1. Junaluska was among the Cherokee who lived in North Carolina from the 19th century, and were ancestors to the federally recognized tribe of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
13 Facts About Junaluska
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Junaluska was born around 1775, approximately 15 miles south of Franklin, North Carolina near present-day Dillard, Georgia.
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Junaluska was called Gu-Ka-Las-Ki or Gulkalaski in the Cherokee language, meaning "one who falls from a leaning position".
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Junaluska described this warfare events by the term, Detsinulahungu.
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Oral tradition has it that Junaluska met with Tecumseh in Soco Gap in 1811.
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Junaluska is known to have informed Tecumseh that the Cherokee in his region would not join an Indian confederacy against the European-American settlers.
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In 1813, when the Cherokee raised up 636 men against the Red Stick faction of the Creek Indians in Alabama, Junaluska personally recruited over a hundred men to fight at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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Junaluska's actions turned the tide when he swam the Tallapoosa River, retrieving Redstick canoes in order to ferry the Cherokee to the rear of the Creek.
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Junaluska is credited with saving Andrew Jackson's life during this battle.
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Junaluska was assigned to a detachment led by Jesse Bushyhead.
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Junaluska married Ni-suh and had three children, boys Jim-my and Sic-que-yuh, and daughter Na-lih.
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Junaluska died November 20,1858, and was buried in Robbinsville.
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Junaluska's grave was originally marked, in traditional Cherokee style, with a pile of stones.