[2744] Data from Cherokee Cavaliers, Edward Everett Dale and Gaston Litton,Univ. of OK Press, 1939 and John Rollins Ridge, His Life and Works,James W. Parins, Univ. of NE Press, 1991. His wife was half Cherokeeand half white, her father being a Scots frontiersman. She wasaffiliated with the Deer Clan. There were two more children of thiscouple, a male and a female.
[3539]
Data from Hicks.
1848 Mullay roll: #969 as Oh-yoh-har-la "died December 1838" (1st wifeof # 968, Grasshopper).
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|
__|__
|
__|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
_Amatoya Moytoy _____|
| (1640 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| | __|__
| | |
| |__|
| |
| | __
| | |
| |__|__
|
|
|--Old Hop
| (1690 - 1761)
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
| __|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |__|__
| |
|_Quatsy _____________|
(1650 - ....) |
| __
| |
| __|__
| |
|__|
|
| __
| |
|__|__
[3399]
Data from Hicks.
Old Frontiers, pg 46;
"old Hop had a nephew, also named Standing Turkey, an active warriorwho at his uncle's death served a short time as his successor. It wasthe younger Standing Turkey who conducted a four day assault upon FortLoudoun in 1760, and who signed the articles of capitulation of thestronghold."
Old Frontiers, pg 67:
Old Hop in his talk to Demere, gave his unusual evidence ofpatriotism. He said: "I am now old and lie upon a bad bearskin. Mylife is not more than an inch long, and I know not when a bullet maycut it short. I want my brothers Captains Demere and Stuart toremember that the Great Warrior, Oconostota, and his brother[Amo-Scossite?], are the only two men in the nation that ought to bethought of after my death. It is true that Willenawah and the LittleCarpenter are my nephews, but I do not know how they would behave. IfI had not remembered what I owe to a country I love, and had in mindto behave like a father, I would recommend my two sons, but I knowthem to incapable, and biased by every lie that comes. I do not knowhow they will turn out, but I do know the others, for drunk or sober,they always admonish the Indians to love the white people."
See notes at Grunny Grace Hopper.
[3479] Data from Hicks.
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|
_Amatoya Moytoy _____|__
| (1640 - ....)
_Moytoy, I ________________|
| (1687 - 1770) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Quatsy _____________|__
| (1650 - ....)
_Willenawah or Great (or Grey) Eagle _|
| (1720 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| | _____________________|__
| | |
| |_Woman of Ani'-Ga'Tage'Wi _|
| (1686 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
|
|--Old Tassel
| (1736 - 1788)
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |_____________________|__
| |
|_Woman of Ani'-Wa'di _________________|
(1720 - ....) |
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
|___________________________|
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|__
[1466]
Data from Hicks. He is said to have married the sister of HangingMaw.
Chief Of Echota
Utsidsata "Corn Tassel"
Onitositah "Thistle Head"
Co-A-To-Hee "First To Kill"
Kaiyah-tahee -from Old Frontiers
Ko-A-Tee-Hee, variant
Kayatihi, variant
Kahnyahtahhe, variant
Rayetaeh
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from Don Chesnut's web page;www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/cherokee.htm Utsi'dsata':"Corn-tassel," "Thistle-head," etc. It is used as a masculine name,and was probably the Cherokee name of the chief of Revolutionarytimes, known as "Old Tassel."
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"Many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, yourreligion, your manners and your customs. We would be better pleasedwith beholding the good effects of these doctrines in your ownpractices, than with hearing you talk about them".
Old Tassel, Chief of the Tsalagi
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Old Frontiers, John P Brown, pg 478;
"Two of Wurteh's [Sequoyah's mom, Great Eagle's g-daughter?] kinsmenare mentioned by Payne as being uncles of John Watts [Jr] they were;Kaiyah-tahee who was killed under a flag of truce and may berecognized as Chief Old Tassel; and Tal-tsuska the famous Doublehead."
Attended: March 1775, Henderson's Treaty, Sycamore Shoals
Witt add the following -
Chief Old Tassel was killed by a renegade Settler by the name of Kirkwhile under the flag of Truce and war became unavoidable. Old Tasselis also known as "Old Corn Tassel", unproven. Appears as "Old Tassel"on all lists to 11/97 except for one treaty which was signed as "CornTassel"/Koatehe. This is changed to "Koateehee" to comply with"proper" Cherokee indicating that he was from the "Red Clan", orwarrior.
Old Tassel: Born after 1730 in Toqua of the Overhills. It has beensuggested that he may have been born much earlier, yet there is noevidence. Some records have suggested he was the son of Corn Tasseland Kayanteehee, and that Eughioote (Ludovick Grant's wife) was hissister. He was probably a member of the Bird Clan, though some havesuggested he might have been from the Long Hair or Paint Clan. He wasnamed Corn Tassel (Onitositah, Rayetaeh, or Utsidsata) when young, andwas later called Old Tassel. Some have suggested he may have alsobeen called George Tassel. He served as the leading counselor ofOconostota, and later served as Principal Headman. He resided atChota of the Overhills. He and his son were murdered under a flag oftruce in 1788 by the command of Major James Hubbard (Hubbert).
"Corn-tassel," "Thistle-head," etc. It is used as a masculine name,and was probably the Cherokee name of the chief of Revolutionarytimes, known as "Old Tassel."
In 1777, "The Tassel" made a speech clearly stating the position ofthe Indians:
"You say: Why do not the Indians till the ground and live as we do?May we not, with equal propriety, ask why the white people do not huntand live as we do? You profess to think it no injustice to warn us notto kill our deer and other game from the mere love of waste; but it isvery criminal in our young men if they chance to kill a cow or a hogfor their sustenance when they happen to be in your lands. We wish,however, to be at peace with you, and to do as we would be done by. Wedo not quarrel with you for killing an occasional buffalo, bear ordeer on our lands when you need one to eat; but you go much farther;your people hunt to gain a livelihood by it; they kill all our game;our young men resent the injury, and it is followed by bloodshed andwar.
This is not a mere affected injury; it is a grievance which weequitably complain of, and it demands a permanent redress.
The Great God of Nature has placed us in different situations. It istrue he had endowed you with many superior advantages; but he had notcreated us to be your slaves, We are a separate people! He had giveneach their lands, under distinct considerations and circumstances; hehas stocked yours with cows, ours with buffalo; yours with hog, ourswith bear; yours with sheep, ours with deer. He has indeed given youan advantage in this, that your cattle are tame and domestic whileours are wild, and demand not only a larger space for range but art tohunt and kill them; they are, never the- less, as much our property asother animals are yours, and ought not to be taken away without ourconsent, or for something equivalent."
Pat Alderman notes that the greed and covetousness of the whitespushed the Indians off their beloved land, killed their hunters,burned their towns, destroyed their crops and the Indians werejustified in retaliation. Retaliation however only fanned the flame ofsettler discontent higher and led to further loss of large tracts ofterritory in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia. By the close of theRevolution in 1783 the Indians were sufficiently subdued that worryabout their incursions on the Upper New River ceased. Settlers on theHolston and Clinch had to worry about them for another decade, butwhites had won by 1781.
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|
___________________________|_____________________
|
_White Owl Raven ____|
| (1680 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |___________________________|_____________________
|
_Attakullakulla or Attacullaculla _|
| (1708 - 1777) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Amatoya Moytoy ___________|_____________________
| | | (1640 - ....)
| |_Nancy ______________|
| (1683 - ....) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Quatsy ___________________|_____________________
| (1650 - ....)
|
|--Ollie-Mollie
| (1754 - 1810)
| _Amatoya Moytoy _____
| | (1640 - ....)
| _Moytoy, I ________________|_Quatsy _____________
| | (1687 - 1770) (1650 - ....)
| _Oconostota _________|
| | (1704 - 1783) m 1720|
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Woman of Ani'-Ga'Tage'Wi _|_____________________
| | (1686 - ....)
|_Ollie Ani'-Wa'Ya _________________|
(1720 - ....) |
| _____________________
| |
| ___________________________|_____________________
| |
|_Woman of Ani'Wa'ya _|
(1704 - ....) m 1720|
| _____________________
| |
|___________________________|_____________________
[3413]
Data from Hicks.
Questionable Entry:
Since Dragging Canoe was the "Blood-Brother" of Alexander Cameron thenperhaps his sister "Ollie" is the same as "Mollie" the widow ofAlexander Cameron and the mother of Susanne Guerineau.
Moravian Journals: May 27, 1814, Mollie, the mother of Mrs Guerineau.
[3597]
Data from Hicks.
1851 Drennan roll: Saline, 493 as Ar-le Gun-rod
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|
_Amatoya Moytoy _____|__
| (1640 - ....)
_Moytoy, I ________________|
| (1687 - 1770) |
| | __
| | |
| |_Quatsy _____________|__
| (1650 - ....)
_Oconostota _________|
| (1704 - 1783) m 1720|
| | __
| | |
| | _____________________|__
| | |
| |_Woman of Ani'-Ga'Tage'Wi _|
| (1686 - ....) |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|__
|
|
|--Ollie Ani'-Wa'Ya
| (1720 - ....)
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | | __
| | | |
| | |_____________________|__
| |
|_Woman of Ani'Wa'ya _|
(1704 - ....) m 1720|
| __
| |
| _____________________|__
| |
|___________________________|
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|__
[1469] All data from Hicks.
[1516] All data from David Hampton's file.
___________________________
|
_White Owl Raven ____|___________________________
| (1680 - ....)
_Attakullakulla or Attacullaculla _|
| (1708 - 1777) |
| | _Amatoya Moytoy ___________
| | | (1640 - ....)
| |_Nancy ______________|_Quatsy ___________________
| (1683 - ....) (1650 - ....)
_Tah-Chee ___________|
| (1736 - 1828) |
| | _Moytoy, I ________________+
| | | (1687 - 1770)
| | _Oconostota _________|_Woman of Ani'-Ga'Tage'Wi _
| | | (1704 - 1783) m 1720 (1686 - ....)
| |_Ollie Ani'-Wa'Ya _________________|
| (1720 - ....) |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |_Woman of Ani'Wa'ya _|___________________________
| (1704 - ....) m 1720
|
|--Oo-loo-tsa
| (1760 - ....)
| ___________________________
| |
| _____________________|___________________________
| |
| ___________________________________|
| | |
| | | ___________________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|___________________________
| |
|_Aisley _____________|
(1740 - ....) |
| ___________________________
| |
| _____________________|___________________________
| |
|___________________________________|
|
| ___________________________
| |
|_____________________|___________________________
[1489] Data from Hicks.