Savanooka, the Raven of Chota

Seen as son of SHYUICA "Chief Skyuka Wauhatchie Glass" and as son of Felix Ah-qua-ta-kee

Biography

Savanukahwn (Cherokee) was known as the Raven of Chota in the late 18th century. The nephew of Oconostota, he became First Beloved Man of the Cherokee in the fall of 1781. He was ousted by the elders of the Overhill towns in 1783 in favor of the more pacifist Old Tassel.

During the Second Cherokee War, Savanukahwn led the attack against the frontier settlements of Carter's Valley in 1776, in what is now eastern Tennessee but was Cherokee territory. Dragging Canoe of Great Island led the attack on the settlements along the Holston River, and Abraham of Chilhowie led the attacks on the Watauga and Nolichucky rivers, also in what is now East Tennessee.

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-128

The parents and siblings originally connected to this profile appear to have originated from James Hicks' "Descendants of Cornelius Dougherty" or his Cherokee Lineages.

Cornelius Dougherty did apparently have children by one or more unnamed Cherokee women, but only two of them-- Jenny and James-- are known. There is no evidence of the existence of this "Raven of Chota" as a child of Cornelius Dougherty.

He has been detached from Cornelius.

Notes

There were numerous Cherokee men known as "The Raven" or "Colonnah" since it was actually a title referring to a war leader in the hierarchy of a Cherokee town. [1] One of these men, called Savanooka, and often listed in records as "The Raven of Chota" was a contemporary of Attakullakulla, a nephew of Oconostota, and a signer of the 1775 Sycamore Shoals land agreement. [2] In July, 1776 he was one of the leaders of a campaign to drive encroaching whites off the remaining Cherokee land. [3] In 1779 Savanooka traveled to Ohio with a Cherokee delegation following the death of the Delaware Chief White Eyes. He delivered an impassioned speech of grief and friendship, presenting three belts of wampum and saying in part: "Now my grandfather! The cause of your grief being removed, let me dry your tears! I place your body... in its proper posture. Your eyes shall henceforth be clear and your ears open as formerly. The work is finished." [4] He does not appear in further records.

Aka Savenooka, Shawnee, Raven of Chota

Clan: Ani'Ga'tage'wi=Kituah or Wild Potato (Wa-Wli Vann's)

Translation: Go-la-nv'=Raven

Children of A-NU-WE-GI MOYTOY are:

1. SISTER OF RAVEN, b. Abt. 1726; d. Aft. March 14, 1819.
2. SOUR MUSH, b. Abt. 1728; d. Abt. 1820.
3. RAVEN OF CHOTA, b. Abt. 1730; d. Aft. 1779.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/B...

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Sources

1. Alderman, Pat. Dragging Canoe: Cherokee-Chickamauga War Chief. (Johnson City: Overmountain Press, 1978)
2. Brown, John P. Old Frontiers. (Kingsport: Southern Publishers, 1938).
3. Haywood, W.H. The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796. (Nashville: Methodist Episcopal Publishing House, 1891).
4. Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1. (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1923).
5. Ramsey, James Gettys McGregor. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century. (Chattanooga: Judge David Campbell, 1926
6. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cherokee-128 Cites
   1. "There are besides in each Town a Number of Men who in recompense of their War Exploits are dignified with war Names: Such as the Raven of person who discovers the Enemy in Ambush: …" John Stuart to Board of Trade, March 9, 1764, British State Archives, Colonial Records, quoted in Isenbarger, Dennis L. ed. Native Americans in Early North Carolina. Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, N.C. 2013. p. 201.
   2. Brown, John. P. Old Frontiers. Southern Publishers, Kingsport, TN. 1938.pp. 10-11
   3. Evans, Raymond E. Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Dragging Canoe. Journal of Cherokee Studies, Vol. II, No. 1, Winter, 1977. pp. 179-182.
   4. Heckwelder, John. A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter. 1820. pp. 200-202. Images at < Internet Archive >