Daniel Boone
Sir Alexander Cuming
Nancy Ward
Cane Creek
Juan Pardo
Melungeons
Oconostota
French Lick
French explorers who came down MS River
Future site of Nashville where lucrative fur trade developed with the Shawnee
Cherokee leader Cherokee leader who retaliated for killing of Cherokee hostages by coordinating ambush on English
A dark-skinned people of obscure lineage, many of whom today live in Hancock County
Instructed to find overland route from SC to Mexico but had to retreat in TN when confronted with Indian threat
Little Carpenter
British explorer who did more than anyone to cement relations between the English and the Cherokee
Fort Loudon
First Englishmen recorded as having come into present-day TN
Marquette & Joliet
One of best known long hunters who entered TN in 1760s
Hernando de Soto
Most famous Cherokee woman who became tribal counselor and advocate of peace
Paul Demere
Chief diplomat among the Cherokee; also known as Attakullakulla
First European to set foot in Tennessee; died of disease after 3 years of exploration & buried in MS River
First structure built in TN by Anglo-Americans to protect the Carolinas from French troops
Leader of Fort Loudon; later killed by Cherokee
Needham & Arthur
Site of massacre of 30 Englishmen after ambushed by Cherokee
