Quashquame
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Quashquame was a prominent Sauk leader known for his role in early 19th-century treaty negotiations with the United States, including the controversial cession of Sauk lands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quashquame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2319802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Quashquame Context triple: [Sauk, historicalLeader, Quashquame]
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Metacom
Metacom, also known as King Philip, was a 17th-century Wampanoag leader who led a major Native American resistance against English colonists in New England during King Philip's War.
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Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant was a prominent 18th-century Mohawk military and political leader who allied with the British during the American Revolutionary War and became an influential figure in Indigenous-settler relations in North America.
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Wahunsenacawh
Wahunsenacawh, better known as Chief Powhatan, was the powerful paramount chief of a network of Algonquian-speaking tribes in early 17th-century Virginia and the father of Pocahontas.
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Tsenacommacah
Tsenacommacah was the expansive homeland of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is now coastal Virginia, encompassing numerous Algonquian-speaking tribes before and during early English colonization.
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Pokanoket
Pokanoket was a principal Wampanoag village and political center in present-day New England, historically associated with the leadership of Massasoit and early contact with English colonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quashquame Target entity description: Quashquame was a prominent Sauk leader known for his role in early 19th-century treaty negotiations with the United States, including the controversial cession of Sauk lands.
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A.
Metacom
Metacom, also known as King Philip, was a 17th-century Wampanoag leader who led a major Native American resistance against English colonists in New England during King Philip's War.
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B.
Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant was a prominent 18th-century Mohawk military and political leader who allied with the British during the American Revolutionary War and became an influential figure in Indigenous-settler relations in North America.
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C.
Wahunsenacawh
Wahunsenacawh, better known as Chief Powhatan, was the powerful paramount chief of a network of Algonquian-speaking tribes in early 17th-century Virginia and the father of Pocahontas.
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D.
Tsenacommacah
Tsenacommacah was the expansive homeland of the Powhatan Confederacy in what is now coastal Virginia, encompassing numerous Algonquian-speaking tribes before and during early English colonization.
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E.
Pokanoket
Pokanoket was a principal Wampanoag village and political center in present-day New England, historically associated with the leadership of Massasoit and early contact with English colonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American leader
ⓘ
Sauk leader ⓘ |
| affiliation | Sauk tribal leadership ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Sauk villages along the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | expansion of United States into Sauk territory ⓘ |
| associatedWithProcess | dispossession of Native American lands in the Old Northwest ⓘ |
| conflict | Black Hawk’s opposition to 1804 land cession ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicGroup |
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Nation
Sauk ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | controversial among later Sauk leaders ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial land cession to the United States
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diplomatic relations with U.S. officials ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Sauk language ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cession of Sauk lands
ⓘ
leadership within the Sauk ⓘ treaty negotiations with the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
tribal chief
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tribal diplomat ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Black Hawk ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Illinois Country
ⓘ
Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mississippi River region
|
| politicalAlignment | pro‑treaty faction among the Sauk ⓘ |
| role | negotiator in Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signed | Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| treatyPartner |
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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surface form:
U.S. Indian agents
United States government ⓘ |
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Subject: Quashquame Description of subject: Quashquame was a prominent Sauk leader known for his role in early 19th-century treaty negotiations with the United States, including the controversial cession of Sauk lands.
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