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Dragging Canoe

Dragging Canoe (Cherokee: ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏ, romanized: Tsiyu Gansini 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…

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Known for
Leading the Chickamauga Cherokee resistance against American settlers, 1777–1792
Battles/wars
Anglo-Cherokee War · Battle of Island Flats (1776) · Cherokee–American wars
Born
c. 1738 Overhill Cherokee territory
Cause of death
Exhaustion (possibly heart attack)
Died
February 29, 1792(1792-02-29) (aged 53–54) Running Water Town
Succeeded by
John Watts

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Triples166
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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related to Bibliography · 72
Dragging Canoe → Alderman, Archived, Austin, Brown, Champlain Society, Charles, Cherokee, Cherokee History, Cherokee Indian, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Renascence, Cherokee Studies, Cherokee-Chickamauga War Chief, Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co, Date, Earliest Settlement, Earliest Times, Eighteenth Century, End
related to Establishment of the Chickamauga towns · 36
Dragging Canoe → American, British, Carolinas, Chattanooga, Cherokee Middle, Chickamauga, Chickamauga Cherokee, Dragging Canoe's Chickamauga, Duty, Evan Shelby, Following, In, John McDonald, Lower Towns, McDonald, North Carolina, Oconostota, Old Chickamauga Town, Opposing, Overhill Cherokee
related to Biography · 20
Dragging Canoe → Attakullakulla, Cherokee, Cherokee Chief Oconostota's, Dragging Canoe's, He, His, Lake Superior, Little Carpenter, Little Tennessee River, Many, Natchez, Native American, Nionne Ollie, Nipissing, Overhill Cherokee, Tame Doe, Tennessee, The Badger, Tsalagi, Tsiyu Gansini
related to War chief of the Cherokee · 15
Dragging Canoe → Amoyeli Egwa, Anglo-Cherokee War, Battle, British, Cherokee, Eventually, Great Island Town, Heaton's, In, Island Flats, Little Tennessee River, Mialoquo, Overmountain, Revolutionary War, When
related to Death · 8
Dragging Canoe → Choctaw, Cumberland, February, He, John Watts, Muskogee, Running Water Town, The Chickamauga
related to Further reading · 8
Dragging Canoe → Brent Yanusdi Cox, Cherokee Dragon, Chickamauga Confederacy, Conley's, Eagle, Emergence, Heart, Real People
Battles/wars · 1
Dragging Canoe → Anglo-Cherokee War · Battle of Island Flats (1776) · Cherokee–American wars
Born · 1
Dragging Canoe → c. 1738 Overhill Cherokee territory
Cause of death · 1
Dragging Canoe → Exhaustion (possibly heart attack)
Died · 1
Dragging Canoe → February 29, 1792(1792-02-29) (aged 53–54) Running Water Town

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cherokee dragging war canoe chickamauga tennessee chief american river 1792 towns john town band colonists canoe's 1777 death settlements led

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Dragging CanoeBattles/warsAnglo-Cherokee War · Battle of Island Flats (1776) · Cherokee–American wars1.00infobox
Dragging CanoeBornc. 1738 Overhill Cherokee territory1.00infobox
Dragging CanoeCause of deathExhaustion (possibly heart attack)1.00infobox
Dragging CanoeDiedFebruary 29, 1792(1792-02-29) (aged 53–54) Running Water Town1.00infobox
Dragging CanoeKnown forLeading the Chickamauga Cherokee resistance against American settlers, 1777–17921.00infobox
Dragging CanoeSucceeded byJohn Watts1.00infobox
John Pinstance ofLegacyHistorians0.80text
Dragging Canoerelated to BibliographyAlderman0.60section
Dragging Canoerelated to BibliographyPat0.60section
Dragging Canoerelated to BibliographyCherokee-Chickamauga War Chief0.60section
Dragging Canoerelated to BibliographyJohnson City0.60section
Dragging Canoerelated to BibliographyOvermountain Press0.60section

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