11 Facts About Dragging Canoe

Dragging Canoe became the preeminent war leader among the Indians of the southeast.

Dragging Canoe served as war chief, or skiagusta, of the group known as the Chickamauga Cherokee, from 1777 until his death in 1792.

Dragging Canoe's parents had been born to the Nipissing and Natchez respectively, many of whom lived with the Cherokee after their difficulties with the French and adapted to Cherokee society.

Attakullakulla, Dragging Canoe's father, was born to the Nipissing near Lake Superior.

Dragging Canoe's mother was born to the Natchez and was adopted as a daughter by Chief Oconostota's wife.

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Dragging Canoe's family lived with the Overhill Cherokee on the Little Tennessee River in what is southeast Tennessee.

Dragging Canoe survived smallpox at a young age, which left his face marked.

Dragging Canoe saw his first experience in combat during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

Dragging Canoe supplied the Chickamauga with guns, cannons, ammunition, and supplies to fight the American colonists.

Dragging Canoe established the "Five Lower Towns" below the natural obstructions of the Tennessee River Gorge.

From his base at Running Water Town, Dragging Canoe led attacks on white settlements all over the American Southeast, especially against American colonists on the Holston, Watauga, and Nolichucky rivers in eastern Tennessee.