Pass this on... Cathy Hall NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: cat5hall@email.msn.com TNGenWeb County Coordinator Co-host for Bradley County Page http://www.tngenweb.org/bradley TNBRADLE-Mail List TNBRADLE-L@rootsweb.com Polk County http://www.tngenweb.org/polk TNPOLK Mail List TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: Ecward@aol.com <Ecward@aol.com> To: TNMONROE-L@rootsweb.com <TNMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 7:51 PM Subject: [TNMONROE-L] Cherokee Reunion / Gathering planed >Folks, plan not to miss out on this!!!! I will be posting it to the Monroe >County TnGenWeb page. Edith > >The Cherokee Nation will be having a Gathering/reunion the entire month of >April, 1999, From Touqua all along the Tellico River into Tellico Plains. > > >The Cherokee Indian > > The Cherokee Nation was the more advanced types in North America >and was the largest Indian tribe. Its population is estimated to have been >about 22 thousand. They built 50-80 towns throughout the Southern Appalachian >Mountains. > The Cherokee Nation was divided into three regions. The Middle >Settlements were in the Western North Carolina and were the heart of the >Nation. The lower towns were in South Carolina and Georgia. The Overhill >towns were located across the Mountains along the Little Tennessee River, in >what is now Tennessee. There were other settlements among the Tennessee and >Hiwassee. > A long time ago Tellico Plains was just a small Cherokee Indian Village. >Its original name was Telliquah. The Indians were agriculturally minded. >They planted corn, beans, potatoes and other things for food. They hunted >dear and other animals for meat and got water from the Tellico River and other >small creeks around here. The Indians used flint rock to make arrowheads and >tools and built small villages all over what is now Stokleys bottom. >(the above was taken from a present history book in the local school system) >Attend the April 1999 Gathering and get the Cherokee story. > > April, 1999 Cherokee Nation Gathering > The plan for a Cherokee reunion/gathering is for the month of April, 1999. >The entire Cherokee Nation across this great land is invited to attend and >participate in the reunion longed for, for so long. From the Birthplace >Museum of Sequoyah in Touqua all along the Tellico River to Tellico Plains is >the location of this gathering. The Tellico Plains area Chamber of Commerce >homepage www.tellico.net/~tellicoplainscc also list the information and local >businesses. Please feel free to contact us to provide any additional >information you may need. >423-253-9246 or 888-WagonTr email = tellicoCoC@aol.com or >tellicoplainscc@tellico.net >Wado! >DanMtnMan >Dan Russell, Pres./CEO >Tellico Plains area Chamber of Commerce >