Scarouady (also spelled Scarowady, Scarrouady, Scaroyady, Scarujade, Scaiohady, Skaronyade, Scaronage, Scruniyatha, Seruniyattha, or Skaruntia) was an

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leader at

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. He was sometimes referred to as Monacatuatha (also rendered Monacatootha, Monacatoocha, or Monakaduto) by the

Lenape The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory includ ...

. Scarouady was half-king, along with

Tanacharison Tanacharison (; c. 1700 – 4 October 1754), also called Tanaghrisson (), was a Native American leader who played a pivotal role in the beginning of the French and Indian War. He was known to European-Americans as the Half-King, a title also ...

, over

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and Iroquois allies in the

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. They both disliked the encroachment of the

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into the area, and in 1747 both were sent to Logstown to act as supervisors of the Iroquois allies, the Lenape (Tanacharison) and the

Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...

(Scarouady). In 1753 Scarouady met with officials of

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and

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to convince them to take action against the French. The situation was so bad that in June, 1754 Scarouady burned his village of

and moved to Aughwick to escape the French. He was a member of the Braddock expedition in 1754. Scarouady was an

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and worked with the aid of William Johnson to keep the Shawnee and the Lenape on the side of the

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in the

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.Shannon, Timothy John. ''Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier.'' Viking, 2008.
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Monaca, Pennsylvania Monaca ( ) is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 5,615 as of the 2020 census. First incorporated as Phillipsburg as the home of the New Philadelphia Societ ...

, was named in honor of Monacatootha."Monaca," Beaver County History
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