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Tanacharison

Seneca chief (1700–1754)

Tanacharison (; c. 1700 – 4 October 1754), also called Tanaghrisson (), was a Native American leader who played a pivotal role in the beginning of the French and Indian War. He was known to European-Americans as the Half-King, a title also used to describe several other historically important Native American leaders. His name has been spelled in a variety of ways.^[a]

Early life

Little is known of Tanacharison's early life. He was born into the Catawba tribe whose lands and villages were along what now called the Catawba River in South Carolina (Not Buffalo, NY).

Becoming a leader

Tanacharison first appears in historical records in 1747, living in Logstown (near present Ambridge, Pennsylvania), a multi-ethnic village about 20 miles (30 kilometers) downstream from the forks of the Ohio River. Those Iroquois who had migrated to the Ohio Country were generally known as 'Mingos,' and Tanacharison emerged as a Mingo leader at this time. He also represented the Six Nations at the 1752 Treaty of Logstown,

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Tanacharisson Catawba (abt. 1700 - 1754)

Tanacharisson"Halfking Tanaghrisson"Catawba

Born about in Seneca Nation

Son of [father unknown] and Unknown Indian

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Unknown Seneca — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Gahickdodon Seneca and Maths Tanacharisson

Died at about age 54in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Profile last modified | Created 4 Jun 2011

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Biography

Tanacharisson was Catawba.

Tanacharisson Catawba is Notable.

Tanacharisson was a Seneca chief, called "Half-king" by the English, who was probably born in the early 1700's. Little is known of his origins, although he claimed to have been kidnapped by the French and later adopted by the Seneca. He and his family lived along the Ohio River near what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tanacharison first appears in historical records in 1747, living in Logstown (near present Ambridge, Pennsylvania). Those Iroquois who had migrated to the Ohio Country were generally known as "Mingos", and Tanach

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TANAGHRISSON (Deanaghrison, Johonerissa, Tanacharison, Tanahisson, Thanayieson, and, as a title, the Half King), a Seneca, a leading person among the Iroquois settled on the upper Ohio River from about 1748; d. 4 Oct. 1754 at Harris’s Ferry (Harrisburg, Pa.).

Little is known of Tanaghrisson’s early life. Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros* de Léry wrote that he was a Flathead (Catawba) by birth, but had been captured young and adopted by the Senecas; Philippe-Thomas Chabert de Joncaire reported that he came from the Lac des Deux-Montagnes and that “he was formerly inclined to the French, but at present he is more than English.” His special importance lies in the role he played in events leading to the outbreak of Anglo-French hostility in 1754.

The thrust of English traders like George Croghan into the country between the upper Ohio River and the Great Lakes about 1745 occasioned a realignment of some Indian groups in that area. Following the defection from the French alliance of the Huron chief Orontony, segments of his tribe and of the Miamis moved from the b