Senauki was a prominent Muscogee (Creek) woman in what was then the Province of Georgia in British America.
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Senauki was the wife of the influential Muscogee leader Tomochichi. In 1734, Senauki traveled to London, England, as part of a Muscogee delegation. She also participated in negotiations between the Muscogee and early Georgia colonists. She is depicted in the William Verelst painting Audience Given by the Trustees of Georgia to a Delegation of Creek Indians (1734–35).[1]
After Tomochichi's death on October 5, 1739, Senauki and Tomochichi's nephew Toonahowi took charge of the Muscogee tribe.[2]
Senauki probably died in the late 1740s.[3]
References
edit- ^ Hanham, A. A. (2006-09-28). "Trustees for establishing the colony of Georgia in America [Georgia trustees; Georgia Society] (act. 1732–1752)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95206. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Tomochichi". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- ^ Sweet, Julie Anne (2010). "Senauki: A Forgotten Character in Early Georgia History". Native South. 3: 65–88. doi:10.1353/nso.2010.0002. S2CID 161355961.