A Little More Interesting History Surrounding Vonore, Tennessee

Tanasi, the Overhill Cherokee village, which gave Tennessee its name, was located in Monroe County, very close to what today is known as Vonore. The history of the Cherokees Indians in the region and the English date back to the early 1700s. A pipe smoking session, and we all wonder what was in those pipes, between the Tanasi Warrior (the chief) and the English Colonel, George Chicken ( certainly today, Colonel Chicken would have changed his name), secured the relationship between them as they pledged friendship and an alliance to hold back the Creek hostilities. In 1730, an emissary to King George II, visited the chief and with the help of Moytoy, chief of Great Tellico, secured a gift for the king, the emissary would return to England with, the Crown of Tanasi, a wig made of dyed possum hair. He parted for England with Tanasi warriors and the future Cherokee leader Attakullakullah...and the prized headdress. I'm sure the gift was a big hit with King George.

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