page_title: Ostenaco
hierarchical_section_title: Ostenaco
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Ostenaco, 1762, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Currently on display at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
context_page_description: Otacity Ostenaco, also known by the honorific epithet Judd's Friend, was a Cherokee skiagusta, orator, and leading figure in diplomacy with British colonial authorities. The name Otacity was a warrior's title he had earned at an early age; he also used the English translation Mankiller.
  Ostenaco was a war chief or skiagusta of the Cherokee town Tomotley. Probably born in Great Hiwassee, he had resided in Great Tellico before becoming skiagusta. Later in life he migrated to the town of Ooltewah, during the Cherokee–American wars.
context_section_description: Otacity Ostenaco /ˈoʊtəˌsɪti ˌoʊstɪˈnækoʊ/ (Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏗᎯ ᎤᏍᏔᎾᏆ, romanized: Utsidihi Ustanaqua, or "Mankiller Bighead"; c. 1703–1780), also known by the honorific epithet Judd's Friend, was a Cherokee skiagusta, orator, and leading figure in diplomacy with British colonial authorities. The name Otacity (Utsidihi) was a warrior's title he had earned at an early age; he also used the English translation Mankiller.
  Ostenaco was a war chief or skiagusta /ˌskaɪəˈɡʌstə/ (ᎠᏍᎦᏯᎬᏍᏔ, asgayagvsta) of the Cherokee town Tomotley. Probably born in Great Hiwassee, he had resided in Great Tellico before becoming skiagusta. Later in life he migrated to the town of Ooltewah, during the Cherokee–American wars.
caption: Portrait of Ostenaco by Joshua Reynolds, 1762
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