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...

Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa (c. 1630–1709), often referred to as Meaurroway, was Chief of the Pekowi, a subdivision of the Shawnee Native American...

Cornstalk, helped compile the dictionary for the Shawnee language Opessa Straight Tail (Wapatha, 1664–1750), chief of Pekowi band, signed several peace...

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...

of Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa (1630-1709). He was a cousin of Peter Chartier (1690-1759), another grandson of Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. At...

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...

married his first cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee Opessa (1695-1737), daughter of Opessa Straight Tail and his wife, about 1710. They had three children...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

place of his death are unknown. Peter Chartier Meshemethequater Opessa Straight Tail Logstown Kakowatcheky George P. Donehoo, "The Shawnee in Pennsylvania...

area. A village definitely existed by 1711, when the Shawnee chief Opessa Straight Tail reportedly fled to Shamokin after being accused of complicity in...

Chartier was the grandson of chief Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. In 1710 he married his cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee Opessa and they had three children:...

territory and married Sewatha Straight Tail (1660–1759), daughter of the Shawnee chief Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa. Their first child, a daughter...