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Question: Why was Andrew Pickens called 'Wizard Owl'!?
In Social Studies I got myself into a little situation!. You see I'm getting a C in that class!. I'm trying to get extra credit whenever possible!. We are learning about the Revolutionary War!. In South Carolina there was a guy named Andrew Pickens!. He was nicknamed Wizard Owl by the Cherokee!. We asked why and she didn't know!. If we write a 2 page report about him and why he was nicknamed Wizard Owl we will get extra credit!. I looked it up and I can't get anything!. Do you know anything about why he was nicknamed Wizard Owl because if I don't pass with at least a B I'll be transferred out of Honors Social Studies and I don't want to be with the average/below average idiots!. I swear the other classes are so stupid that one kid said that 1778 and 1780 were 8 years apart!. So why was Andrew Pickens called Wizard Owl!? Thank you! :)Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Andrew Pickens fought against the Cherokee Indians and in his final battle with them, called the "Ring Fight", he was outnumbered seven-to-one, but still defeated them!. They came to revere and respect him, and indeed he chose to live only one mile from the site of this battle, and among the Cherokee!.
From what I can tell!.!.!.!.
The Cherokee named him Skyagusta ("Wizard Owl") in honour of one of the greatest Cherokee warriors and chiefs, who was the head warrior of Tassaetchie in the early 1700's!. This earlier Skyagusta (usually spelled Skijagusta, and who was also known as Kittagusta) was said to be a man worthy to be the King (according to the British way of thinking) of all the Cherokee tribes when the English conquered the Cherokee!.
This earlier Skyagusta was then taken, with two other chiefs, across the ocean to London by Sir Alexander Cumming (who had led the fight against them), where the group presented the conquered crown of the Cherokee nation to the King of England!. The King then made a treaty with these chiefs, and Skyagusta made a famous speech when presenting the feathers to the King!. (This speech can be read in the source I cite below!.)
That earlier Skyagusta returned to America and lived to be very old, dying in 1768, so he was very fresh in the memory of the Cherokee nation when Andrew Pickens came along!.
It would therefore SEEM (and again, this is just my best guess here) that!.!.!.!.
The Cherokees named Andrew Pickens their "new" Skyagusta, since he was as great a warrior as the earlier Skyagusta had been, and since he, like the earlier man, found a way for both peoples to live in peace!.Www@QuestionHome@Com