Conocotocko I Explained
| Conocotocko |
| Native Name: | ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ
Gvnagadoga |
| Death Date: | 1760 |
| Nationality: | Cherokee |
| Other Names: | Old Hop, Standing Turkey |
| First Beloved Man |
| Predecessor: | Amouskositte |
| Successor: | Standing Turkey |
Conocotocko of Chota (Cherokee: ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ|Gvnagadoga, "Standing Turkey"), known in English as Old Hop, was a Cherokee elder, serving as the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1753 until his death in 1760. Settlers of European ancestry referred to him as Old Hop.
Old Hop was the uncle of Attakullakulla, better known as Little Carpenter.
Anthropologist and Native American historian Fred Gearing described Old Hop's career:
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References
Bibliography
- Book: Brown, John P. . 1938 . Old Frontiers: The Story of the Cherokee Indians from Earliest Times to the Date of Their Removal to the West, 1838 . Kingsport . Southern Publishers .
- Encyclopedia: Conley . Robert J. . Guhna-gadoga . A Cherokee Encyclopedia . 2007 . University of New Mexico Press . Albuquerque . 9780826339515 .
- Book: Gearing, Fred . 1962 . Priests and Warriors: Social Structures for Cherokee Politics in the 18th Century . American Anthropological Association . American Anthropological Association Memoir . 93 .
- Book: Timberlake, Henry . 1948 . Memoirs, 1756-1765 . Marietta, Georgia . Continental Book Co . Samuel Williams .
