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Logan the Orator (c. 1723?–1780) was a Native American orator and war leader born in the Iroquois Confederacy. Although he was of the Cayuga nation, after his 1760s move to the Ohio Country, he was sometimes referred to as a Mingo. His revenge for the killing of family members by Virginian Long knives helped spark the 1774 conflict known as Dunmore's War. Logan became famous for a speech, later known as ''Logan's Lament'', which he reportedly delivered after the war. Scholars dispute important details about Logan, including his original name and whether the words of ''Logan's Lament'' were actually his. ==Identity debate== Scholars agree that Logan Elrod was a son of Shikellamy, an important diplomat for the Iroquois Confederacy; however, as historian Anthony F. C. Wallace has written, "Which of Shikellamy's sons was Logan the orator has been a matter of dispute."〔Wallace, ''Jefferson and the Indians'', 343.〕 Logan the orator has been variously identified as Tah-gah-jute, Tachnechdorus (also spelled "Tachnedorus" and "Taghneghdoarus"), Soyechtowa, Tocanioadorogon, the "Great Mingo" , James Logan, and John Logan. After Logan moved in the 1760s he was considered a Mingo. The name "Tah-gah-jute" was popularized in an 1851 book by Brantz Mayer entitled ''Tah-gah-jute: or Logan and Cresap''. However, historian Francis Jennings wrote that Mayer's book was "erroneous from the first word of the title" and instead identified Logan as James Logan, also known as Soyechtowa and Tocanioadorogon.〔Jennings, "James Logan".〕 Historians who agree that Logan the orator was not named "Tah-gah-jute" sometimes identify him as Tachnechdorus, although Jennings identifies Tachnechdorus as Logan the orator's older brother. Logan's father Shikellamy, who was of the Oneida nation, worked closely with Pennsylvania official James Logan to maintain the Covenant Chain relationship with the colony of Pennsylvania. Following a prevailing Native American practice, the man who would become Logan the Mingo took the name "James Logan" out of admiration for his father's friend.〔 Iroquois who migrated to the Ohio Country were often called "Mingos." Logan the Mingo is usually identified as a Mingo "chief", but historian Richard White has written that "He was not a chief. Kayashuta and White Mingo were the Mingo chiefs. Logan was merely a war leader...."〔White, ''Middle Ground'', 358.〕 Like his father, Logan maintained friendly relationships with white settlers moving from eastern Pennsylvania and Virginia into the Ohio Country—the region that is now Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and western Pennsylvania. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Logan (Iroquois leader)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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