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.
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