You Will Find its Settlement Dark & Bloody: The Cherokee War Cloud Rises

In 1775, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Richard Henderson and others entered into a treaty with Cherokee leaders Oconostata and Attacullaculla, which became known as the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, the Henderson Purchase, or the Transylvania Purchase. Twenty million acres were sold - important Cherokee hunting grounds in the present-day states of Kentucky and Tennessee. One who stood in opposition to this sale was Tsiyu Gansini (Dragging Canoe), chief of Great Island Town and ironically, the son of Attacullaculla. He made it known that he believed the purchase agreement to be illegal and stated that "You have bought a fair land, but you will find its settlement dark and bloody." As 1775 lead into 1776, this would indeed be the case. 

We hope you will join us for this 45-minute special program as we explore the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals and the lead up to the Cherokee War of 1776. This program will take place inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center's theater at 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742.