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| Nicknames: | "Sa-li-gu-gi", "Shoe Boots", "Selukuki Wohelengh" |
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| Birthplace: | Tennessee, Cherokee Territory |
| Death: | Died |
| Occupation: | Headman of Nickajack, Chickamauga War lieutenant |
| Managed by: | Susanna Engberg Barnevik |
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Turtle-at-Home, or Selukuki Wohelengh, was a Cherokee warrior and leader, brother of Dragging Canoe and one of his chief lieutenants during the Chickamauga wars. In the beginning and the later years, he led war parties against the settlements on the Holston, Nolichucky, Watauga, and Doe Rivers in modern East Tennessee, and against the Cumberland River settlements in modern Middle Tennessee. After the second destruction of the Chickamauga Towns in 1782, however, instead of moving to the Five Lower Towns with his brother and the rest of the Chickamauga/Lower Cherokee, he and his band of seventy warriors headed north to fight alongside their Shawnee allies. Wiki
More About TURTLE-AT-HOME: Aka (Facts Pg): Sa-li-gu-gi Wo-he-le-nv Blood: 3/4 Cherokee Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Peggy Scott?) Military service: 1814, Creek War; Cpt John Spears (see BLW# 93769) Occupation: March 15, 1792, Headman of Running Water town. Translation: Sa-li-gu-gi = Snapping Turtle
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