In the 1750’s there was a Cherokee village near Nashville. Cherokee comes from the Creek word “Chelokee” meaning “people of a different speech.” They refer to themselves as the Aniyunwiya (Anniyaya) “principal people” or the Keetoowah (“people of Kituhwa”). The Cherokee had allowed the Shawnee to locate in the Cumberland Basin of Tennessee to serve as a buffer against the Chickasaw. But in 1692, a Shawnee raid to capture slaves for trade with the British destroyed a major Cherokee village while its warriors were absent on a winter hunt. This destroyed the trust and friendship between the tribes. The Cherokee allied themselves with the Chickasaw in 1715 and drove the Shawnee from the area. Around 1755, a Shawnee warrior captured a young Cherokee woman, whom he later married. This couple became the parents of Tecumseh, a great Shawnee chief. The Cherokee had abandoned their villages on the Cumberland by 1760, but Tecumseh paid several visits to his mother’s family and participated in raids on the Cumberland settlements. His older brother Chesekau was killed during one of these raids. Tecumseh was killed in the Battle of the Thames in 1813. The Cherokee traditionally lived in small villages along rivers in small houses made of mud and logs. Every member of the tribe was also a member of a clan within the tribe (Wolf, Bear, Deer, Bird, Wild Potato, Blue, and Longhair). The Cherokee ate wild game and vegetables.
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