Custaloga | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pakanke or Packanke Ohio or Pennsylvania |
| Died | after October 1774 Custoga's Town in Mercer County, Pennsylvania |
| Years active | 1753-1774 |
| Known for | Relations with Moravian and Catholic missionaries |
| Title | Wolf Clan chief |
| Successor | Captain Pipe |
Custaloga (also known as Kustaloga, Tuscologas, Packanke, or Pakanke) was a chief of the Wolf Clan of the Delaware (Lenape) tribe in the mid-18th century. He initially supported the French at the beginning of the French and Indian War, but after Pontiac's War he participated in peace negotiations. He opposed the presence of Catholic missionaries, but later in life he became favorable to the Moravians. Captain Pipe was his nephew and succeeded him as chief.[1]: 31
- ^ Wellenreuther, Hermann. "The Succession of Head Chiefs and the Delaware Culture of Consent: The Delaware Nation, David Zeisberger, and Modern Ethnography", In A. G. Roeber, ed., Ethnographies and Exchanges: Native Americans, Moravians, and Catholics in Early America. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008. 31–48