Last name | Si-gwa-ah-doh-gwih |
Display name | Si-gwa-ah-doh-gwih |
Other names | Little Beard |
Death date | 1806 |
Gender | m |
Affiliations | Seneca indians |
Bio notes | A Seneca Chief who fought for England during the Revolutionary War. After participating in the Cherry Valley Massacre of 1778, Little Beard's powerful and eponymous town was destroyed by the Sullivan Expedition a year later. Active in later Seneca land treaties, such as the Treaty of Canandaigua (1794) and the Treaty of Big Tree (1797). |