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  • Story: Ani Yun Wiya

    <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Cherokee people are located in two distinct regions representing their history under the United States. The Eastern Band of Cherokee are located in North Carolina and Tennessee, the traditional homeland of the people who call themselves &quot;Ani Yun Wiya&quot; or &quot;Real People&quot;. The term Cherokee was probably given to them by their neighbors in the southeast, the Creeks. The Creeks called them &quot;Tciloki&quot;, meaning &quot;people of a different speech&quot;.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The modern Cherokee nation has more enrolled members than any other in the United States. The 1990 census showed around 400,000 Cherokees living in the country. The Navajo, however are considered the largest tribe by many since the Cherokee recognize any one who has even the smallest part Cherokee in their heritage to be a Cherokee. The Cherokee philosophy is that even the smallest drop of Cherokee blood makes one a Cherokee. Most other tribes require an individual to prove to be at least one quarter or one sixteenth descended from an individual member of a particular tribe to be eligible for membership.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The major component of the Cherokee nation is found in Oklahoma. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which evicted all Indians in the southeastern United States to what is now Oklahoma. At the time of this act, the Cherokee were an advanced nation having built towns and cities, having a written constitution and even printing their own newspapers in the Cherokee language. The Cherokee had been interacting with the United States government for quite some time on a true government to government relationship. Part of the fear that caused the move was that the Cherokee would actually take steps to become a truly independent nation on the western boundaries of the United States. The primary motivation, however, was greed. The whites in Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Alabama desired the lands of the Cherokee. The United States military had the might to grant the whites their wish.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The eviction of the Cherokee people and their relocation to Oklahoma has become known as the &quot;Trail of Tears&quot;. The military did not care for the Cherokees in any way during the migration. The forced move was accompanied by disease, harsh weather, starvation and attacks by marauding whites. Over 4,000 Cherokee died on the road to Oklahoma. Every year, the &quot;Trail of Tears&#39;&quot; is recalled in a pageant and remembrance ceremony in the Cherokee capital of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The government&#39;s treatment of the Cherokee and other tribes in the 1830s bore bitter fruit thirty years later when all five of the &quot;Civilized Tribes&quot;, that is the Cherokee, the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Muskogee or Creek, and the Seminole signed treaties with the Confederate States of America and fought in the war against the Union. The earliest fully documented Cherokee flag is that of the Cherokee Braves. This flag was presented to principal chief John Ross on October 7, 1861 by the Confederate Indian Commissioner, Albert Pike. A similar flag has been attributed to the First Cherokee Mounted Rifles, possibly pointing to the base design as a de facto national flag for the Cherokee Nation (Devereaux D. Cannon Jr., The Flags of the Confederacy, An Illustrated History, [Memphis, TN : St. Luke&#39;s Press &amp; Broad foot Publishing, 1988], 64). This flag was the standard design of the first Confederate national flag, three horizontal stripes of red over white over red bearing a blue canton upon which a ring of eleven white stars appeared. The standard flag was modified for use by the Cherokees by the addition of a large red star in the center of the ring and that was surrounded by four smaller red stars. The five additional stars stood for the five &quot;Civilized Tribes&quot;, while the large one specifically referred to the Cherokees. In red letters on the white stripe appeared the words &quot;Cherokee Braves&quot;. This flag, employing black lettering is used today by the unrecognized &quot;Southern Cherokee Nation&quot; based in Georgia (note: this is not the same as the state recognized Cherokee of Georgia which employ a distinctive flag of their own).</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In Dr. Whitney Smith&#39;s &quot;The Flag Book of the United States&quot;(FBUS, 254-255), the Cherokee are reported to have a white flag bearing seven red seven pointed stars. This flag, which has been called a &quot;peace flag&quot; was known to have been used in the ceremonies of the Cherokee to celebrate their national holiday on Sept. 7, 1968. The Cherokee Peace Flag is symbolic in both color and design. The red stars stand for victory and success, while the white background represents peace and happiness. The seven points of each star recall the seven clans of the Cherokee people. The stars are arranged in the pattern of the constellation &quot;Yonegwa&quot;, known to the white man as the Great Bear or Big Dipper. According to Cherokee history, the peace flag was carried by the Cherokee from their traditional home to the Indian Territory along the &quot;Trail of Tears&quot;. Before that journey began, the Cherokee War Flag, was buried with a hatchet. The &quot;War Flag&quot; was red and bore the Big Dipper in white according to tribal sources. This counter changing of red and white for war and peace is a common design element in many eastern tribes.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As of March 1998, the government of the Cherokee of Oklahoma is considering bringing back the &quot;Peace flag&quot; with some design modifications. Added to the fly would be a black star for those having died on the &quot;Trail of Tears&quot; while a blue star may be added for the bright future.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The western Cherokee based in Oklahoma have an orange flag. This flag bears their tribal seal (ANNIN) in the center. A single seven pointed star, each point divided in half, one side yellow, the other orange.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This star recalls the seven original clans of the Cherokee people. This is surrounded by a oak wreath depicted in orange and green. The oak symbolizes the sacred eternal fire which was kindled from oak wood. All this lies on a gray circle. Ringing this central circle is an orange band bearing the phrase &quot;Seal of the Cherokee Nation&quot; in both English and Cherokee script. In the Cherokee language, it is pronounced &quot;Tsa la gi yi A ye hli&quot;, meaning &quot;The Cherokee Nation&quot;(postcard, &quot;Seal of the Cherokee Nation&quot;). That script, it should be noted, was the invention of the great Cherokee chief, Sequoyah. It was the first Indian language to be put in written form. At the base of the orange ring is the date Sept. 6, 1839, the date of the constitution of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Beyond the seal is a ring of seven yellow seven pointed stars, again recalling the seven original clans. These stars also recall the seven holidays in the Cherokee Life cycle and the seven sacred rites in the Cherokee&#39;s native religion. The stars are arranged so that each has one point aiming toward the central seal.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Edging the entire flag is a border of green and black diagonal stripes similar to the rope-like border frequently found around a seal .</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The flag was designed by Mr. Stanley John Cherokee Advocate, 8/78), a full blooded Navajo and husband to a member of the Cherokee nation. It was approved by the Tribal Council on October 9, 1978 and officially raised over the Tribal headquarters on September 30, 1979(Cherokee Advocate 9/79).</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">As the result of a resolution passed by the Cherokee Council on September 9, 1989, the flag of the Cherokee Nation was altered Cherokee Council Resolution #73-89, Sept. 9, 1989). To the upper fly corner was added a single black seven pointed star Sample flag provided by the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK). This star is a constant reminder of those Cherokee who lost their lives during the terrible ordeal recalled each year in Tahlequah, the &quot;Trail of Tears&quot;.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

  • Story: James Hicks Book

    <div></div><div style="margin: 7px 0px"><span> </span>Return to Wurteh Watts</div><!-- Begin Content --><div><!-- Object Layout --><div><!-- Object Left Side --><div> <div><ul><li><div><span> </span>James Hicks Book &quot;Cherokee Lineages&quot;</div></li><li></li><li><div><div><div><p><strong>78.</strong> W<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 5</font></sup> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><em> (</em><em>S</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>ISTEROF</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 4</font></sup> <em>D</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>OUBLEHEAD</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><em> , </em><em>G</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>REAT</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 3</font></sup> <em>E</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>AGLE</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><em> , </em><em>M</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>OYTOY</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 2</font></sup><em>, </em><em>A</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><em>-MA-DO-YA</em></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 1</font></sup><em>)</em> was born Abt. 1748 in Tasagi Town. She married (1) N</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATHANIAL</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">IST</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Abt. 1764, son of C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">HRISTOPHER</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">IST, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">AP</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> . He was born Abt. 1730. She married (2) B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">LOODY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> F</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ELLOW, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">HIEF</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Abt. 1765. He was born Abt. 1740, and died Aft. 1794. She married (3) J</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OHN</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> T</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">RADER</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Abt. 1767. He was born Abt. 1735 in Albemarle Co, VA, and died Abt. 1800 in Georgia. <br><br><font color="#0000c0">Notes for</font> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br> I previously had Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na as &quot;Benges&quot;, children of Wurteh &amp; John &quot;Trader&quot; Benge -and- I had a Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi as a son of Elizabeth Emory. The son of Elizabeth Emory was an entry to denote Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi as the older [half-]brother of John Jolly as per Starr, A32, pg 472. Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na &quot;The Tail&quot; under Wurteh &amp; John &quot;Trader&quot; Benge were denoting The Tail as the brother of Captain Benge &quot;The Bench&quot; as per the American State Papers which also mentioned The Tail &amp; Captain Benge as nephews of John Watts. The simplest resolution to the multiple Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi&#39;s, without disagreeing with any text, would have Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na as children of Wurtah and a Full Blood Cherokee. Bloody Fellow is a likely candidate; he and John Watts Jr both resided at Wills Town at the same time. Sequoyah also grew up in Wills Town and this arraingment would have Bloody Fellow as Sequoyah&#39;s Ex-Step-Father. <br><br>Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi, the son of Wurtah and half-brother of John Jolly, I believe is the same individual as the Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi that married Jennie Lowrey. Jennie&#39;s brother, George Lowrey Jr married Lucy Benge. Therefore John Jolly is likely to be another son of Wurtah and, presumably, Robert Due, the Indian Trader -or- the son of Robert Due and some other Cherokee woman. <br><br><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br> Blood: Half Blood Cherokee<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)<br>Note: the marriage of Wurteh to Bloody Fellow is speculative but plausable<br>Starr&#39;s Notes: D573; &quot;full blood Cherokee&quot;, Paint Clan, sister of Co-a-to-hee or Corntassel of Toquo (signer 11/28/85)<br><br><font color="#0000c0">Notes for</font> N</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATHANIAL</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">IST</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br>&quot; Myths of the Cherokee&quot;, James Mooney, Dover Publications, Inc, NY, p 108; <br><br>...by a KY family it is claimed... Sequoya&#39;s father was Nathaniel Gist, son of the scout who accompanied [George] Washington on his memorable excursion to the Ohio. As the story goes, Nathaniel Gist was captured by the Cherokee ar Braddock&#39;s defeat (1755) and remained a prisoner with them for six years, during which time he became the father of Sequoyah. On his return to civilization he married a white woman in VA, by whom he had other children, and afterward removed to KY, where Sequoyah, then a Baptist preacher, frequently visited them and was always recognized by the family as his son. <br>********************************** <br>Old Frontiers, by John P Brown, 1938, Southern Publishers, Kingsport, TN, pg 158; <br><br>Nathanial Gist first appeared among the Cherokees as a messenger of Governor Dinwiddie in 1755. Following the French and Indian War he formed a trading partnership with Richard Pearis and lived in the Cherokee country for several years. During that time, he took as his Indian wife, Wurteh, sister of Chief Old Tassel, and became the father of Sequoyah. <br><br><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> N</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATHANIAL</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">IST</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br>B lood: Non-Cherokee<br><br><font color="#0000c0">Notes for</font> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">LOODY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> F</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ELLOW, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">HIEF</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> :<br>Nenetooyah &quot;Bloody Fellow&quot; <br>Iskagua &quot;Clear Sky&quot; Shawnee word\\ <br>***************************************** <br>from Don Chesnut&#39;s web page; www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/cherokee.htm <br>Iskagua : <br>Name for &quot;Clear Sky,&quot; formerly &quot;Nenetooyah or the Bloody Fellow.&quot; The name appears thus in a document of 1791 as that of a Cherokee chief frequently mentioned about that period under the name of &quot;Bloody Fellow.&quot; In one treaty it is given as &quot;Eskaqua or Bloody Fellow.&quot; Both forms and etymologies are doubtful, neither form seeming to have any reference either to &quot;sky&quot; (galun&rsquo;lahi) or &quot;blood&quot; (gi&rsquo;ga). The first may be intended for Ik-e&rsquo;gwa, &quot;Great day.&quot; <br><br><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">LOODY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> F</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ELLOW, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">HIEF</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> :<br>Attended 1: March 1775, Henderson&#39;s Treaty, Sycamore Shoals<br>Attended 2: November 1788, Eustinauli council<br>Attended 3: 1791, Philadelphia meeting with George Washington<br>Attended 4: November 07, 1794, Tellico council<br><br><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> J</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OHN</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> T</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">RADER</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br> Blood: Scottish<br>Emigration: Abt. 1777, TN<br>Occupation: Indian Trader<br>Residence: Aft. 1777, Running Water Town, TN<br><font size="4"> </font> <br><font color="#0000c0">Child</font> of W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and N</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATHANIAL</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">IST</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> is: <br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">196.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">i.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">EORGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 6</font></sup> G</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">UESS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> I, b. Abt. 1764, near Tuskeegee, Monroe Co, TN; d. August 1843, near the village of San Fernando, Mexico.</font><font size="4"> </font> <br><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#0000c0">Children</font> of W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">LOODY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> F</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ELLOW</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> are: <br></font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">ii.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> T</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">A-LO-NV-TI-S-GI</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1"> 6</font></sup> II, b. Abt. 1765; d. 1819, Arkansas; m. (1) J</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENNIE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> L</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OWREY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">; b. Abt. 1780, Tennessee; m. (2) C</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">HEROKEE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OMAN</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">; b. Abt. 1780; d. Bef. 1817.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#0000c0">Notes for</font> T</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">A-LO-NV-TI-S-GI</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> II:<br>Starr, A32, pg 472: Tah-lon-tee-skee was a prominent Chicamauga warrior in 1792. In the United States_Cherokee October 25, 1805 Doublehead, who had hitherto been an implacable war chief was granted three seperate tracts of one square mile each and Tah-lon-tee-skee received a square mile of land on the north bank of the Tennessee River, for their influence in negotiating the treaty. This action becomming unpopular, Tah-lon-tee-skee emigrated to the Western Cherokee country where he was elected Principal Chief in 1818. <br>**************************** <br>In 1818, Tah-lon-tee-skee, chief of the Western Cherokee, requested the American Board of Commisioners for Foreign Missions establish a mission in the west. Subsequently, Dwight Mission, near present Russellville AR, was established in the spring of 1820. Tah-lon-tee-skee, having died in the meantime, was succeeded as chief by his brother, John Jolly, the adopted father of Sam Houston, who had moved west in 1818. <br></font><br> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> T</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">A-LO-NV-TI-S-GI</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> II:<br>Aka (Facts Pg): Aaron Price<br>Blood: 1/2 Cherokee<br>Chief: Bet. 1818 - 1820, Principal Chief, CN-Arkansas<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)<br><br></font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">iii.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> U</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">-TA-NA</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, b. Abt. 1766; d. 1838, Virginia.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#0000c0">More About</font> U</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">-TA-NA</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">:<br> Aka (Facts Pg): The Tail, Utana<br>Blood: 1/2 Cherokee<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)<br>Residence: 1794, Willstown, AL<br><br></font><font size="4"> </font> <br><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font color="#0000c0">Children</font> of W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">URTEH</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> W</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ATTS</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> and J</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OHN</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> are: <br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">197.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">iv .</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">R</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">OB ERT</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><sup><font size="-1">6</font></sup> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, b. Abt. 1767, probably in the village of Toquo [TN]; d. April 09, 1794, Stone Gap, VA.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">198.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">v.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> L</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">UCY</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, b. Abt. 1768; d. October 10, 1846, Greenleaf, CNW.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">199.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">vi .</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="2">_____</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, b. Abt. 1769.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">200.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">v ii.</font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">R</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> ICHARD</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> C B</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">ENGE, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">S</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">R</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> , b. Abt. 1770.</font></p></div></div><div><div><!--notPrintable"--><div><div><img src="http://userdoc.ancestry.com/userdocstore/download.ashx?fileid=c710480d-5b3b-4190-b769-95ed1dfedf80&amp;mac=8CF1A8B4866C4000000W5j03O8G-JA=.60x80" alt="" width="15" height="20"><font color="#566c11"> <span>bevhines72</span></font>added this on 11 Apr 2010</div></div></div></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div>

  • Story: Benge Kinship Notes

    <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">It is important to remember that the dates cited for most 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and some 19th century Cherokee marriages, births, and deaths are, at best, approximations.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Descent, marriage, and residence rules</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">Cherokee kinship is matrilineal, a unilineal descent rule in which you join your mother's clan at birth, a membership for life. After marriage, it is customary to reside with your wife's clan so your children will grow up with their clan, that is, their mother's family. The clan represents a lineage based on a common apical totem ancestor-Wild Potato (Anigategewi), Blue Paint (Anisahoni), Long Hair (Anigilohi), Red Paint (Aniwodi), Bird (Anitsiskwa), Wolf (Aniwahya), and Deer (Aniahwi). Marriage, mating, or sexual relations with a member of the same clan is taboo and considered incest.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Who was CORNBLOSSOM?</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">CORNBLOSSOM was reported to have been the daughter of the second wife of DOUBLEHEAD (TALTSUSKA), and about twelve years old in 1779 and eight years old at the signing of the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals in 1775, which would place her birth sometime around 1767. Although Cornblossom is not a Cherokee word, there is a Delaware word, PAWALIN, which means CORNBLOSSOM and it is a Delaware surname given to women. PAWALIN literally translates as "CORNBLOSSOM FALLS OFF."</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Cornblossom's Family</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD was born sometime in the latter half of the 18th century in Stearns, Kentucky. Charles Hicks, Alexander Saunders, and Major Ridge assassinated him on August 9, 1807 in McIntosh Tavern, Hiawassee, Tennessee. DOUBLEHEAD had at least four, and possibly five wives.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">First Wife</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD first married CREAT PRIBER sometime in the middle of the 18th century in Stearns, Kentucky. She was born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, daughter of CHRISTIAN GOTTILIEB PRIBER, and died around the turn of the 19th century, possibly in McCreary County, Kentucky. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and CREAT PRIBER include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">1. TUKAHO DOUBLEHEAD was born in the middle of the 18th century, and married MARGARET MOUNCE, Chery (sic) Fork, (Helenwood, Tennessee); about 1768. He was murdered in 1807 at Doublehead's Gap, Kentucky.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. TUSGIAHUTE DOUBLEHEAD was born in the middle of the 18th century and died about 1817 at Colbert Ferry, Colbert County, Alabama. She married a Chickasaw, COLONEL GEORGE COLBERT. He died on January 7, 1839, at Ft Towson, in Oklahoma.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. SALITSI DOUBLEHEAD was born in the middle of the 18th century and died February 1, 1846, in Oklahoma. She was also reported to have married to the Chickasaw COLONEL GEORGE COLBERT.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">4. NIGUDAYI was born in the middle of the 18th century. She married SAMUEL RILEY. He died in 1819.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">5. GULUSTIYU was born in the middle of the 18th century. She was also reportedly married to SAMUEL RILEY.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Second Wife</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD is thought to have married a Delaware woman sometime in the middle of the 18th century when the Cherokee and Delaware leaders were seeking inter-tribal peace. Although no written documentation exists of this marriage, oral traditions in southern Kentucky are pleantiful.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">6. CORNBLOSSOM (PAWALIN in Delaware) was born in the middle of the 18th century and, possibly 1767, and died in 1810, and thought to be buried in Pine Knot in McCreary County, Kentucky.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Third Wife</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD married NANNIE DRUMGOOLE in the late 18th century. She was the daughter of ALEXANDER DRUMGOOLE and NANCY AUGUSTA and died on July 23, 1850. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and NANNIE DRUMGOOLE include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">7. BIRD TAIL DOUBLEHEAD was born in 1795 in Tennessee and died in the middle of the 19th century. He married TIMSON, born in the early half of the 19th century and died in the early second half.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">8. PEGGY DOUBLEHEAD was born and died in the first half of the 19th century. She married WILLIAM WILSON on April 4, 1824 in Madison County, Alabama.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Fourth Wife</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD married KATEEYEAH WILSON in the late 18th century. She was born in the early second half of the 18th century. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and KATEEYEAH WILSON include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">9. TASSEL DOUBLEHEAD was born in the late 18th century and died in the early 19th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">10. ALCY DOUBLEHEAD was born and died in the first half of the 19th century. She married GILES MCNULTY.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">11. SUSANNAH DOUBLEHEAD was born and died in the first half of the 19th century. She married GEORGE CHISHOLM.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Fifth Wife</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">DOUBLEHEAD married an UNKNOWN CHEROKEE woman in the early 19th century. The children of DOUBLEHEAD and UNKNOWN CHEROKEE include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">12. TWO HEADS DOUBLEHEAD was born in the early 19th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">13. DOUBLEHEAD DOUBLEHEAD was born in the early 19th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">14. WILLIAM DOUBLEHEAD was born in the early 19th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Treaty Signers</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">RED BIRD, like DOUBLEHEAD, was from Kentucky and signed the October 2, 1805 Treaty of Tellico. If he was the UNKNOWN brother of DOUBLEHEAD, then he came from a long lineage of treaty signers, going back to Principal Chief AMADOYA MOYTOY.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">+ = bloodline</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+AMADOYA MOYTOY (also spelled phonetically as AMATOYA MOYTOY) was born in the first half of the 17th century. He married QUEDSI (also spelled phonetically as QUATSY). She was born in the middle of the 17th century. The children of AMADOYA MOYTOY and QUEDSI include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">1. TISTOE was born in the last half of the 17th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. OUKAH ULAH (treaty signer, also known as KING OUKAH ULAH) was born in the last half of the 17th century and died in the middle of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. NANCY MOYTOY was born in the last half of the 17th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+4. MOYTOY (treaty signer) was born in the last half of the 17th century and died in 1741.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">5. OLD HOP (treaty signer) was born in the last half of the 17th century and died in 1761.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Next Generation</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+MOYTOY (treaty signer, also spelled MOYATOY and MA'TAYI') married WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER (Anigategewi). She was born in the last half of the 17th century. The children of MOYTOY and WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">1. OCONOSTOTA (treaty signer) was born in the early part of the 18th century, and died in the latter half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. CLOGOITTAH (treaty signer) was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. KITEGISTA (treaty signer) was born in the early part of the 18th century and killed September 30, 1792.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">4. ANUWAGI MOYTOY was born in the early part of the 18th century</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">5. GOLANV (treaty signer, also known as RAVEN OF HIAWASSEE) was born in the early part of the 18th century, and died in the middle of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+6. WILENAWA (treaty signer, also spelled WILLEENEEWA and WILLENAWAH and known as GREAT EAGLE and GREY EAGLE) was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">7. OUNACONOA was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">8. SKALILOSGENV was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">9. OUKAII OUKAH was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">10. AMA'SGOSI'TE (treaty signer, also spelled OOTOSSETIH, and known as MANKILLER OF HIAWASSEE and BAD WATER) was born in the early part of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Next Generation</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+WILENAWA (treaty signer, also spelled WILLEENEEWA and WILLENAWAH and known as GREAT EAGLE and GREY EAGLE) married WURTEH (Red Paint Clan Mother). She was born in the early part of the 18th century. The children of WILENAWA and WURTEH include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+1. (?) TOTSUWHA (treaty signer, also known as RED BIRD, and written phonetically as TOCHUWOR) was born in the first half of the 18th century and died in the early 19th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. WURTEH (next generation Red Paint Clan Mother, also known as SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD), born in the first half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. UTSIDSATA (treaty signer, also known as CORN TASSEL and OLD TASSEL, OINTOSITAH or THISTLEHEAD) was born in the first half of the 18th century and died in 1788.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">4. GVNAGADOGA (treaty signer, also known as STANDING TURKEY) was born in the first half of the 18th century and died in 1838.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">5. TALTSUSKA (treaty signer, also known as DOUBLEHEAD) was born in the first half of the 18th century in Stearns, Kentucky; and killed August 9, 1807.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">6. IYAHUWAGIATSUTSA (treaty signer, also known as PUMPKIN BOY) was born in the first half of the 18th century and killed in 1793.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">7. NANI (also known as Nancy) was born in the first half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Family of Sequoya</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">SEQUOYA was the son of WURTEH WATTS (third generation Red Paint Clan Mother) and NATHANIEL GIST. He was the grandson of SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD (WURTEH, second generation Red Paint Clan Mother) and JOHN WATTS, and possibly the nephew of TOTSUHWA (RED BIRD). SEQUOYA was the great-grandson of WILENAWA and WURTEH (first generation Red Paint Clan Mother), 2nd great-grandson of MOYTOY and a WILD POTATO CLAN MOTHER, and 3rd great-grandson of AMADOYA MOYTOY and QUEDSI. The siblings of SEQUOYA include AHULUDEGI (JOHN JOLLY), TALONVTISGI BENGE, UTANA BENGE, GANVHIDV GASGILO BENGE (ROBERT BENGE), LUCY BENGE, JOSEPH (?) BENGE, and RICHARD BENGE.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">+ = bloodline</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+WURTEH (a Red Paint Clan Mother known as SISTER OF DOUBLEHEAD) married a trader, JOHN WATTS (OLD FORKED TONGUE) in the middle of the 18th century. The children of WURTEH and JOHN WATTS include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">1. +WURTEH WATTS was born in the middle of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. KUNOSKESKIE (also known as YOUNG TASSEL and JOHN WATTS Jr.) was born in the middle of the 18th century and died in 1808.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. UNINAGADIHI (also known as WHITEMAN-KILLER WATTS) was born in the middle of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">4. UNKNOWN DAUGHTER WATTS was born in the middle of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Next generation</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">+ WURTEH WATTS (a Red Paint Clan Mother) had three and possibly four husbands.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">First Husband</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">WURTEH WATTS married a trader ROBERT DUE in second half of the 18th century. The children of WURTEH WATTS and ROBERT DUE include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">1. AHULUDEGI (also known as JOHN JOLLY) was born in the second half of the 18th century and died December 1838.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Second Husband</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">WURTEH WATTS married NATHANIAL GIST, son of CHRISTOPHER GIST, in the second half of the 18th century. The children of WURTEH WATTS and NATHANIAL GIST include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">2. SEQUOYA (also known as SEQUOYAH, SIKWOYI, GEORGE GIST, and GEORGE GUESS) was born in the second half of the 18th century and died 1843.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Third Husband</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">WURTEH WATTS is thought to have married NENETOOYAH (also known as ISKAGUA and BLOODY FELLOW) sometime in the second half of the 18th century. Although no written documentation exists of this marriage, it is possible as suggested by oral history and tradition. There were no children reported from this marriage.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT; color: #ff8000;">Fourth Husband</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">WURTEH WATTS married JOHN BENGE, son of THOMAS BENGE, in the second half of the 18th century. The children of WURTEH WATTS and JOHN BENGE include:</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">3. TALONVTISGI BENGE was born in the second half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">4. UTANA BENGE (also known as THE TAIL) was born in the second half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">5. GANVHIDV GASGILO BENGE (also known as ROBERT BENGE, THE BENCH, BOB BENGE, CAPTAIN BENGE, CAPTAIN BENCH, CHIEF BENCH, and WAR CHIEF BENGE) was born in the second half of the 18th century and killed April 9, 1794.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">6. LUCY BENGE, was born in the second half of the 18th century and died October 10, 1846.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">7. JOSEPH (?) BENGE was born in the second half of the 18th century.</span> <span style="font-family: GoudyOlSt BT;">8. RICHARD BENGE was born in the second half of the 18th century.</span>

  • Story: Wurteh-More Info

    <font size="4">Kite Jr &lt; </font><font size="4">obengekite@juno.com</font><font size="4">&gt; <br><em>Subject:</em> [BENGE] Re: Wurteh and children <br><em>Date:</em> Sun, 30 Mar 2003 13:00:55 -0800 <br><em>References:</em> &lt;23.2dbaafe5.2bb7f65f@aol.com&gt; <br></font>Silas, I don&#39;t know where you have collected all this but most is not<br>true. I&#39;ve been in this business for more than twenty years-these people<br>are my family-and I&#39;ve never heard of a name or read of a name for The<br>Tail other than that. Further Wurteh was married to Nathaniel and Old <br>Trader John Benge and that too is all. Furthermore, Tahlonteeskee and<br>Doublehead are two different people. I doubt that The Tail ever got to<br>Texas. Uncle <br>Bob was killed in 1794 I think it was and I&#39;ve got four of the Wagon<br>Muster Rolls with the names of the people on the Wagon. At this point I<br>don&#39;t remember seeing The Tail listed on any. Further, almost all you&#39;ve<br>got on Wurteh is wrong. I&#39;ve got all her brothers and sisters, plus her<br>kids. Lucy was never married to anyone but Uncle George Lowrey. In the<br>event you don&#39;t know it there are too many people out there with the same<br>name . However you spelled his name Talonteeskee is not Wurteh&#39;s child.<br>Please throw out most of this misinformation-Old Trader John is my<br>G-G-G-G- Grandfather. I come from the well known names in the Cherokee<br>Tribe and I&#39;m inclined to think I know more about my family than anyone<br>else out there especially those dumb bunnies out there trying to write<br>about them. One idiot who thought he was so smart put out this<br>information about the gal Sequoyah married and had this been true, he<br>would have been marrying his own sister. Besides all this I volunteered<br>at the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives where there is more material<br>on the Cherokees than anywhere else EXCEPT the National Archives in<br>Washington. During this time I was allowed to look at anything and copy<br>what I wanted. I was the only Cherokee out there. You stated on the<br>rampage they went on was because they hated the whites-not so. In the<br>event you don&#39;t know this Old Tassel and some others were asked to come<br>to a meeting and they went in UNDER a white flag of truce, checking all<br>weapons at the door. They got inside and this coward locked the door ,<br>handed a weapon to another and all were killed. All of Old Tassel&#39;s<br>nephews were livid and they set out to avenge his and the other killings.<br>The only other Chief who was killed was Richard Fields in Texas and both<br>of these people are related to me. Uncle Bob, John Watts, The Tail, were<br>three of his nephews and that is not all of them. Please get all this<br>stuff corrected. Oleta Elizabeth Benge Kite P. S. you don&#39;t even say who<br>you are -If you are a Benge from Kentucky and would be a descendant of<br>Uncle Thomas Benge, Sr.-not his brother Old Trader.<br>On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:27:27 EST SiBeg@aol.com writes:<br>&gt;Hi All,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I&#39;m new on the list, so please try and overlook my ignorance, I&#39;m from <br>&gt;SE KY, <br>&gt;the Clay, Jackson, Owsley County area but currently live near <br>&gt;Huntington, WV.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Some time ago I became caught up in attempting to pull in and work as <br>&gt;much <br>&gt;information as possible on the Chickamaugan Cherokee, Creek, <br>&gt;Chickasaw, <br>&gt;Choctaw, Shawnee Confederacy, this is just to show what kind of an <br>&gt;idiot I <br>&gt;am.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;I am by no means a Benge expert, the data I have is workfile data, <br>&gt;mostly <br>&gt;unproofed therefore open to debate, but I have always heard that <br>&gt;Utana&#39;s <br>&gt;english name was Richard and have always know him as Richard The Tail <br>&gt;(Utana) <br>&gt;Benge. And he was Chief of a renegade band in Texas that old Chief <br>&gt;Bowles <br>&gt;could not control at all.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Here is what I have on Wur-teh&#39;s kids:<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Descendants of Wurteh &quot;Cherokee&quot;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;1. WUR-TEH3 &quot;CHEROKEE&quot; (GREAT EAGLE WILLENAWAH2, WHITE OWL RAVEN1 <br>&gt;&quot;ALGONQUIN&quot;) was born 1742 in Tasagi Town, Cherokee Nation, TN, and <br>&gt;died <br>&gt;1814. Wur-teh was of the Paint Clan and was a member of one of the <br>&gt;leading <br>&gt;Cherokee families. Two of her brothers were men of great distinction <br>&gt;- one <br>&gt;was named Tahlonteeske (the overthrower) commonly called Doublehead, <br>&gt;and the <br>&gt;other Kahn-yah-tah-hee (the first to kill), the later was the <br>&gt;principal chief <br>&gt;of Old Echota. He was commonly called Tassell.<br>&gt;She married (1) NATHANIEL GIST 1758, son of CHRISTOPHER GIST and SARAH <br>&gt;<br>&gt;HOWARD. He was born October 15, 1733 in Baltimore, , MD, and died <br>&gt;October <br>&gt;30, 1796 in , Clark Co, KY. <br>&gt;She married (2) BLOODY FELLOW NENETOOYAH 1760. He was born 1730. <br>&gt;Nenetooyah <br>&gt;&quot;Bloody Fellow&quot;, Iskagua &quot;Clear Sky&quot; Shawnee word\\ Iskagua: Name for <br>&gt;&quot;Clear <br>&gt;Sky&quot;, formerly &quot;Nenetooyah of the Bloody Fellow.&quot; The name appears <br>&gt;thus in a <br>&gt;document of 1791 as that of a Cherokee Chief frequently mentioned <br>&gt;about that <br>&gt;period under the name of &quot;Bloody Fellow.&quot; In one treaty it is given as <br>&gt;<br>&gt;&quot;Eskaqua or Bloody Fellow.&quot; He attended Henderson&#39;s Treaty, Sycamore <br>&gt;Shoals: <br>&gt; March 1775, Eustinauli council: November 1788, Philadelphia meeting <br>&gt;with <br>&gt;George Washington: 1791, Tellico council: November 07, 1794, and is <br>&gt;said to <br>&gt;have stood alongside Tassel during many of Tassel&#39;s speeches.<br>&gt;She married (3) JOHN &quot;TRADER&quot; BENGE 1762. He was born 1735 in , <br>&gt;Albemarle <br>&gt;Co, VA, and died 1800 in , , GA.<br>&gt; <br>&gt;Child of WURTEH &quot;CHEROKEE&quot; and NATHANIEL GIST is:<br>&gt; i. GEORGE SEQUOYAH GIST, b. 1758, Taskigi Town, Monroe Co., <br>&gt;TN; d. <br>&gt; August 1843, near the village of San Fernando, Mexico; m. (1) <br>&gt;UTIYU <br>&gt; WOKTEEYAH, 1779; b. 1760; m. (2) SALLIE WATERS, 1788; b. 1770.<br>&gt; <br>&gt;Child of WURTEH &quot;CHEROKEE&quot; and BLOODY FELLOW is:<br>&gt; ii. ??4 &quot;CHEROKEE&quot;, b. 1760. Current research seems to indicate <br>&gt;more and <br>&gt; more that this may have been War Chief Red Bird killed in <br>&gt;Clay Co, <br>&gt;KY @1810/1811 for whom the Red Bird River was named.<br>&gt; <br>&gt;Children of WURTEH &quot;CHEROKEE&quot; and JOHN BENGE are:<br>&gt; iii. CHIEF ROBERT THE BENCH BENGE, b. 1762, Toqua, Tennessee; <br>&gt;d. April <br>&gt; 09, 1794, Stone Gap, VA; m. ?? &quot;CHEROKEE&quot;, 1775; b. 1748. <br>&gt;Warrior <br>&gt;know as Chief Bench, when told of &quot;Old Tassel&#39;s murder&quot;, he <br>&gt;vowed <br>&gt;revenge, and joined forces with Dragging Canoe, Double Head, <br>&gt;Pumpkin <br>&gt;Boy, John Watts/Young Tassel, Bill Webber, Bloody Fellow, <br>&gt;Glass, The <br>&gt;Bowl, Middle Stricker, Little Owl, The Badger, and other <br>&gt;Cherokees <br>&gt;that hated whites. He was a brave, fearless warrior, <br>&gt;participating in <br>&gt;many battles to protect Cherokee ancesteral lands. He had <br>&gt;&quot;red <br>&gt;hair&quot;, and when he was killed in 1794, his scalp was sent to <br>&gt;the <br>&gt;Governor of Virginia as proof of his death.<br>&gt; iv. CHIEF RICHARD THE TAIL UTANA BENGE, b. 1764; d. 1838, Van Zant <br>&gt; <br>&gt; County, Texas; m.BETSEY &quot;CHEROKEE&quot;; b. 1765. Said to have been <br>&gt;Chief <br>&gt; of a band of Texas renegades over whom Chief Diwa&#39;li Bowles had no <br>&gt;<br>&gt;control.<br>&gt; v. TALSHLISKE BENGE, b. 1766. Also Known As: Talohuskee Benge.<br>&gt; vi. LUCY BENGE, b. 1768; d. October 10, 1846; m. (1) JOHN BROWN, <br>&gt;1785; <br>&gt; b. 1755; d. September 24, 1861, Sallisaw, I.T.; m. (2) CHIEF <br>&gt;GEORGE <br>&gt; AGIN&#39;-AGI&#39;LI LOWREY, JR., 1790; b. 1770, Tahskeegee on the <br>&gt;Tennessee <br>&gt; River; d. October 20, 1852, Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation. <br>&gt;Agin&#39;-agi&#39;li = <br>&gt;&quot;Rising- fawn&quot;.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;If anyone wishes to contact me privately, &quot;yell&quot; and I&#39;ll put your <br>&gt;addy on my <br>&gt;&quot;white sheet&quot; so that your message doesn&#39;t bounce. Thanks!<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Silas Begley<br>&gt; <br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br><br><hr><p><strong>This thread:</strong></p><ul><li>[BENGE] To Oleta re: Wurteh and children by &quot;Candace Gray&quot; &lt; graywind@pivot.net&gt; <ul><li>[BENGE] Re: Wurteh and children by J W Kite Jr &lt; obengekite@juno.com&gt; <ul><li>[BENGE] Hicks pages on Family Tree Maker by &quot;Candace Gray&quot; &lt; graywind@pivot.net&gt;</li></ul><ul><li>Re: [BENGE] Re: Wurteh and children by SiBeg@aol.com <ul><li>[BENGE] To Silas B. re: Cherokee research by &quot;Candace Gray&quot; &lt; graywind@pivot.net&gt; <ul><li>[BENGE] Re: Cherokee research by J W Kite Jr &lt; obengekite@juno.com&gt;</li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><tbody><tr><td><strong><a href="http://null/th/read/BENGE/2003-03/1049050938">[BENGE] Re: Wurteh and children</a> by J W Kite Jr &lt; <a href="mailto:obengekite@juno.com">obengekite@juno.com</a>&gt;</strong></td></tr></tbody></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>Re: [BENGE] Re: Wurteh and children by Zenmelzen@aol.com</li></ul><ul><li>Re: [BENGE] Re: Re: Wurteh </li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

  • Story: Xtra Info

    <font size="4"><em>Date:</em> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:36:01 -0400 <br></font>Sequoyah&#39;s mother was Wurteh of the Bird or Paint Clan (if I remember<br>correctly). Sequoyah had several half siblings, one of whom was the most<br>infamous Cherokee in history, Robert Benge (aka Chief Benge, Capt. Benge,<br>The Bench, etc.). Wurteh had a family by the Indian trader John Benge and<br>had four children by him. They were...<br>Robert &quot;Chief Benge&quot; BENGE (not a chief)<br>Utana &quot;The Tail&quot; BENGE <br>Lucy BENGE, (md Major George Lowrey)<br>Talshliske or Talohuskee BENGE <br><br>Robert Benge had several children including John &quot;Wagonmaster John&quot; BENGE<br>who led one of the groups on the Trail of Tears. Trader John Benge also had<br>children by a white woman, Elizabeth Lewis and some of these children<br>married into the Cherokee as well.<br>Wurteh was also married to Clear Sky &quot;Bloody Fellow&quot; and Nathaniel Gist,<br>son of Christopher Gist and Sarah Howard. Wurteh&#39;s parents were probably<br>Chief Tarchee &quot;Dutch&quot; &quot;The Long Warrior&quot; of the BIRD CLAN and Ailsey. <hr>

  • Story: Cherokee Heritage- Wurteh Watts

    <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; line-height: 13px"><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">78. WURTEH5 WATTS (SISTEROF4 DOUBLEHEAD, GREAT3 EAGLE, MOYTOY2, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born Abt. 1748 in Tasagi Town. She married (1) NATHANIAL GIST Abt. 1764, son of CHRISTOPHER GIST, CAP. He was born Abt. 1730. She married (2) BLOODY FELLOW, CHIEF Abt. 1765. He was born Abt. 1740, and died Aft. 1794. She married (3) JOHN TRADER BENGE Abt. 1767. He was born Abt. 1735 in Albemarle Co, VA, and died Abt. 1800 in Georgia.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Notes for WURTEH WATTS:<br>I previously had Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na as &quot;Benges&quot;, children of Wurteh &amp; John &quot;Trader&quot; Benge -and- I had a Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi as a son of Elizabeth Emory. The son of Elizabeth Emory was an entry to denote Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi as the older [half-]brother of John Jolly as per Starr, A32, pg 472. Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na &quot;The Tail&quot; under Wurteh &amp; John &quot;Trader&quot; Benge were denoting The Tail as the brother of Captain Benge &quot;The Bench&quot; as per the American State Papers which also mentioned The Tail &amp; Captain Benge as nephews of John Watts. The simplest resolution to the multiple Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi&#39;s, without disagreeing with any text, would have Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi &amp; U-ta-na as children of Wurtah and a Full Blood Cherokee. Bloody Fellow is a likely candidate; he and John Watts Jr both resided at Wills Town at the same time. Sequoyah also grew up in Wills Town and this arraingment would have Bloody Fellow as Sequoyah&#39;s Ex-Step-Father.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi, the son of Wurtah and half-brother of John Jolly, I believe is the same individual as the Ta-lo-nv-ti-s-gi that married Jennie Lowrey. Jennie&#39;s brother, George Lowrey Jr married Lucy Benge. Therefore John Jolly is likely to be another son of Wurtah and, presumably, Robert Due, the Indian Trader -or- the son of Robert Due and some other Cherokee woman.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">More About WURTEH WATTS:<br>Blood: Half Blood Cherokee<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)<br>Note: the marriage of Wurteh to Bloody Fellow is speculative but plausable<br>Starr&#39;s Notes: D573; &quot;full blood Cherokee&quot;, Paint Clan, sister of Co-a-to-hee or Corntassel of Toquo (signer 11/28/85)</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Notes for NATHANIAL GIST:<br>&quot;Myths of the Cherokee&quot;, James Mooney, Dover Publications, Inc, NY, p 108;</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">...by a KY family it is claimed... Sequoya&#39;s father was Nathaniel Gist, son of the scout who accompanied [George] Washington on his memorable excursion to the Ohio. As the story goes, Nathaniel Gist was captured by the Cherokee ar Braddock&#39;s defeat (1755) and remained a prisoner with them for six years, during which time he became the father of Sequoyah. On his return to civilization he married a white woman in VA, by whom he had other children, and afterward removed to KY, where Sequoyah, then a Baptist preacher, frequently visited them and was always recognized by the family as his son.&nbsp;<br>**********************************&nbsp;<br>Old Frontiers, by John P Brown, 1938, Southern Publishers, Kingsport, TN, pg 158;</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Nathanial Gist first appeared among the Cherokees as a messenger of Governor Dinwiddie in 1755. Following the French and Indian War he formed a trading partnership with Richard Pearis and lived in the Cherokee country for several years. During that time, he took as his Indian wife, Wurteh, sister of Chief Old Tassel, and became the father of Sequoyah.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">More About NATHANIAL GIST:<br>Blood: Non-Cherokee</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Notes for BLOODY FELLOW, CHIEF:<br>Nenetooyah &quot;Bloody Fellow&quot;&nbsp;<br>Iskagua &quot;Clear Sky&quot; Shawnee word\\&nbsp;<br>*****************************************&nbsp;<br>from Don Chesnut&#39;s web page; www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/cherokee.htm&nbsp;<br>Iskagua :&nbsp;<br>Name for &quot;Clear Sky,&quot; formerly &quot;Nenetooyah or the Bloody Fellow.&quot; The name appears thus in a document of 1791 as that of a Cherokee chief frequently mentioned about that period under the name of &quot;Bloody Fellow.&quot; In one treaty it is given as &quot;Eskaqua or Bloody Fellow.&quot; Both forms and etymologies are doubtful, neither form seeming to have any reference either to &quot;sky&quot; (galun&rsquo;lahi) or &quot;blood&quot; (gi&rsquo;ga). The first may be intended for Ik-e&rsquo;gwa, &quot;Great day.&quot;</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">More About BLOODY FELLOW, CHIEF:<br>Attended 1: March 1775, Henderson&#39;s Treaty, Sycamore Shoals<br>Attended 2: November 1788, Eustinauli council<br>Attended 3: 1791, Philadelphia meeting with George Washington<br>Attended 4: November 07, 1794, Tellico council</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">More About JOHN TRADER BENGE:<br>Blood: Scottish<br>Emigration: Abt. 1777, TN<br>Occupation: Indian Trader<br>Residence: Aft. 1777, Running Water Town, TN<br><br>Child of WURTEH WATTS and NATHANIAL GIST is:&nbsp;<br>196. i. GEORGE6 GUESS I, b. Abt. 1764, near Tuskeegee, Monroe Co, TN; d. August 1843, near the village of San Fernando, Mexico.&nbsp;<br><br>Children of WURTEH WATTS and BLOODY FELLOW are:&nbsp;<br>ii. TA-LO-NV-TI-S-GI6 II, b. Abt. 1765; d. 1819, Arkansas; m. (1) JENNIE LOWREY; b. Abt. 1780, Tennessee; m. (2) CHEROKEE WOMAN; b. Abt. 1780; d. Bef. 1817.&nbsp;<br>Notes for TA-LO-NV-TI-S-GI II:<br>Starr, A32, pg 472: Tah-lon-tee-skee was a prominent Chicamauga warrior in 1792. In the United States_Cherokee October 25, 1805 Doublehead, who had hitherto been an implacable war chief was granted three seperate tracts of one square mile each and Tah-lon-tee-skee received a square mile of land on the north bank of the Tennessee River, for their influence in negotiating the treaty. This action becomming unpopular, Tah-lon-tee-skee emigrated to the Western Cherokee country where he was elected Principal Chief in 1818.&nbsp;<br>****************************&nbsp;<br>In 1818, Tah-lon-tee-skee, chief of the Western Cherokee, requested the American Board of Commisioners for Foreign Missions establish a mission in the west. Subsequently, Dwight Mission, near present Russellville AR, was established in the spring of 1820. Tah-lon-tee-skee, having died in the meantime, was succeeded as chief by his brother, John Jolly, the adopted father of Sam Houston, who had moved west in 1818.</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">More About TA-LO-NV-TI-S-GI II:<br>Aka (Facts Pg): Aaron Price<br>Blood: 1/2 Cherokee<br>Chief: Bet. 1818 - 1820, Principal Chief, CN-Arkansas<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666"><br>iii. U-TA-NA, b. Abt. 1766; d. 1838, Virginia.&nbsp;<br>More About U-TA-NA:<br>Aka (Facts Pg): The Tail, Utana<br>Blood: 1/2 Cherokee<br>Clan: Ani&#39;-W&acirc;&#39;di = Red Paint (Wurteh)<br>Residence: 1794, Willstown, AL</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #666666">Children of WURTEH WATTS and JOHN BENGE are:&nbsp;<br>197. iv. ROBERT6 BENGE, b. Abt. 1767, probably in the village of Toquo [TN]; d. April 09, 1794, Stone Gap, VA.&nbsp;<br>198. v. LUCY BENGE, b. Abt. 1768; d. October 10, 1846, Greenleaf, CNW.&nbsp;<br>199. vi. _____ BENGE, b. Abt. 1769.&nbsp;<br>200. vii. RICHARD C BENGE, SR, b. Abt. 1770.</p><div><br></div></span>

 
 
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