Cherokee Country in Tennessee 1762 map

This interesting map of the Tennessee River area when it was still Indian territory shows 11 old sites from Tellassee to Mialaquo ( now submerged by Tellico Lake) , just after the French & Indian War ended here. This covers about 50 miles of the Little Tennessee River. I sell prints here.

A chart has the names of the Indian Governor’s or (“Headmen”) and fighting men listed for each village: 809 men total.

The segment below shows two large Indian villages and one small one (teepee symbols) . “Chote the Metropolis” (in Bold Face) tells us this was an important site.
This map was drawn after the Indians took back this territory from the British. Those native “fighting men” destroyed the “Virginians” fort in 1756.

Fort Loudon (below) was a substantial fort built after the smaller fort was lost.

British settlers in South Carolina were nervous about French activity in the Mississippi Valley area. Fort Loudon was built 1756-1757, the first significant British outpost west of the Appalachians. The Overhill Cherokee nation (villages on this old map) was recruited to aid the British in the French & Indian War and protect trade between the Cherokee and South Carolina. The alliance did not last and In 1760 the Fort was captured by the Cherokee and the Bitish left. The ruins were viewed by Lt Henry Timberlake (creator of this map) in 1762.

Area of the 1762 Map today. The Historic sites are mainly managed by the Tennessee State Park System.