Pekowi was the name of one of the five divisions (or bands) of the Shawnee , a Native American people, during the 18th century. The other four divisions were the Chalahgawtha , Mekoche , Kispoko , and Hathawekela . Together these divisions formed the loose confederacy that was the Shawnee tribe.
5-605: Pequea is a variation of the Shawnee Pekowi . Pequea may also refer to the following in Pennsylvania: Pekowi All five Shawnee division names have been spelled in a great variety of ways. Variations of the name "Pekowi" are reflected in many place names in the United States, including Piqua , Pickawillany , Pickaway , and Pequea . Traditionally, Shawnee ritual leaders came from
10-753: A French commission and left Pennsylvania, leading some 400 members of the Pekowi to Lower Shawneetown . They moved on to modern Kentucky, where they founded the community of Eskippakithiki . Pekowi warriors led by Chartier fought on the side of the French against the English at the Battle of Fort Necessity in 1754 during the French and Indian War . The Peckuwe and Kispoko divisions of the Shawnee Tribe lived in
15-523: A daughter. Chartier opposed the sale of rum in Shawnee communities in Pennsylvania, and this brought him into conflict with other traders and the provincial governor, Patrick Gordon . Shawnee and other Native American chiefs had long complained about the sale of alcohol, and had given the colonial government a list of traders they wanted banned because of their actions. In 1745 Chartier accepted
20-446: The Pekowi patrilineal division. From 1737 to about 1750 the Pekowi were led by Peter Chartier (born Pierre Chartier), a fur trader of Pekowi and French colonial parentage. He was recognized as a leader and rose to be chief of the band. Through his mother's line, Chartier was the grandson of chief Straight Tail Meaurroway Opessa . In 1710 he married his cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee Opessa and they had three children: two sons and
25-552: The Shawnee village of Peckuwe, which was located at 39°54.5′N 83°54.68′W / 39.9083°N 83.91133°W / 39.9083; -83.91133 near modern Springfield, Ohio , until the Battle of Piqua , August 8, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War . The Piqua Sept of the Ohio Shawnee Tribe have placed a traditional cedar pole in commemoration of their history here. It
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