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Conocotocko
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| ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ Gvnagadoga |
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| Died | 1760 |
| Nationality | Cherokee |
| Other names | Old Hop, Standing Turkey |
| Title | First Beloved Man |
| Predecessor | Amouskositte |
| Successor | Standing Turkey |
Conocotocko of Chota /ˌkʌnəkəˈtoʊkoʊ/ (Cherokee: ᎬᎾᎦᏙᎦ, romanized: Gvnagadoga, "Standing Turkey"), known in English as Old Hop, was a Cherokee elder, serving as the First Beloved Man 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, better known as Little Carpenter.
Anthropologist and Native American historian Fred Gearing described Old Hop's career:
When Cherokees had differences among themselves, Old Hop had a great capacity to bring them together. Typically, he avoided making decisions himself... He was extremely cool-headed and patient with the more precipitate of the Cherokees around him. In short, Old Hop was the near-perfect embodiment of the Cherokee ideas about proper leadership behavior, that is, unusually circumspect.
See also
ca:Stalking Turkey
