Henry Timberlake was a colonial Anglo-American officer, journalist, and cartographer. He was born in the Colony of Virginia and died in England. He is best known for his work as an emissary from the B
The Holston Valley
Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country, 1762
Drawing of Chief Ostenaco during his visit to London, 1762, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Ostenaco was a Cherokee leader, warrior, orator, and leader of diplomacy with British colonial authorities in the 18th century. By his thirties, he had assumed the warrior rank of "otacity", and the t