Turkeytown (Cherokee: " Gun'-di'ga-duhun'yi "), sometimes called " Turkey's Town ", was a small Cherokee village that once stretched for approximately 25 miles along both banks of the Coosa River , and became the largest of the contemporary Cherokee towns. It was named after the original founder of the settlement, the Chickamauga Cherokee chief, Little Turkey .
5-566: Turkeytown may refer to: Turkeytown (Cherokee town) , a Native American settlement in what is now Tennessee Turkeytown, Kentucky , an unincorporated community in Lincoln County Turkeytown, Pennsylvania , a village in Westmoreland County See also [ edit ] Treaty of Turkeytown , 14 September 1816 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
10-590: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Turkeytown (Cherokee town) Turkeytown was the original site of the United States military outpost of Fort Armstrong established in October 1813 during the War of 1812 as an ongoing protection for the area. It was originally garrisoned entirely by Cherokee soldiers. Turkeytown was settled in 1788. The town
15-781: The Creek ) during the Creek War in October 1813. Turkeytown chief, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee , Pathkiller , asked Andrew Jackson for help. Jackson responded by dispatching a detachment, led by General James White and including many Cherokee soldiers, to relieve the town. Much of the original site of Turkeytown is now underwater, due to the impoundment of the Coosa River which formed Weiss Lake . The present-day community of Turkey Town in Etowah County, Alabama
20-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turkeytown&oldid=659414745 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-621: Was established by Little Turkey during the Cherokee–American wars as a refuge for him and his people from the hostilities along the frontier. On October 3, 1790, John Ross , who became Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866, was born here, to parents Daniel Ross, an immigrant Scots trader and his Cherokee wife, Mollie McDonald. The town was facing attack by the Red Stick Indians (a hostile faction of
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