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Dragging Canoe (Tsiyu Gansini) (1738-1792) a Cherokee war chief, leads a band of disaffected Cherokee (Chickamauga) against Colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South and unites a Native front against Westward colonization.

Story Synopsis
An epic war biography about the hardships and tragedies the Cherokee nation endured during the birth of the United States during the mid to late1700's.   This is a sweeping and violent story about the Native Indian's fight against civilization for survival.  Told from the perspective of the legendary Cherokee Warrior Dragging Canoe (Tsiyu Gansini), our story opens in 1754 during the French and Indian War when a young (22 years old) George Washington, now a Colonel fighting for the British Army, witnesses the crude guerilla fighting tactics of a handful of Cherokee Indians during a battle that defeats the French. Washington requests that British General Braddock recruit the Cherokee Indians and their fighting skills to help them battle the French for control of America's territory.   Desperate, Governor Lyttelton dispatches John Stuart to recruit Cherokee Chief Little Carpenter (Attakullakulla), to dispatch warriors for their cause, in exchange for arms, goods and protection from enemies.  Little Carpenter agrees to help and dispatches his son, Dragging Canoe, a young and powerful warrior to lead their Braves into battle. Dragging Canoe fights side-by-side with George Washington, leading the British to final victory against the French.  As a result of winning the French-Indian War, more Europeans arrive in ships, and thus more land is needed, pushing back many Indian tribes from their sacred lands.  While many Native Americans side with the British, some fight for the Patriots.  The Indians find themselves stuck in the middle of warring factions, forced to choose sides. 

Little Carpenter and the Cherokee Chiefs vote to ally with the British in the American Revolution, sending Dragging Canoe to lead major attacks.  After the Colonial Militias counter attack destroys the Cherokee Middle, Valley, and Lower Towns, Dragging Canoe's father Little Carpenter and Chief Oconostota negotiate for peace between nations. Dragging Canoe, however, refuses to cooperate with the "lying white men" and refuses to honor the treaty, acting against his father and the other Cherokee tribes. In a front to repel encroaching white-men on Indian lands, Dragging Canoe unites other Indian tribes like the Upper Muskogee, Chickasaw and Shawnee to launch a series of violent conflicts against the American Colonists.  As more and more Settlers encroach upon Cherokee lands, Cherokee warriors increase their attacks, fighting desperately to save their land.  Dragging Canoe is determined to kill all of the Settlers and Colonists invading their lands; but his cousin Nanye-hi’ does everything in her power to convince him that the Cherokee must stop the violence in order to prevent the inevitable retaliation that follows. After many years of continued blood-shed, Dragging Canoe becomes the preeminent war leader among the Indians of this time and serves as war chief to the Chickamauga Cherokee from 1777 until his death in 1792.  The cunning and bravery of the Cherokee warriors sets a standard for guerilla warfare in America.