NANCY WARD......................................................................................................... 3 CHEROKEE GOVERNMENT............................................................................... 3 STORM CLOUDS..................................................................................................... 6 CHILDHOOD............................................................................................................10 INTERIM YEARS....................................................................................................13 FRENCH-INDIAN WAR..........................................................................................15 FORT LOUDOUN......................................................................................................16 TRAGIC AFTERMATH............................................................................................20 TROUBLES - SURPRISES - TREATIES.......................................................25 THE INDIAN AND HIS LAND..............................................................................29 THE WATAUGA PEOPLE......................................................................................33 DRAGGING CANOE RAISES HIS TOMAHAWK...............................................37 WAR DRUMS...........................................................................................................40 NANCY WARD SENDS WARNING......................................................................44 DRAGGING CANOE DEFEATED........................................................................45 THE RAVEN OF CHOTA........................................................................................46 OLD ABRAM AND FORT WATAUGA..................................................................46 POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH..............................................................................47 DESTRUCTION OF MIDDLE, VALLEY, AND LOWER SETTLEMENTS........48 CHRISTAIN’S CAMPAIGN....................................................................................50 THE LONG ISLAND TREATY................................................................................53 THE CHICKAMAUGA RAID..................................................................................57 DISASTER STRIKES AGAIN................................................................................58 BATTLE OF THE HORSES AND HOUNDS (Battle of the Bluffs)........................62 NANCY WARD, CHIEFTAINESS..........................................................................64 CHEROKEE PAWNS...............................................................................................66 HOPEWELL TREATY.............................................................................................67 THE TOMAHAWK STRIKES AGAIN..................................................................69 SOUTHWEST TERRITORY....................................................................................71 DRAGGING CANOE - STRONG MAN OF THE NATION...................................73 EXCERPTS FROM THE PAST................................................................................74 NANCY WARD’S PHILOSOPHY BEARS FRUIT.................................................76 NANCY WARD’S LAST COUNCIL MESSAGE.....................................................78 NANCY WARD’S LAST HOME..............................................................................82 BIBLIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................................84