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Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, [a] 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.
Dragging Canoe sent war parties to East and Middle Tennessee, and to Georgia to fight for Cherokee land, and also sent troops to help other Indian nations threatened by American settlements in the Ohio country, Kentucky, and Virginia.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Tsiyu gansini "Dragging Canoe" (1738–1792) of Cherokee Nation East, South Carolina, British Colonial America.
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Watch as Native Americans of the Cherokee people demonstrate their ancient dugout canoe making tradition at the Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee, North Carolina.
8 paź 2017 · Dragging Canoe, Cherokee warrior and leader of the Chickamaugas, was born in one of the Overhill towns on the Tennessee River, the son of the Cherokee diplomat Attakullakulla. Historians have identified Dragging Canoe as the greatest Cherokee military leader.
In July of 1776, the Cherokee Wars broke out and Dragging Canoe led the Chickamaugas on raids on American towns. The American counter-attack on the Chickamaugas forced them and other Cherokee to abandon their East Tennessee homes.
