14 Facts About Nancy Ward

Nancy Ward advocated for peaceful coexistence with European Americans and, late in life, spoke out for Cherokee retention of tribal hunting lands.

Nancy Ward is credited with the introduction of dairy products to the Cherokee economy.

Nancy Ward's mother, a sister of Attakullakulla, was a member of the Wolf Clan.

Nancy Ward chewed his bullets before he loaded his gun, so that the jagged edges would inflict more damage.

Nancy Ward became known as Nancy, an anglicized version of her name.

Bryant Nancy Ward eventually left her, and returned to his base in South Carolina and his first wife.

Nancy Ward was named the leader of the women's clan council that authorized her to become an ambassador and negotiator for all her people.

Nancy Ward had learned the art of diplomacy from her maternal uncle, the influential chief Attakullakulla.

Nancy Ward took Bean into her house and nursed her back to health from her wounds.

Starr wrote that Nancy Ward successfully raised cows and was said to have been the first to introduce that industry among the Cherokees.

In 1780, Nancy Ward continued to warn Patriot soldiers of attacks, in an effort to prevent further retaliatory raids against her people.

Nancy Ward continued promoting alliance and mutual friendship between the Cherokee and the Americans, helping negotiate the Cherokee Treaty of Hopewell.

Nancy Ward opened an inn in southeastern Tennessee at Womankiller Ford, on the Ocowee River.

Nancy Ward's son cared for her during her last years.