Image:Draught of the Cherokee Country.jpg

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Date
22 December 2007
Place
Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United States
People
Lt. Richard Henry Timberlake1730 - 1765
Chief Mankiller Ostenaco1703 - 1780
Nanye'hi "Nancy" _____1736 - 1822
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Description

Lt. Henry Timberlake's "Draught of the Cherokee Country," depicting the locations of several Overhill Cherokee towns following the end of the Anglo-Cherokee War, taken from Timberlake, Lieutenant Henry. The Memoirs of Lieutenant Henry Timberlake (who accompanied the three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1762). On it he located all the Cherokee villages on the lower Little Tennessee River and provided important demographic information about village sizes, populations, and leaders. Modern studies have generally confirmed that Timberlake's map was remarkably accurate.

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This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. It is a copy of a photograph or scan of a unique historical document created by Lt. Henry Timberlake on his journeys with Cherokee leaders between 1756 and 1762 used for educational purposes in the WeRelate pages associated with the subjects (place names and person names). Copy of image retreived from Wikimedia Commons by WeRelate User BobC on 21 March 2012.

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  • (del) (cur) 14:21, 21 March 2012 . . BobC (Talk | contribs) . . 1400×2278 (623,147 bytes) (==Description== Lt. Henry Timberlake's "Draught of the Cherokee Country," depicting the locations of several Overhill Cherokee towns following the end of the Anglo-Cherokee War, taken from [[Source:King, Duane H. Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake|Timberlake)

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