Hathawekela (also spelled Oawikila, Thaawikila, Thawegila, Shawnee: θawikila,[1] French: Chalaqua) was one of the five divisions (or bands) of the Shawnee, a Native American people during the 18th century.
Traditionally, Shawnee political leadership came from the Hathawekela patrilineal division.
Lewis, "Tradition and the known linguistic connections of the Shawnee indicate that they had migrated to the Cumberland River Valley from the north not long previous to the historic period ...
Shortly after 1674, the Hathawekela or that part of the Shawnee afterward so called, settled upon Savannah River, and in 1681 they proved of great assistance to the new colony of South Carolina by driving a tribe known as Westo, probably part of the Yuchi, from the middle Savannah.
The Hathawekela claim to be the "elder brothers" among the Shawnee, as being the first created of the tribe.