from wikipedia: "Nanyehi ( Cherokee : ᎾᏅᏰᎯ: "One who goes about"), known in  English  as Nancy Ward (ca. 1738–1822/1824) was a  Ghigau , or Beloved Woman of the  Cherokee Nation , which meant that she was allowed to sit in councils and to make decisions, along with the other Beloved Women, on pardons. She believed