What is "shikellamy"

Shikellamy (died December 6, 1748), also known as Swatana, was an Oneida chief and overseer for the Iroquois confederacy. In his position as chief and overseer, Shikellamy served as a supervisor for the Six Nations, overseeing the Shawnee and Lenape tribes in central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River and protecting the southern border of the Iroquois Confederacy. While his birth date is not known, his first recorded historical appearance was in Philadelphia in 1728. In 1728 he was living in a Shawnee village in Pennsylvania near modern Milton, and moved in 1742 to the village of Shamokin, modern day Sunbury, at the confluence of the West and North Branches of the Susquehanna. Shikellamy was an important figure in the early history of the Province of Pennsylvania and served as a go-between for the colonial government in Philadelphia and the Iroquois chiefs in Onondaga. He welcomed Conrad Weiser to Shamokin and served as Weiser's guide on his journeys into the frontier of Pennsylvania and New York.

Shikellamy may refer to any of the following,

• Shikellamy, an Oneida (tribe) leader who was an overseer of the Shawnee for the Iroquois in Province of Pennsylvania during the mid-18th century
• Shikellamy State Park at Pennsylvania state park in Union and Northumberland Counties, named for Chief Shikellamy
• Shikellamy High School, a high school that serves Northumberland and Sunbury Pennsylvania. It is also named for the Oneida leader