Moluntha

Moluntha, also spelled Molunthe, Melonthe, and Malunthy (d. 1786), was a prominent civil chief of the Shawnee people in the 1780s.[2][3] After the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the United States claimed the lands north of the Ohio River by right of conquest.In January 1786, Moluntha and other Mekoche leaders reluctantly signed the Treaty of Fort Finney, which surrendered most of Ohio to the Americans.On October 6, the Kentuckians attacked and burned seven Shawnee villages; killed 10 warriors; and took 32 prisoners, mostly women and children.Among the prisoners was the elderly Moluntha, who was flying an American flag and holding a copy of the Treaty of Fort Finney as proof of his friendship to the United States.
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