Conocotocko of Chota ( chr, ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ, Gvnagadoga, "Standing Turkey"), known in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

as Old Hop, was a

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

elder, serving as the

First Beloved Man Principal Chief is today the title of the chief executives of the Cherokee Nation, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, the three federally recognized tribes of Cherokee. In the eighteenth ...

of the Cherokee from 1753 until his death in 1760. Settlers of European ancestry referred to him as Old Hop. Old Hop was the uncle of

Attakullakulla Attakullakulla (Cherokee language, Cherokee”Tsalagi”, (ᎠᏔᎫᎧᎷ) ''Atagukalu''; also spelled Attacullaculla and often called Little Carpenter by the English) (c. 1715 – c. 1777) was an influential Cherokee leader and the tr ...

, better known as Little Carpenter. Anthropologist and Native American historian Fred Gearing described Old Hop's career:

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* * * * 1760 deaths 18th-century Cherokee people 18th-century Native Americans Native American leaders People of pre-statehood Tennessee Year of birth unknown People from Chota (Cherokee town) Native American people from Tennessee {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub ca:Stalking Turkey

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