Siege of Fort Loudoun
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The siege of Fort Loudoun was an engagement during the Anglo-Cherokee War fought from February 1760 to August 1760 between the warriors of the Cherokee led by Ostenaco and the garrison of Fort Loudoun
Treachery of the Cherokees (illustration by W. J. T. depicting the massacre of surrounded troops, c. 1874)
The view of reconstructed fort interior from Bastion King George to the barracks.
Portrait of Ostenaco by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1762.
Overhill Cherokee
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The Overhill Cherokee were a group of the Cherokee people located in their historic settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Tennessee in the Southeastern United States, on the western side of the
Timberlake's "Draught of the Cherokee Country." Timberlake's "Tennessee River" is now known as the Little Tennessee River. North is to the left.
The site of Great Hiwassee along US-411 near Etowah, Tennessee. The Hiwassee River is on the left.
The site of Great Tellico in Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Tanasi monument on the shoreline above the now-submerged site of Tanasi.