Conocotocko | |
|---|---|
| ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ Gvnagadoga | |
| Died | 1760 |
| Nationality | Cherokee |
| Other names | Old Hop, Standing Turkey |
| Title | First Beloved Man |
| Predecessor | Amouskositte |
| Successor | Standing Turkey |
Conocotocko of Chota[a] /ˌkʌnəkəˈtoʊkoʊ/ (Cherokee: ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ, romanized: Gvnagadoga, "Standing Turkey"),[2] known in English as Old Hop,[b] was a Cherokee elder, serving as the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1753 until his death in 1760. Settlers of European ancestry referred to him as Old Hop.[3]
Old Hop was the uncle of Attakullakulla, better known as Little Carpenter.
Anthropologist and Native American historian Fred Gearing described Old Hop's career:
When Cherokees had differences among themselves, Old Hop had a great capacity to bring them together. Typically, he avoided making decisions himself... He was extremely cool-headed and patient with the more precipitate of the Cherokees around him. In short, Old Hop was the near-perfect embodiment of the Cherokee ideas about proper leadership behavior, that is, unusually circumspect.[4]
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