Tanacharison biography of albert einstein

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.

Tanacharison biography of albert einstein

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