Chief diplomat among the Cherokee; also known as Attakullakulla
Hernando de Soto
First structure built in TN by Anglo-Americans to protect the Carolinas from French troops
Cherokee leader Cherokee leader who retaliated for killing of Cherokee hostages by coordinating ambush on English
Leader of Fort Loudon; later killed by Cherokee
Cane Creek
Sir Alexander Cuming
Future site of Nashville where lucrative fur trade developed with the Shawnee
Juan Pardo
Melungeons
French explorers who came down MS River
Daniel Boone
One of best known long hunters who entered TN in 1760s
Paul Demere
Oconostota
Marquette & Joliet
Nancy Ward
British explorer who did more than anyone to cement relations between the English and the Cherokee
Fort Loudon
Instructed to find overland route from SC to Mexico but had to retreat in TN when confronted with Indian threat
Needham & Arthur
Site of massacre of 30 Englishmen after ambushed by Cherokee
French Lick
First European to set foot in Tennessee; died of disease after 3 years of exploration & buried in MS River
Little Carpenter
A dark-skinned people of obscure lineage, many of whom today live in Hancock County
Most famous Cherokee woman who became tribal counselor and advocate of peace
First Englishmen recorded as having come into present-day TN
