Queen Alliquippa

George Washington wrote of his visit to Queen Aliquippa in December 1753 stating: As we intended to take horse here [ at Frazer's Cabin on the mouth of Turtle Creek ], and it required some time to find them, I went up about three miles to the mouth of the Youghiogheny to visit Queen Aliquippa, who had expressed great concern that we passed her in going to [ Fort Le Boeuf ].

She, her son Kanuksusy, and warriors from her band of Mingo Seneca traveled to Fort Necessity to assist George Washington, but did not take an active part in the Battle of the Great Meadows on July 3–4, 1754.

After the British defeat at the Battle of the Great Meadows and the evacuation of Fort Necessity, Queen Aliquippa moved her band to the Aughwick Valley of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania for safety.

[2] She is mentioned by Tom Hanks's character in one of the last scenes of Charlie Wilson's War, when discussing matters with Gust Avrakotos in a reference to his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

Governor Dinwiddie to ask the French to leave the Ohio region, and he met with Iroquois leaders at Logstown; whilst there, Washington failed to pay his respects to Queen Aliquippa.

On August 27, 1754, a deposition was filed by a Captain John B. W. Shaw that stated the Native Americans, including Queen Aliquippa, loyal to the British were going to "Jemmy Arther" for protection.

In a letter dated 16 August 1754, Croghan wrote to the governor of the province of Pennsylvania that Tanacharison and his fellow Mingo Seneca people had been staying with him at Aughwick since Washington's defeat (Hazard 1897, 140-141).

An engraving depicting the evening council of George Washington at Fort Necessity .