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Opessa Straight Tail (c. 1664 – c. 1750), also
known as ****atha or Wapatha, was a
Pekowi Shawnee Chief. He was the son of
Straight Tail
Meaurroway Opessa...
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Straight Tail
Meaurroway Opessa (c. 1630–1709),
often referred to as Meaurroway, was
Chief of the Pekowi, a
subdivision of the
Shawnee Native American...
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grandson of
chief Straight Tail
Meaurroway Opessa. In 1710 he
married his cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee
Opessa and they had
three children: two sons and...
- Shawnees, and Delawares. The
Shawnees were
represented by
their king,
Ophesaw (
Opessa Straight Tail).: 66–67 Steelman's name is
signed as a
witness to the treaty...
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sister of Cornstalk,
helped compile the
dictionary for the
Shawnee language Opessa Straight Tail (Wapatha, 1664–1750),
chief of
Pekowi band,
signed several...
- Tail
Meaurroway Opessa (1630-1709). He was a
cousin of
Peter Chartier (1690-1759),
another grandson of
Straight Tail
Meaurroway Opessa. At the time of...
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Chartier married his
first cousin, Blanceneige-Wapakonee
Opessa (1695-1737),
daughter of
Opessa Straight Tail and his wife,
about 1710. They had
three children...
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unincorporated community of Oldtown.
Within Oldtown, the
state highway intersects Opessa Street,
which leads to a private, low-water toll
bridge across the North...
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bringing the
Shawnees into
Iroquois territory, but
within a few
years he and
Opessa Straight Tail had
persuaded the
English that the
Shawnee presence was of...
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initially called "
Opessa's Town" or "Shawanese Old Town"
because it was the site of a
Shawnee Amerindian village established by
Opessa Straight Tail and...
