Keekyuscung
Keekyuscung (died 6 August 1763) aka Kickyuscung, Kaquehuston, Kikyuskung, Ketiuscund, Kekeuscund, or Ketiushund, was a Delaware (Lenape) chief.
Confusingly, Christian Frederick Post refers to both Nenatcheehunt and Keekyuscung as "Delaware George," although they were two different individuals who lived in western Pennsylvania at roughly the same time.
[4] In October, 1753, Shingas, with his brother Pisquetomen, and Delaware George, met Deputy Governor Hamilton's Commissioners in a conference at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
[6]: 734–35 On 31 January 1754, a signed speech addressed to the Governor of Virginia was delivered by the chiefs, the Half King, Scarouady, Newcomer, Coswentannea, Tonelaguesona, Shingas, and Delaware George.
"[5]: 375 Direct peace negotiations between the British and the Ohio Indians proceeded rapidly after the appearance of Pisquetomen and Delaware George (Keekyuscung) in Teedyuscung's town of Wyoming, Pennsylvania in June 1758.
[7]: 250 On 12 August 1758, Delaware George, Tamaqua and many other Wyandot, Shawnee and Twightwee chiefs met with Brigadier-General Robert Monckton at Pittsburgh to discuss the handover of white prisoners.
[11]: 4 [12]: 274 When the Governor of New France, Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, read George Washington's captured journal, he noted that an Indian had been smuggling Stobo's letters out of the fort, and ordered the fort's commandant, Claude-Pierre Pécaudy de Contrecœur, to punish him: Keekyuscung joined Shingas and Captain Jacobs on at least one raid on English settlements in November 1755, the Great Cove massacre.
In July, 1758, the Moravian missionary Christian Frederick Post traveled along the Great Shamokin Path with Pisquetomen and Keekyuscung to the town of Kuskusky[15] "in order to gain information as to the situation among the Indians there, and to advise them of the peace measures.
'"[19]: 438 Finally, Keekysucung informed Post that the garrison at Fort Dusquesne consisted of eleven hundred men "almost starved with hunger," and that without the support of Indians loyal to the French, most of them would have deserted.
[20] At the Battle of Bushy Run on 6 August 1763, Keekyuscung and his son Wolf ambushed Colonel Henry Bouquet's forces as they were marching to relieve the besieged troops at Fort Pitt.
