Running
Water - A former Cherokee town on the south eastbank of Tennessee River, below Chattanooga, near the
northwest. Georgia line, and 4
m. above Nickajack. It was settled in 1782 by Cherokee who
espoused the British cause in
the Revolutionary war, and was
known as one of the Chickamauga
towns. It was destroyed in the
fall of 1794. See Royce in 5th
Rep. B. A. E., map, 1887; Mooney
in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 54, 78,
1900.
Source: Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge,
1906, Bureau of Ethnology, Government Printing Office.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and
then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output.
This site includes some historical materials that may imply negative
stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place.
These items are presented as part of the historical record and should not be
interpreted to mean that the WebMasters in any way endorse the stereotypes
implied.
