Chestowee

Chestowee was a Yuchi town in the Tennessee country, inhabited by a people whose own name, Tsoyaha, means “Children of the Sun.” In 1714, two English fur traders from South Carolina encouraged the Cherokee to attack it. The Cherokee destroyed the town and prepared to carry their attacks against other Yuchi settlements along the Savannah River, though the colonial government did not support a further expedition. The destruction of Chestowee marked the growing power of the Cherokee in the southeastern interior.