Kakowatcheky led an unknown number Shawnees from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Pennsylvania, together with the Dutch trader and explorer Arnaut Viele.
11 Facts About Kakowatcheky
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Kakowatcheky recognized that by moving east, he was bringing the Shawnees into Iroquois territory, but within a few years he and Opessa Straight Tail had persuaded the English that the Shawnee presence was of economic as well as military value, influencing the Pennsylvania Provincial Government to grant the Shawnee and a few other tribes favored status through a multilateral treaty in 1701.
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Kakowatcheky then led eleven warriors to discover if there was any truth to this rumor.
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The other settlers returned fire, wounding Kakowatcheky, who fell, but then got up and ran into the woods, leaving his rifle behind.
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Kakowatcheky was patient and considerate to Zinzendorf during the missionary's stay at Wyomink.
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The Shawnees suspected that Zinzendorf was conjuring spirits in his tent to show him the location of the silver mine, and wanted to kill this "sorcerer," but Kakowatcheky was able to use his diplomatic skill and authority to keep the count and his party safe.
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Kakowatcheky said that he, too, believed in God, who had created both the Indian and the white man.
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Kakowatcheky himself was an Indian of God's creation and he was satisfied with his condition and had no wish to be a European; above all he was a subject of the Iroquois, it did not behoove him to take up new Things without their Advice or Example.
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Kakowatcheky began with Nochecouna's answer, directed to the Governor of Pennsylvania:.
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Kakowatcheky is sometimes credited with having founded Logstown, but there is evidence that a community existed there before his arrival.
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Kakowatcheky refused to join him, and Chartier and his people left Logstown after a brief stay.