Cherokee Dreams

Along the high eastern ridge of the Appalachian Mountains a wide V marks the place the Cherokee call Unicoy. It is the lowest entry point to the mountains for miles in either direction. The Chota River originates in the "Land of a Thousand Waterfalls," the English translation for the Cherokee word describing the high eastern crest of the southern Appalachians. Heading west from Tugaloo Old Town these American Indians settle in the Nacoochee-Sautee Valley, alongside the Chota River, which lends its name to their town.

According to James Mooney in Myths and Legends of the Cherokee, the valley takes its name from the tale of ill-fated love between a Chickasaw warrior (Sautee) and a Cherokee maiden (Nacoochee) that he meets on his way through the valley. Since their love is forbidden by tribal edict, Sautee and Nacoochee escape to nearby Mount Yonah, where Cherokee warriors discover the couple and toss Sautee from the heights of the mountain. Nacoochee follows her murdered lover voluntarily.

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