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About Lawaquaqua Opessa
A member of the Turtle Clan.
1711 - taken to Sassoonan's village with Opessa for education
1722 - returned to Opessa's Town Maryland
Did not go south to Alabama, remained in Pennsylvania
1738 - signed petition to Pennsylvania with others to stop the sale of liquot to natives
By 1738 a Pekowi Chief in wester Maryland / central Pennsylvania
1740 - found raiding in Pennsylvania
1744 - joined Peter Chartier and other in moving to Lower Shawnee Town, Ohio to support the French
1748 - Conference Logstown
1753 - Captured on trip to the south to locate Pekowi relatives on the Savannah River and died in South Carolina prison
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Lawaquaqua Opessa's Timeline
1710 |
1710
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Maryland, United States
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1753 |
1753
Age 43
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South Carolina, United States
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