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.
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Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1. (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1923).
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