Dragging Canoe
Cherokee war leader (1738-1792) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini,[lower-alpha 1] c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who resisted colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South. During the American Revolution and afterward, Dragging Canoe's forces were sometimes joined by Upper Muskogee, Chickasaw, Shawnee, and Indians from other tribes, along with British Loyalists, and agents of France and Spain. The Cherokee American Wars lasted more than a decade after the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Dragging Canoe | |
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ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ | |
Pronunciation | Tsiyu Gansini |
Born | 1738 |
Died | February 29, 1792(1792-02-29) (aged 53–54) |
Nationality | Cherokee |
Era | Revolutionary War period in America |
Known for | War chief of the Chickamauga |
Successor | John Watts |
Movement | Chickamauga tribe of the Cherokee |
Relatives | son of Attakullakulla |
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During that time, Dragging Canoe became the preeminent war leader among the Indians of the southeast. He served as war chief, or skiagusta, of the group known as the Chickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee"), from 1777 until his death in 1792.