur Chamber of Commerce - Chieftain Buckongahelas and Son Mahonegon
		But generations of Upshur County residents have been told the story of Delaware Indian Chieftain Buckongahelas and the early white settlers in the area now known as Buckhannon.
		And the story of Buckongahelas and the local settlers was immortalized in a historical novel, The Scout of the Buckongehanon, by the late Judge J.C. McWhorter, a book Straight read as a child.
		The statue embodies the local folklore popularized by McWhorter, that Buckongahelas and the area’s white settlers at least tolerated each other much of the time.
	buchamber.com /history_template.php?page_name=buckongahelas&... (643 words)

	Buckhannon, West Virginia Encyclopedia Article @ Burying.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Buckongahelas, a renowned chief and commander of the
		Many years prior to these conflicts, his favorite hunting grounds were located near the present site of the city.
		The name Buckongahelas was widely misspoken by these Anglo-Saxon settlers as Buckongehanon.
	www.burying.org /encyclopedia/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia (1282 words)

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		To defeat the object of this policy, the British commandants and the loyal British traders in the country northwest of the Ohio, encouraged and supported by a considerable number of French auxiliaries, incited the Indians to assail the frontiers of the confederated States.
		From the speeches of two distinguished Delaware chiefs, Buckongahelas and "White Eyes,f an inference may be drawn concerning the nature of the appeals which, about this time, were made to the Indians.
		Buckongahelas, who was the friend of the king of Great Britain, spoke to the Indians thus: "Friends!
	memory.loc.gov /master/gc/gcmisc/gcfr/0003/01860175.txt (169 words)

	The Lenape and the "Bitter People"
		In April 1781, at Gnadenhütten in Ohio, a Moravian missionary named John Heckewelder overheard a story told "with ease and an eloquence not to be imitated." Buckongahelas, a warrior chief, was reminding some of his people of the day the Giant Canoe floated into the land of the Lenape.
		And as they fought to keep their favorite hunting grounds, blood flowed through the land, and ran into the streams, and into their council fires, which were extinguished, without a spark to kindle new ones where they had burned for generations.
		Buckongahelas had come to warn these Christian Delawares that the Pennsylvania militia was on the warpath.
	www.marxmail.org /archives/november98/lenape.htm (695 words)

	Consolidated Docket No. 317, Defendant Exhibits 61-171, Dft. Ex. 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Delaware chief, Buckongahelas, sent a protest to Jefferson himself, though it is doubtful whether the soothing reply from the secretary of war that the United States wanted only "a Bargain fairly made and perfectly understood"
		As far as Jefferson was concerned, the Indians' protests fell on deaf ears, for the public announcement of the retrocession of Louisiana to France had convinced him of the necessity of procuring all the land west to the Mississippi.
		Secretary of war to Buchengelas [Buckongahelas] and others, January 10, 1803, in Letter book A, 301-2, Indian Office.
	www.gbl.indiana.edu /archives/dockett_317/317_37c.html (2641 words)

	Revolutionary War Records
		Not long after this the Indians had their turn, in dancing, as they were pierced by the bullets of the white man; and they found something more serious to attend to than engaging in mock fights.
		From that day I would never trust a white man to accompany me again to war." Kosciusko presented Little Turtle with a favorite brace of pistols, saying to him: "These pistols I have carried and used in many a hard fought battle in defense of the oppressed, the weak, the wronged of my own race.
		He had been so much under the influence of the Moravian missionaries that he might be almost deemed a civilized man. He was endowed with unusual native strength of mind, and had been greatly exasperated at the massacre of his unoffending brethren by the infamous Colonel Williamson.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/pyeatt/revw.html (8262 words)

	Indian Wars
		Violence erupted as Indians resisted this encroachment, and so the administration of President George Washington sent armed expeditions into the area to put down native resistance.
		However, in the Northwest Indian War, a pan-tribal confederacy led by Blue Jacket (Shawnee), Little Turtle (Miami), Buckongahelas (Lenape), and Egushawa (Ottawa) crushed armies led by Generals Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair.
		General St. Clair's defeat was the severest loss that would ever be inflicted upon an American army by Native Americans.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Indian_Wars.htm (1440 words)

	HALFORD R. MCNAUGHTON PAPERS, CA 1970
		The first manuscript, "Buckongahelas, last of the great Delaware war chiefs," (341 pages), in Folders 2-6, is centered on the life of Buckongahelas, but also deals with the history of the Delaware Indians in the eighteenth century, including their contacts with whites and with other Indiana tribes.
		The second typescript, "Trader's Path," (280 pages), in Folders 7-11, tells the story of Jane Lowry and her infant daughter Sally, captured by Delaware Indians during Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 and then rescued.
		Buckongahelas invites the Christian Delawares to the Wapahani
	www.indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/M0605.html (420 words)

	George Rogers Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Clark will command respect with chiefs and warriors of many Indian nations...including the Chippewa, Sac, Fox, Potawatomi and Kickapoos....12 to 15 will decide to be neutral.
		The Shawnee chief Logan, the Piankashaw chief Tobacco's Son, and the Delaware chief Buckongahelas all will be among the friends or admirers of George Rogers Clark.
		The online content for the Chronicles of George Rogers Clark was prepared by the staff of WFPL 89.3FM and Public Radio Partnership in Louisville, KY.
	www.wfpl.org /grc/23.htm (323 words)

	Fort Recovery State Museum
		A print of the signing of the treaty is shown along with the original stake used to mark the treaty line.
		Portraits of the battles as depicted by historian and author Robert VanTrees and portraits of Wayne, St. Clair, Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, and Buckongahelas adorn the walls.
		Visit the balcony to see a large display of prehistoric artifacts found in the local area.
	www.fortrecoverymuseum.com (661 words)

	Grouseland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mansion includes a council room where Harrison met with representatives from various American Indian tribes.
		In 1805, Harrison negotiated the Treaty of Grouseland with a number of important Indian leaders, including Little Turtle and Buckongahelas.
		Harrison had a famous confrontation with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh at Grouseland in 1810 (see Tecumseh's War).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grouseland (220 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for buckongahelas (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for buckongahelas (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "buckongahelas" at HighBeam.
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	www.encyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /searchpool.asp?target=Buckongahelas (66 words)

	Portrait of Caldwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the British sent supplies to the Cherokee party who wished to continue war with the Americans, the Raven headed a delegation to the pro-American Delawares of Coshocton and Daniel Brodhead at Fort Pitt, where he received the war belt which he now had to explain to the assembled pro-British chiefs.
		The principal warrior of the pro-British Delawares, Buckongahelas, addressing the Raven stated that he opened the Raven’s hand and took out of it the hatchet which had been delivered to him by the Coshocton Delawares, whom his dismissed as ‘a few drunken people of my nation’.
		He did not, however, receive the belt from his heart or with the intention to use it against their English father or any of them his elder brethren.
	caldwellgenealogy.com /forum/cgi-bin/config.cgi?read=998 (2689 words)

	Post Response (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Cherokees had suffered from both : unfavourable land deals and invasion when they had : resisted and the Raven had led a peace delegation : which had conceded more land.
		: The principal warrior of the pro-British Delawares, : Buckongahelas, addressing the Raven stated that he : opened the Raven’s hand and took out of it the hatchet : which had been delivered to him by the Coshocton : Delawares, whom his dismissed as ‘a few drunken people : of my nation’.
		He did not, however, receive the belt from : his heart or with the intention to use it against : their English father or any of them his elder : brethren.
	caldwellgenealogy.com /forum/cgi-bin/config.cgi?form=998 (2763 words)

	The Record Delta Online
		When first told about the mural, she asked about the history of the town and learned of the legend of the Pringle tree, the Pringle brothers and Chief Buckongahelas.
		In fact, when Dorland committed to the project, she began a sketch for the project, sketching out Samuel Pringle and Chief Buckongahelas.
		Steve Foster, director of the Upshur County Development Authority, looked at the sketch and commented how it resembled the city’s seal — an idea that had already been passed around, according to Dorland.
	www.therecorddelta.com /main.php?story_id=4776&page=23 (1332 words)

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		Clair was surprised near the Miami villages on November 4th 1791 and his force was defeated by a well organize ambush led by Blue Jacket, Little Turtle, and Simon Girty, the renegade.
		Little TurtleLittle Turtle had organized alliances with the Shawnees of Chief Blue Jacket and the Delawares of Chief Buckongahelas, to create a much disciplined offensive unit.
		A young Shawnee warrior named Tecumseh acted as a scout to report movement of the American troops as well as the best time and place for attack.
	www.arthurstclair.com /as2/as3 (5908 words)

	History of Ohio - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Ohio was the 17th U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the American Revolutionary War, Native Americans in the Ohio Country were divided over which side to support.
		For example, the Shawnee leader Blue Jacket and the Delaware leader Buckongahelas sided with the British, while Cornstalk (Shawnee) and White Eyes (Delaware) sought to remain friendly with the United States.
		American frontiersmen often did not differentiate between friendly and hostile Indians, however: Cornstalk was killed by American militiamen, and White Eyes may have been.
	www.claytoncaus.com /profile/History_of_Ohio (1962 words)

	Battle of Fallen Timbers - The Toledo Metroparks
		Waiting for Wayne and his men were about 1,000 warriors representing the native confederacy and led by Miami war chief Little Turtle, an old nemesis of the United States.
		Other leaders of the confederacy included Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and Delaware Chief Buckongahelas.
		One of the most famous leaders of the native resistance, Tecumseh, also took part in the battle.
	www.fallentimbersbattlefield.com (360 words)

	Chronology of BJ
		Governor of the Territory of the U. Northwest of the River Ohio, and appointed as a Major General and Commander of the U S Army, Arthur St. Clair led a poorly trained and ill-equipped expedition of regulars, levies, militia, and civilian men, women, and children northwest from Cincinnati toward Kekionga.
		And marching southeast toward the approaching expedition, the Miamis were joined by Chief Blue Jacket and his Shawnee warriors, Buckongahelas and his Delawares, Tarhe the Crane and his Wyandot warriors, Potawatomies, Ottawas, and Kickapoos.
		The two "forces"met on the banks of the Wabash River and the Indians attack St. Clair’s encampment just before dawn November 4th, 1791.
	shawnee-bluejacket.com /Bluejacket_Folders/Chronology_of_BJ.htm (3974 words)

	Part 1 - Chronology
		There were 480 warriors [presumably Delaware] who served under Buckongahelas at the defeat of St.
		Some of the Munsee who went up the Allegheny River settled with the Seneca.
		3 November 1791 - Northwest Territory Governor, General Arthur St. Clair, was defeated by twelve hundred Indians led by Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, and Buckongahelas.
	lenapedelawarehistory.net /mirror/chronology1.htm (9094 words)

	Ohiomagazine.com \| Ohio Travel Articles
		History does not record what end befell Greathouse.
		It does record what happened to the territory's Indian tribes, which included the Shawnees of Blue Jacket, the Delawares of Buckongahelas, the Miamis of Little Turtle, the Wyandots, the Ojibwas, the Ottawas, the Potawatomis, the Kickapoos, the Eries and Logan's Mingos.
		Their ending is well known if not particularly celebrated anymore.
	www.ohiomagazine.com /OhioTravel/report.asp?ID=5E8B2B04082A47F3BE783C4FE12CA308 (1708 words)

	AmIAnnoying.com
		The prehistoric Mound Builders (Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient cultures) occupied the land.
		Some of the greatest Native American warriors Tecumseh, Tarhe the Crane, Little Turtle and Buckongahelas came from this area.
		Presidents Rutherford B Hayes, Ulysses S Grant, James A Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Warren G Harding were born in Ohio.
	www.amiannoying.com /(yuohpu55imqoaq45k3hipqut)/view.aspx?id=6933 (954 words)

	McCaffery Mysteries: Actors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most of Robert’s professional work has taken place in Ohio.
		Having acted in the Theatre IV’s regional tour of The Emperor’s New Clothes and A Thousand Cranes, Stage First Cincinnati’s production of That Scoundrel Scapin' and the Rehearsal at Versailles, and also the outdoor drama Blue Jacket!, as Delaware Chief Buckongahelas and also understudying and going on for the title role of Blue Jacket.
		Robert’s Pittsburgh credits include The World’s Longest Kiss at the Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Play On!
	www.mccafferymysteries.com /actors.html (4498 words)

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