Nancy Ward is a Cherokee women who goes through many events throughout her life. She was known as Nanye-hi as a little girl and lived with her mother Tame Doe. She had a brother named Long Fellow, who also lived with them. Nanye-hi's dad Five Killer had devorced her mother a few years after Nanye-hi was born. Nanye-hi's cousin Attakullakulla had become peace chief the in 1745. As Nany-hi grew up began to be interested in learning about her culture even more and was encouraged to tell other young children about it. White traders that Nanye-hi's cousin Attakullakulla had traded with began to call him Little Carpenter and Nanye-hi was called Nancy. At the age of 15 Nancy married a young man from the Dear Clan named Kingfisher. Later in 1755 joined the march to war with her husband. Unfortunately her husband was shot and killed at the war but, Nancy took action and shot the man who had shot her husband in an act revenge. Nancy was named Beloved women after the battle at the Creek.
Nancy soon remarried a man by the name of Byrant Ward in the 1750's. When Fort Loudoun was completed in 1757, the Cherokee had agreeded to fight with the British against the French. The British betrayed the Cherokee in this time, selling them as slaves, giving them scraps of food to eat, and refuseing to replace the warriors horses. Cherokee warriors ended up stealing the soldiers horses and leaving which caused them to be tracked and killed by the British.The Cherokee people decided to join the French to fight against the British. In 1760, the Chota Council sent out peace treaties to settle the disputes. Fort Loudoun was given to the tribe chief Oconostota to show peace in return for the Cherokee to once again fight in alliance with them. In 1763, the French were pushed away from the Missippippi Valley and King George III had confirmed a proclamation that no American colonist could but or sell on land west of the Appalachian Mountains. In the 1700s the relationship agreement between the white settlers and Cherokee people had stablized. In 1766 whites were making the Cherokee chose side again for who they would be allies with. Rumors had also been sent that American forces were marching to destroy all the Cherokee people along with the Cherokee towns. In 1777 Cherokee women and children had to move into the mountains due to frontier militias who had burned 36 Cherokee towns. On July 4,1777 the Long Island Treaty was signed which again renewed friendship between Americans and the Cherokee. In 1811, after Nancy had moved to live with her daughter, Cherokee had refused an invitation to fight with the Shawnee and Creeks in an effort to regain their lands. A letter was signed by Nancy and 12 other leading Cherokee women in 1817, which debated on getting the Cherokee land back and to eliminate any removal of the Cherokee people. The Chota Council refused the letters debates. Nancy Ward died in 1822 near the village of Chota.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Book Report
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This book is about a Cherokee women who goes through alot of hardships and has to make important decisions for her Cherokee tribe. She enters battles for the freedom and peace of her people. It tells what it was like to be a Cherokee and everything they were put through to try and keep what their anscestors had before them.
This book is about a Cherokee women who goes through alot of hardships and has to make important decisions for her Cherokee tribe. She enters battles for the freedom and peace of her people. It tells what it was like to be a Cherokee and everything they were put through to try and keep what their anscestors had before them.
Sources
Bibliography
Hampton, David. "Biography of Nancy Ward." Web
Furbee, Mary R. Wild Rose: Nancy Ward and the Cherokee Nation. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds, 2002. Print.
Buckenmyer, Jim. "The Fall of Fort Loudon." Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network. Web. 01 May 2011. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/early_frontier_history/37822.
White, Julia. "Woman Spirit - Nancy Ward - Cherokee." Innerspace - The Writings of Julia White Main Page. Web. 01 May 2011. http://www.meyna.com/cherokee.html.
B.c., 8000. "Cherokee NC Cherokee History and Culture - What You Didn't Know About the Cherokee of North Carolina." Cherokee NC Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Web. 01 May 2011. http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=56.
Cherokee battle at Fort Loudoun
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In the Battle of Fort Loudoun the Chota Cherokee went to war against the French. The other soilders on their side were the British, Virgiana, and South Carolina militias. At the battle they had failed horribly due to the white mans way of fighting. The British commanders didnt take any advice from the cherokee warriors and instead of ambushing their enemy quietly, they made a noisy approach to the enemy which gave their positions away. Not only did they loose the battle but some of the British officers had been selling Cherokee warriors as if they were slaves.
The Cherokee warriors weren't being treated fairly when they were out at war against the French. They lost not only their own people but also they lost their horses which were very important to the Cherokee warriors. The food that they were given was "skimpy rations of wormy and rotten corn." When the Cherokee had finally had enough of being treated unfairly they decided to leave. Dragging Canoe, one of the lead warriors of the Chota, and about a hundred other warriors stole horses to replace the ones that they had lost, since the British wouldn't replace the warriors horses for them.
All the desagreements and problems had now lead to even bigger conflict between the Cherokee and the British. Ninteen warriors were killed and scalped for stealing the British soilders horses and Dragging Canoe therefore wanted to create another attack to take revenge for those who had died. The Cherokee people recieved threats from the British and this then set an opening for the French to ask for the Cherokee to help fight against the British's assult. The Cherokee had soon agreed to help the French.
In 1760, the Cherokee had, had enough and sent out two peace treaties to South Carolina and Virginia and they went to meet with the governers of both states to conferm the peace declarations.The Fort was surrendered to the Chota cheif Oconostota. A Britsh governer didnt accept the declarations and emprisoned eight of the Cherokee peace chiefs along with Nancy. Later Nancy was released but the other cheifs were not.
In the Battle of Fort Loudoun the Chota Cherokee went to war against the French. The other soilders on their side were the British, Virgiana, and South Carolina militias. At the battle they had failed horribly due to the white mans way of fighting. The British commanders didnt take any advice from the cherokee warriors and instead of ambushing their enemy quietly, they made a noisy approach to the enemy which gave their positions away. Not only did they loose the battle but some of the British officers had been selling Cherokee warriors as if they were slaves.
The Cherokee warriors weren't being treated fairly when they were out at war against the French. They lost not only their own people but also they lost their horses which were very important to the Cherokee warriors. The food that they were given was "skimpy rations of wormy and rotten corn." When the Cherokee had finally had enough of being treated unfairly they decided to leave. Dragging Canoe, one of the lead warriors of the Chota, and about a hundred other warriors stole horses to replace the ones that they had lost, since the British wouldn't replace the warriors horses for them.
All the desagreements and problems had now lead to even bigger conflict between the Cherokee and the British. Ninteen warriors were killed and scalped for stealing the British soilders horses and Dragging Canoe therefore wanted to create another attack to take revenge for those who had died. The Cherokee people recieved threats from the British and this then set an opening for the French to ask for the Cherokee to help fight against the British's assult. The Cherokee had soon agreed to help the French.
In 1760, the Cherokee had, had enough and sent out two peace treaties to South Carolina and Virginia and they went to meet with the governers of both states to conferm the peace declarations.The Fort was surrendered to the Chota cheif Oconostota. A Britsh governer didnt accept the declarations and emprisoned eight of the Cherokee peace chiefs along with Nancy. Later Nancy was released but the other cheifs were not.
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