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Kentucky Indian
Tribes
Cherokee.
The Cherokee claimed some land in southeastern Kentucky and traces of
culture of Cherokee type are said to be found in archeological remains
along the upper course of the Cumberland, but no permanent Cherokee
settlement is known to have existed in historic times within this State.
(See Tennessee.)
Chickasaw.
The westernmost end of Kentucky was claimed by the Chickasaw, and at a
very early period they had a settlement on the lower course of Tennessee
River, either in Kentucky or Tennessee. (See
Mississippi.)
Mosopelea. This tribe may
have lived within the boundaries of Kentucky for a brief time, perhaps at
the mouth of the Cumberland River, when they were on their way from Ohio
to the lower Mississippi. (See Ohio, and
see also Ofo under Mississippi.)
Shawnee.
The Shawnee had more to do with Kentucky in early times than any other
tribe, but maintained few villages in the State for a long period. Their
more permanent settlements were farther south about Nashville. At one
Shawnee town, located for a short time near Lexington, Ky., the noted
Shawnee chief, Blackhoof, was born. The tribe crossed and recrossed the
State several times in its history and used it still more frequently as a
hunting ground. (See Tennessee.)
Yuchi. According to some early
maps, the Yuchi had a town in this State on a river which appears to be
identical with Green River. (See Georgia.)
Hunting bands of
Illinois,
Miami,
Iroquois, and
Delaware at times
visited Kentucky, but these tribes can hardly be said to have played much
of a part in Kentucky history. (See New
York, New Jersey,
Indiana, and
Illinois.)
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