Record #:

1630

Author(s):

Wilson, Emily Herring

Abstract:

Nanye'hi, known to European settlers as Nancy Ward, was a 16th-century Cherokee woman known for her indomitable spirit and her good will toward the colonists. Nanye'hi, from the Cherokee town of Chota, was present at the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 33 Issue 2, Spring 1994, p2-4, il

Subject(s):

Nanye'hi; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina