Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who... 13 KB (1,484 words) - 00:22, 7 April 2024 |
were extended periods with little or no action. The Cherokee leader Dragging Canoe, whom some historians call "the Savage Napoleon", and his warriors,... 122 KB (17,596 words) - 23:09, 2 January 2024 |
the winter of 1776–77, the followers of the skiagusta (war chief), Dragging Canoe, moved with him down the Tennessee River away from their historic Overhill... 24 KB (3,339 words) - 12:25, 26 April 2024 |
chief of the Cherokee Nation), The Badger (Dragging Canoe's brother), and Rising Fawn. In 1792, Dragging Canoe died suddenly on March 1, 1792, but he had... 12 KB (1,662 words) - 00:19, 7 April 2024 |
offered his war belt, and Dragging Canoe (Tsiyugunisini) and Abraham of Chilhowee (Tsulawiyi) accepted it. Dragging Canoe also accepted belts from the... 37 KB (4,970 words) - 22:19, 27 March 2024 |
forces in the Overmountain region of the American frontier. In mid-July, Dragging Canoe, Oconostota , and The Raven led a surprise attack on the Overmountain... 8 KB (700 words) - 05:21, 6 November 2023 |
including Cherokee leaders such as Attacullaculla, Oconostota, and Dragging Canoe. In the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals (also known as the Treaty of Watauga)... 65 KB (7,204 words) - 14:54, 26 March 2024 |
European-American frontiersmen and the Chickamauga band warriors led by Dragging Canoe. He was murdered in 1788 along with another chief at Chilhowee by white... 6 KB (725 words) - 20:41, 15 January 2024 |
in the growing contest between the colonists and Britain, but Chief Dragging Canoe considered the war an opportunity to resist the continual encroachment... 18 KB (2,209 words) - 04:06, 26 April 2024 |
encroaching Americans and moved further south. Under the war chiefs Dragging Canoe, Black Fox, and Little Turkey, they settled many additional locations... 71 KB (2,824 words) - 17:35, 17 March 2024 |
was a Cherokee warrior and leader, brother and chief lieutenant of Dragging Canoe, a war-chief in the Cherokee–American wars. In the beginning and the... 5 KB (660 words) - 20:42, 15 January 2024 |
Jersey Canoe Creek State Park, a state park in Pennsylvania Canoe Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania Canoe.com, a Canadian web portal Dragging Canoe, a... 3 KB (362 words) - 18:46, 11 October 2023 |
who prepared their defenses. The first prong of the attack, led by Dragging Canoe, was defeated by colonists at Heaton's Station. The second and third... 35 KB (4,690 words) - 01:30, 28 March 2024 |
the settlers, whom they regarded as trespassers. The Cherokee, led by Dragging Canoe, frequently attacked isolated settlers and hunters, convincing many... 6 KB (799 words) - 20:12, 20 April 2024 |
1788–1794 opposed by Hanging Maw (or Scolaguta), served 1788–1794 In 1777, Dragging Canoe and a large body of Cherokee, primarily from Tennessee, separated from... 22 KB (2,572 words) - 15:41, 21 February 2024 |
1776, in what is now eastern Tennessee but was Cherokee territory. Dragging Canoe of Great Island led the attack on the settlements along the Holston... 2 KB (209 words) - 20:41, 15 January 2024 |
Little Tennessee River, he sporadically took part in the campaigns of Dragging Canoe as they were under a flag of truce during an embassy to the State of... 15 KB (2,098 words) - 00:23, 7 April 2024 |
expedition to the Overhill Cherokee. Ostenaco later was allied with Dragging Canoe, another Cherokee leader. Cherokee military history Ghigau, First Beloved... 5 KB (593 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2023 |