Wakatomika

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Wakatomika was the name of two 18th century Shawnee villages in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. The name was also spelled Wapatomica, Waketomika, and Waketameki, among other variations, but the similar name Wapakoneta was a different Shawnee village.

The first Wakatomika was located along the Muskingum River, near present-day Dresden, Ohio. In August 1774, during Dunmore's War, Wakatomika and four other Shawnee villages in the area were destroyed by Virginia colonial militia in an expedition led by Angus McDonald.

After Dunmore's War, the residents of Wakatomika resettled further west. A new Wakatomica was established by 1778 on the Mad River in present-day Logan County. This village was destroyed in 1786 during an expedition led by Benjamin Logan at the outset of the Northwest Indian War.

The name "Wakatomika" continues to be used for a number of place names, including:

• Wakatomika, Ohio, a populated place
• Wakatomika Creek
• Little Wakatomika Creek
• Camp Wakatomika, a Girl Scout camp in Licking County, Ohio

[edit] References

• Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, ed. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ISBN 0-8061-2056-8.