In the early 1700’s, Chickasaws also claimed Middle Tennessee. Between 1710 ad 1720 the Chickasaw, with the help of the Cherokee, forced the Shawnee out of the area. The Shawnee fought alongside the Chicamaugans in Tennessee. The Chickasaw lands met and overlapped the Cherokee lands, including some parts of the Elk River and Duck River – through western Middle Tennessee – where much of this land was also claimed by the Cherokee – and finally running to the Ohio River. Clothing was primarily buckskin, the Chickasaw removed all body hair and made extensive use of tattooing. The men, typically 6 foot tall, were hunters and warriors, and the women were noticeably a foot shorter and responsible for the supervision of slaves and tending the fields for corn, beans and squash. Fish was also an important food source. Their communities were built along streams or rivers and approximately 7 communities made up a clan. They were distinguished by their flattened foreheads (flattened as infants to enhance their appearance as adults). They traded with the Shawnee in the middle 1700’s for their first horses, and developed a superior riding breed (the Chickasaw Horse) with a long stride and superior endurance. Most Middle Tennessee lands were ceded to the US in 1805. By September of 1816 all Chickasaw land in Middle Tennessee had been ceded to the United States. Lawrence County and Wayne County were established in 1817. Giles County by 1819.
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