Chekilli (flourished 18th-century) was a Native American chief from the Creek people. He negotiated peace with the British in 1733 upon the founding of Savannah, Georgia by the British. He did this alongside another chief, Tomochichi. Chekilli might have visited England in 1734.[1] When the Creeks visited the British in Savannah, in 1735, Chekilli presented the Creek origin myth.[2][1] He gave the British a buffalo skin that had drawings of the cosmology. He lived in Coweta in 1753.[1] The USS Chekilli was named after him.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c Donald B. Ricky (2000). Encyclopedia of Mississippi Indians: Tribes, Natives, Treaties of the Southeastern Woodlands Area. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-403-09778-4. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Andrew Wiget (1994). Native American Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8153-2586-4. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Chekilli". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 20 November 2012.