Cockacoeske

**Cockacoeske** (wanda ake kira Coke a cow ski)  (wanda kuma ake rubutawa *Cockacoeskie* ) (  ) shugabar ƙabilar Pamunkey ce a ƙarni na 17 a yankin da yanzu ake kira jihar Virginia ta Amurka . A lokacin mulkinta na shekaru talatin, ta yi aiki tare da mulkin mallaka na Ingila na Virginia, tana ƙoƙarin sake kwace ikon tsoffin shugabannin da kuma tabbatar da haɗin kai cikin lumana tsakanin ƙabilu da dama da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancinta. Ita ce ta farko daga cikin shugabannin ƙabilu da ta sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Noman Tsakiya ta Virginia da Indiya.  A shekarar 2004, an karrama Cockacoeske a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin " Matan Virginia a Tarihi " na Laburare na Virginia . 

## Rayuwar farko da mulki
Mutuwar Opechancanough a shekara ta 1646 ta haifar da wargajewar kawancen da ɗan'uwansa Powhatan ya gina. Mijin Cockacoeske Totopotomoi ya zama shugaba a shekara ta 1649, [1] amma Turawan mulkin mallaka na Ingila a Virginia sun kira shi "sarkin Pamunkees," ba "sarkin Indiyawa ba," domin suna da manyan sarakuna a baya. [2] An kashe Totopotomoi a abin da daga baya aka kira Yaƙin Gudun Jinin Jini, yayin da yake yaƙi tare da sojojin Virginia don yaƙi da 'yan asalin Westo . [3]

Ita ce zuriyar Opechancanough da kanta, Cockacoeske ta zama Werowansqua (Shugaba) kaɗai a Pamunkey kuma gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Virginia ta amince da ita a matsayin "Sarauniya" ta Pamunkey. Ta ci gaba da mulki tsawon kusan shekaru talatin, tana zaune a ƙasar da ke tsakanin Pamunkey da Kogin Mattaponi a kan ƙasar da aka ba su bayan ƙarshen yaƙin a 1646 (ƙasar da daga baya aka sanya wa suna Pamunkey Indian Reservation ). 

Babbar barazanar da ta fi shafar zaman lafiya a lokacin mulkinta ta zo ne a lokacin Tawayen Bacon, wani bore na kabilanci daban-daban na ƙungiyoyin da ba su da alaƙa da juna waɗanda Nathaniel Bacon ya jagoranta. Duk da cewa tana cikin attajiran masu shuka, Bacon ta yi takara da Gwamna Berkeley don samun iko, inda ta yi amfani da ƙiyayya tsakanin mazauna kan iyaka game da talaucin ƙasa da kuma kariyar da gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ke bai wa ƙasashen Indiya masu haɗin gwiwa waɗanda suka kai hari kan matsugunan kan iyaka don ɗaukar fansa kan kwace filayen da suka yi. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Cockacoeske ta ji ta bakin ɓangaren Gwamna Berkeley yayin da yake neman taimako daga Pamunkey a cikin wannan sabon rikici. Don haka ta je gidan gwamnati da ke Jamestown don amsa buƙatar, sanye da kayan sarauta mafi kyau na jiharta: wampum, rigar fata mai gefuna, kuma tare da mai fassara da wasu masu riƙe da kaya, ciki har da ɗanta. 

Da aka gaya mata cewa dole ne ta cika wa'adin yarjejeniyar ta hanyar samar wa Berkeley mayaka, Cockacoeske ta zama jakadiyar dindindin.  Ita ce ta sanar da su mutuwar mijinta.  Ta yin hakan, Sarauniya Cockacoeske ta yi nasarar kunyata masu sauraronta saboda rashin kula da rayuwarsu ga mutanenta. Kamar yadda Martha McCartney ta yi iƙirarin, wannan "tunatarwa ce ga majalisar cewa a cikin irin wannan yanayi ne mijinta da ɗaruruwan maharbansa suka rasa rayukansu, wanda sadaukarwar da aka yi ba ta sami diyya ba."  Lokacin da Martha ta sake tambayar abin da ita da mutanenta za su bayar, Cockacoeske ta amsa da rashin kunya cewa za ta aika da ƙaramin adadin mutane ne kawai. 

Harin farko na Bacon ya faru ne a kan Pamunkey, wanda ya gudu zuwa cikin Dausayin Dodanni . Yayin da Cockacoeske da mutanenta suka bar sansaninsu, mabiyan Bacon suka bi su, suka kama ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan Sarauniya suka yi ƙoƙarin tilasta mata ta kai su Pamunkey, amma ta ɓatar da su, suka kashe ta.  Cockacoeske ta nemi taimako daga Majalisar Gwamna, kuma daga ƙarshe Majalisar ta aika da wani jirgin ruwa da bai yi nasara ba a sansanin Bacon da ke Maryland.  Bayan Bacon ya mutu sakamakon cuta, tawayen ya ragu a hankali. Jami'an masarautar sun naɗa kwamiti wanda ya soki ɓangarorin biyu saboda cin zarafin da suka yi wa Pamunkey da sauran ƙabilun Indiya masu aminci, kuma sun jaddada muhimmancin dawo da zaman lafiya a yankin. 

## Yarjejeniyar Noma ta Tsakiya

Cockacoeske da ɗanta John West sun sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Noman Tsakiya tare da sabon Gwamnan Virginia Jeffreys a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1677, bayan kusan wata guda na tattaunawa da ta fara a ranar 5 ga Mayu  A cikin yarjejeniyar, shugabannin Indiya kamar Cockacoeske sun amince da matsayinsu na zahiri a matsayin talakawan Masarautar, kuma suka bar sauran da'awarsu ga ƙasar kakanninsu, don neman kariya daga sauran 'yan Indiya masu adawa da juna da kuma garantin iyakataccen ƙasar da aka tanada. Duk da haka yarjejeniyar ta kuma ƙarfafa ƙawance tsakanin ƙungiyoyin Indiya da yaƙe-yaƙe suka wargaza, kuma ta ba da izini ga haƙƙoƙi da nauyin 'yan mulkin mallaka na Ingila a madadin. Cockacoaeske, wacce ake kira "Sarauniyar Pamunkey ," ita ce ta farko da ta sanya hannu, wani abu da ke nuna matsayinta na tattaunawa mai ƙarfi da ikonta na neman wasu ƙungiyoyin da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancinta.  (Alamun mutane huɗu ne kawai aka haɗa a cikin sigar da aka buga ta yarjejeniyar da aka buga a Landan, ciki har da ɗan Cockacoeske John West, Sarauniyar Weyanokes da kuma sarkin Nansemonds .  Cikakken jerin waɗanda suka sanya hannu sun haɗa da Peracuta, Sarkin Appomattux; Pattanochus, Sarkin Nansaticoen; Shurenough, Sarkin Manakina; Mastegone, matashin Sarkin Sappones; Tachapoake, Babban mutumin Sappones; Tachapoake, Babban mutumin Meherians; Norehannah, Babban mutumin Meherians na gaba.  Ganin yadda Cockacoeske ta shahara, Sarki Charles na biyu ya yi mata lambar yabo ta musamman don a saka ta don girmama taimakonta na tabbatar da yarjejeniyar. 

## Manazarta