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Leader of the Seneca tribe of American Indians

Queen Alliquippa or Queen Aliquippa (died December 23, 1754)^[1] was a leader of the Seneca tribe of American Indians during the early part of the 18th century.

Biography

Little is known about Queen Aliquippa's early life. Her date of birth has been estimated anywhere from the early 1670s to the early 18th century.

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By the 1740s, she was the leader of a band of Mingo Seneca living along the three rivers (the Ohio River, the Allegheny River, and the Monongahela River) near what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By 1753, she and her band were living at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers near the present-day city of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

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