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My family, direct line ancestor, confirmed by Ancestry DNA.

Rest in peace.

*Thank you to Mike Easter for your sponsorship of

Tsi'yi-gunsi'ni Dragging Canoe. I so appreciate your kindness! - SSBJ

Name: Dragging Canoe (CHECUNNS)

Sex: M

Birth: 1732

Death: 1 Mar 1792 in Lookout Town, Tennessee

Father: Attakullakulla (Little CARPENTER) b: 1710

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children:

Sarah (NAKY) Dragging CANOE

Little OWL

Turtle At HOME b: 1752

- From the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Record added by SSBJ

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(From the State of Tennessee website):

What is known about Dragging Canoe is that he was a force to be reckoned with during the days of western expansion.

Fear reigned among both cultures in the 1700s. For the Cherokee and other Native Americans, it was the fear of having ancestral lands stolen and a way of life destroyed. For the settlers, it was fear of retribution for encroaching and settling on Native American lands. Our mountains and valleys are soaked with the blood of the many vicious battles that took place between settlers and Dragging Canoe's forces.

Dragging Canoe is said to have grown up in the Cherokee Overhill Settlements town of Great Island Town (also called Mialaquo) in East Tennessee. Never heard of it? That's because this prehistoric village in Monroe County is now submerged by Tellico Lake. To see the former site of Great Island Town, look north from the U.S. 411 bridge on the Little Tennessee River in Vonore, Tenn., or look west from Wildcat Point, a cliff on the eastern bank of the river.

In 1967, the Tennessee Valley Authority began construction on Tellico Dam just above the mouth of the Little Tennessee River, creating Tellico Lake and effectively flooding all of the original Cherokee village sites along the Little Tennessee River. Before the flooding, however, the University of Tennessee conducted extensive archaeological excavations. The Frank H. McClung Museum at the UT Knoxville contains hundreds of Cherokee artifacts obtained from these and other excavations from the Tennessee Valley.

After the 1775 Henderson Treaty – one of many treaties that forced the Cherokee people off their homelands – Dragging Canoe led a group of Cherokee people from Great Island Town to land along South Chickamauga Creek (near Brainerd Road). They established 11 towns in an effort to insulate themselves from the encroachment of settlers.

In 1782, Col. John Sevier, along with 200 mounted men, burned all 11 villages while the Cherokee warriors were away. Legend has it that Sevier and his men gathered all of the belongings from the villages, paddled up the Tennessee River toward Knoxville, and stopped at the mouth of a creek in what is today Sale Creek, Tenn., to auction off all of their plunder.

Following this event, Dragging Canoe and his people, known as the Chickamauga Cherokees, moved further down the Tennessee River, establishing what became known as the Five Lower Towns: Running Water Town (now Whiteside); Nickajack (near Nickajack Cave); Long Island Town (on the Tennessee River); Crow Town (at the mouth of Crow Creek); and Lookout Mountain Town (near the current Trenton, Ga.).

Dragging Canoe died at Running Water Town in February 1792, and some locals say his grave is submerged by Nickajack Resevoir. His handpicked successor, John Watts, assumed control of the Lower Towns. When the national government of the Cherokee Nation was organized, the first three persons to hold the office of principal chief of the Cherokee Nation – Little Turkey, Black Fox and Pathkiller – had previously served as warriors under Dragging Canoe.

- Information from the State of Tennessee, posted here by SSBJ

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Chief Dragging Canoe ( Known as the Great Warrior )

Spouse U' ga' lo' gv' Leaf "Nellie" Pathkiller

Daughter of Chief Nunna'hi-dihi Samuel Pathkiller & Sukey Martin Dragging Canoe. Chief Dragging Canoe, Cherokee War Chief born 1733 Over hill Settlements (Otari), Monroe Co. TN died 1 March 1792 Lookout Town, Tennessee. It was said that Dragging Canoe danced all night in a spiritual dance called the Ghost Dance and that he had a high fever and had been ill for sometime and 1792 he entered into the great spirit world...

Dragging Canoe grew up around the Cherokee leaders but he also lived near Fort Loudon where he became friends with Captain John Stuart, he was a soldier at Fort Loudon who was adopted by Attakullakulla and who later became Superintendent of Indian Affairs. John Stuart left for Keowee ,SC and took Dragging Canoe with him on his journey to Ft. Prince George. John Stuart was also given the name aka Bushyhead by the Native Americans for his thick blond hair. Chief Dragging Canoe died the 1st of March 1792 at Running Water where he was buried, this village was near the present Hale's Bar below Chattanooga Running Water, the mountain stream, which continues to bear its old name.

Nellie Pathkiller (U Ga Lo Gv Leaf) is the daughter of Chief I Pathkiller and Cherokee Indian Peggy, She was born 1734 in Alabama.She died 1790 in , Cherokee, Georgia, USA

Chief Dragging Canoe and Nellie Pathkiller (U Ga Lo Gv Leaf). Their 6 children

1. Little Dragging Canoe, He was born 1745 in , , Tennessee, USA, He died 1836 in Span, Johnson, Georgia, USA

2. Talotiskee Canoe,He was born 1782

3. Gi Yo Sti Canoe,She was born 1770

4. Eyoostee Canoe

5. Crying Snake Canoe

6. Little Owl Doe,He was born 1753

Dragging Canoe born abt 1734, The Overhill Settlements (now Monroe Co., TN); died 1 MAR 1792, Lookout Town, TN

Father: Attakullakulla or Attacullaculla

Mother: Ollie Ani'-Wa'Ya

Spouse: Leaf

Children noted above

1. Little Young Dragging Canoe

2. Little Young Owl Doe

3. +Sarah Canoe

This article was written by First Nations Harmony : "Dragging Canoe, a Cherokee warrior and leader of the Chickamaugas, was born in one of the Overhill towns on the Tennessee River. He was the son of Attakullakulla, a Cherokee diplomat. He was recognized as the greatest Cherokee military leader, and from a young age, he wanted to be a warrior. He earned the name ""Dragging Canoe"" after he dragged a canoe as a young boy to prove his strength to his father.

Dragging Canoe became the head warrior of the Overhill town of Malaquo and fought against white settlers who were encroaching on Indian land. He worked to achieve their removal and planned a three-pronged attack against them. However, the Cherokees suffered heavy losses and were ultimately defeated.

Despite many Cherokee leaders arguing against further fighting, Dragging Canoe refused to submit. He established new towns on Chickamauga Creek in the winter of 1776-77 and formed the Chickamauga group, which included discontented members of various tribes. They fought the 1781 ""Battle of the Bluffs"" near Fort Nashborough and defeated American army troops when they invaded the Chickamauga towns in 1788.

As he aged, Dragging Canoe became a diplomat and worked to preserve Cherokee culture and establish an alliance with the Creeks and Shawnees. In 1791, a federation of Indian forces defeated General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory. Shortly after a diplomatic mission with the Chickasaws, Dragging Canoe died on March 1, 1792, in the town of Running Water, one of the towns he had helped to found.