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NOVEMBER 7: November 7, 1794: After over a year of raids by both the Americans and the Chickamaugas, the Chickamaugas have been beaten down. In a meeting arranged last month, Tennessee Governor William Blount meets with Cherokee and the offshoot Chickamauga Chiefs at the Tellico Blockhouse near the Tennessee and North Carolina border. Forty Chiefs are present, including John Watts (Young Tassel), Hanging Maw, and Bloody Fellow, and they agree to a peace. They also agree to exchange prisoners on December 31, 1794. November 7, 1811: On this date the Battle
of Tippecanoe was fought at the juncture of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers.
BACKGROUND: From http://cherokeehistory.com/chickama.html
The Chickamauga Where now are our grandfathers, the Delawares?
We had hoped the white men would not be willing to travel beyond
the mountains. Now that hope is gone. They have passed the mountains, and
have settled upon Cherokee land. They wish to have that usurpation sanctioned
by treaty. When that is gained, the same encroaching spirit will lead them
upon other land of the Cherokees. New cessions will be asked. Finally the
whole country, which the Cherokees and their fathers have so long occupied,
will be demanded, and the remnant of the Ani-Yunwiya, 'The Real People',
once so great and formidable, will be compelled to seek refuge in some
distant wilderness. There they will be permitted to stay only a short while,
until they again behold the advancing banners of the same greedy host.
Not being able to point out any further retreat for the miserable Cherokees,
the extinction of the whole race will be proclaimed. Should we not therefore
run all risks, and incur all consequences, rather than submit to further
laceration of our country? Such treaties may be all right for men who are
too old to hunt or fight. As for me, I have my young warriors about me.
We will have our lands.
Dragging Canoe Sycamore Shoals March, 1775
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