Leatherlips
Wyandotte leader
Leatherlips (Wyandot: Sha‑Te‑Yah‑Ron‑Yacode: wya is deprecated or Sou‑Cha‑Et‑Esscode: wya is deprecated , c. 1732–1810) was a Wyandot leader of the late 18th and early 19th century.
Leatherlips had three Wyandot names. The one most often used was SHA‑TE‑YAH‑RON‑YA but he was sometimes referred to as THA‑TEY‑YAN‑A‑YOH. In later years he was called SOU‑CHA‑ET‑ESS, which means "Long Gray Hair". He was of the Porcupine Clan as was his great friend, Chief Tarhe, and he was related to Roundhead, Splitlog and Battise, noted Wyandot warriors of that period.
The Wyandots were heavily reduced in number by disease and a disastrous war with the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. Forced out of their homeland near Georgian Bay, they moved to the Ohio country. Leatherlips, an important leader, signed the Treaty of Greenville and encouraged cooperation with Euro-American settlers near the end of his life. That policy of accommodating Euro-Americans led to conflict with a movement led by two Shawnee brothers, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (The Prophet). Tenskwatawa reacted strongly against Leatherlips and condemned him to death for signing away native lands, and for witchcraft.
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