Opessa Straight Tail (c. 1664 – c. 1750), also known as Wopatha or Wapatha, was a Pekowi Shawnee Chief. He was the son of Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa...
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Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa (c. 1630–1709), often referred to as Meaurroway, was Chief of the Pekowi, a subdivision of the Shawnee Native American...
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Cornstalk, helped compile the dictionary for the Shawnee language Opessa Straight Tail (Wapatha, 1664–1750), chief of Pekowi band, signed several peace...
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with founding Logstown.: 355–56 : 88 Another early resident was Opessa Straight Tail, who moved to Logstown some time before 1750. The town's population...
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of Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa (1630-1709). He was a cousin of Peter Chartier (1690-1759), another grandson of Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. At...
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initially called "Opessa's Town" or "Shawanese Old Town" because it was the site of a Shawnee Amerindian village established by Opessa Straight Tail and abandoned...
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married his first cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee Opessa (1695-1737), daughter of Opessa Straight Tail and his wife, about 1710. They had three children...
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earliest reference to thec town is in 1711, when the Shawnee chief Opessa Straight Tail is recorded as marrying Polly, the daughter of Sassoonan. The village...
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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...
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conference was on 14 June, 1715, when he arrived with the Shawnee chief Opessa Straight Tail (his son-in-law) and met with Deputy Governor Charles Gookin. In...
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villages in Maryland. It is believed to have been the home of Chief Opessa Straight Tail, a Shawnee leader. It was listed on the National Register of Historic...
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Delawares. The Shawnees were represented by their king, Ophesaw (Opessa Straight Tail).: 66–67 Steelman's name is signed as a witness to the treaty made...
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place of his death are unknown. Peter Chartier Meshemethequater Opessa Straight Tail Logstown Kakowatcheky George P. Donehoo, "The Shawnee in Pennsylvania...
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area. A village definitely existed by 1711, when the Shawnee chief Opessa Straight Tail reportedly fled to Shamokin after being accused of complicity in...
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Chartier was the grandson of chief Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. In 1710 he married his cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee Opessa and they had three children:...
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territory and married Sewatha Straight Tail (1660–1759), daughter of the Shawnee chief Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. Their first child, a daughter...
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