methoataaskee

Updated: May 17, 2025

After the death of Puckeshinwau, his wife Methoataaskee, returned to the south, where she died at an advanced age, among the Cherokees. She belonged to the Turtle tribe of the Shawanoes, and her name signifies, a turtle laying eggs in the sand.

Benjamin Drake - Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet: With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians