Buckongahelas

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Buckongahelas was a prominent Lenape (Delaware) war leader in the late 18th century who led Native American resistance against United States expansion in the Ohio Country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century Native American leader
Lenape person
Native American war leader
alliedWith Miami
Shawnee
other members of the Northwestern Confederacy
conflict American Revolutionary War
Northwest Indian War
Northwest Indian War
surface form: War for control of the Ohio Country
countryOfCitizenship Lenape
culture Lenape culture
diedIn early 19th century
era late 18th century
ethnicGroup Province of Delaware
surface form: Delaware

Lenape
historicalPeriod post-American Revolutionary War period
knownFor influence among Delaware and allied tribes
strategic leadership in intertribal resistance
language Munsee language
surface form: Lenape language
legacy remembered as a prominent Delaware war leader
symbol of Lenape resistance to U.S. expansion
memberOf Lenape
surface form: Lenape people
militaryBranch Lenape warriors
notableFor leadership in the Northwest Indian War
leading Native American resistance against United States expansion in the Ohio Country
opponent American settlers in the Ohio Country
United States Army
opposed U.S. westward expansion
opposedBy United States of America
surface form: United States
participatedIn Battle of the Wabash
Native American campaigns against U.S. forts in the Northwest Territory
Battle of the Wabash
surface form: St. Clair's Defeat
partOf Northwest Indian War
surface form: Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory
positionHeld Lenape war leader
chief of a Lenape band
region Great Lakes region
Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio River Valley
residence Muskingum River region
Ohio Country
Sandusky micropolitan area
surface form: Sandusky region

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