C. T. Suddeth

I present you with the Cherokee Pocahontas. Nanyehi (1738-1822) watched her husband fall in the Battle of Taliwa, picked up his gun, led the Cherokees to victory. She was appointed Beloved Woman, the last woman chief. During her life, she rescued captives, strove to maintain peace, found homes for orphans, taught Cherokees dairy farming, and fought the Trail of Tears. She remarried, became Nancy Ward. At her burial, a white light arose, took a swan’s form, flew towards Echota, the old Cherokee capital.