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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).

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Some Account of our Journey to Cannandaigue