“Littlefellow” Hi-s-ki-ti-hi Fivekiller

Hiskyteehee Was a Cherokee man

Biography

Hiskyteehee (Fivekiller in English) the son of Cherokees Nan-ye-hi/Nancy Ward and Tsula (Kingfisher), was born about 1754 (his father was killed in battle in 1755) [1] and was a member of the Wolf clan. Some histories say that he was called Little Fellow as a boy and earned his new name, Hiskyteehee in 1777 in a battle at Rye's Cove in which five white men were killed. Years later Fivekiller fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in the War of 1812. [2] He had a wife named Katy or Catherine, but no known children. In his later years, Fivekiller carried his mother's messages of peace to tribal council meetings. Fivekiller died about 1825 and is buried beside his mother atop a hill south of Benton, Tennessee. [3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p 106
2. ↑ Cherokee muster rolls at https://www.nps.gov/hobe/learn/historyculture/upload/cherokee.pdf
3. ↑ Hampton, Mixed-Bloods, p. 106

See also:
Photo reference: https://www.chattanoogan.com/2016/3/16/319942/Chester-Martin-Rememb...
Ray Smith Nancy Ward (personal research and web page)

Source: The WikiTree Native American Project @ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-102
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FIVEKILLER KINGFISHER (NANCY4WARD, TAME3DOE, NANCY2MOYTOY, A-MA-DO-YA1) was born June 1755 in CNE [TN], and died Bef. 1826 in Polk, TN.
He married CATHERINE SWIMMER, daughter of SWIMMER. She was born Abt. 1780.

• Hiskyteehee "Five Killer"
• Little Fellow
• Blood: 5/8 Cherokee
• Burial: Nancy Ward's Grave, Polk, TN
• Clan: Ani'-Wa'ya = Wolf Clan (Nanye'hi)
• Translation: Hi-s-gi = Five, Di-hi = Killer

Child of FIVEKILLER KINGFISHER and CATHERINE SWIMMER is:

	i.	 	TSU-KA-WA-LI-S-KA6 FIVEKILLER, b. Abt. 1820.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Amatoya Moytoy” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com,, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0021...
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• Hi-s-gi-di-hi Five Killer Kingfisher Find A Grave Memorial# 11235136
• Ancestry Genealogy Records http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records

Birth: Jun., 1755 Tennessee, USA Death: 1825

Note: Before the modern era Cherokees did not have surnames with Kingfisher used solely for the purpose of identifying his father as well as being able to find a person with a hyphentated single name in a database like Findagrave.

Hi-s-gi-di-hi [Hi-s-gi (Five) Di-hi (Killer)], aka Five Killer, s. of Tsu-la (aka Kingfisher) and Nanye'hi (aka Nancy Ward). He was b. circa June 1755 at the Cherokee Nation East, prob. that part now the State of Tennessee. He d. before October 27, 1825 when his sister, Ka-ti (Catherine Kingfisher) Harlan, gave property to Sarah West as the lawful kin of "my deceased brother Five Killer."

He served in Capt. Speer's Company of Col. Gideon Morgan's Regiment of Cherokee Indians during the Creek Indian War of 1813-14, considered part of the War of 1812 with the British. He as Five Killer, aka "Hisketehe" on the muster rolls, first enlisted Oct. 7, 1813 for a 3-month tour and mustered out Jan. 6, 1814. He re-enlisted for another 3 month tour Jan. 27, 1814 and mustered out Apr. 11, 1814. He was a participant in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1814 against the Upper, or Red Stick, Creek Indians.

Although not a Cherokee, in the same company with Five Killer was John Hildebrand, Jr., youngest son of John Hildebrand and Anna Barbara Eaker, the common brother-in-law of Five Killer's niece Elizabeth (Harlan) Hildebrand and of his half-niece Nancy (Martin) Hildebrand. John's wife, Micatiah Terrapin, was a Cherokee. He was killed during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Following the war Col. Morgan was appointed guardian of John's only child, dau. Elizabeth Hildebrand.

Although Five Killer is believed to have had a wife, he had no known children. The above cited transfer of property by his sister Ka-ti Harlan of some of Five Killer's property was from Ka-ti to her own granddau.

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Parents:

  Kingfisher (____ - 1755)

 Nancy Ward (1738 - 1822)

Inscription: †
Five Killer Pvt. Morgan, Jr's Cherokee Indians War of 1812