Person:Alexander McKee (4)

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Alexander McKee ( – 15 January 1799) was an officer in the British Indian Department during the French and Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, and the Northwest Indian War. He achieved the rank of Deputy Superintendent General in 1794, the second highest position in the Indian Department at the time.

1.   Nelson, Larry L. A Man of Distinction Among Them: Alexander McKee and British-Indian Affairs Along the Ohio Country Frontier, 1754-1799. (Ohio, USA: Kent State University Press).

   "Half Shawnee^N1 and fathered by a white trader, McKee played a pivotal go-between role in Great Lakes Indian affairs for nearly fifty years."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Alexander McKee, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
   last accessed Nov 2016.

   Alexander McKee (ca. 1735 – 15 January 1799) was an agent in the British Indian Department during the French and Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, and the Northwest Indian War. He achieved the rank of colonel. ...

3.   Researchers vary, his mother may have been born a Shawnee or she was an adopted captive of the Shawnee.