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Pathkiller (died January 8, 1827) was a Cherokee warrior and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Apr 26, 2022 · Chief Pathkiller (or The Path Killer I), born in the early 1740s, was a warrior in the late 1700s and then a statesman and Principal Chief, based in Turkeytown, from 1811-1827, when he was an elder. He was considered the last of the hereditary chiefs, a conservative full-blood who resisted Removal.
Aug 28, 2012 · "Pathkiller, (1749 to January 1827), was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, fought in the Revolutionary War for Britain and in the wars against American frontiersmen from 1783 through 1794.
Apr 30, 2019 · Path Killer, in Cherokee Nungnoheeahdahee, may be a familiar name if you’re from the Southeast. He was Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1811 until his death in 1827, succeeded as chief ...
In 1817, Hicks was elected Second Principal Chief under Pathkiller. After the "revolt of the young chiefs" two years later, partly over land deals, Hicks became the de facto head of government, with Pathkiller serving as a figurehead.
Pathkiller, (c 1749 to 8 January 1827), was a Cherokee warrior, town chief, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. He also served as a colonel under Andrew Jackson in the Tennessee militia during the Creek War.
Pathkiller was the last hereditary chief of the Cherokee. He fought the Overmountain Men and other Watauga frontiersmen with Dragging Canoe in the Cherokee-American Wars. He served as a colonel under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Wars, including at Horseshoe Bend.
The case that Chief Nunna Hi-Diha Pathkiller brought to court involved a land dispute over an area settled by the Blair Family in what is now Loudon, Tennessee. Judge Catron of Tennessee, later a Supreme Court Justice, supported the supremacy of the U.S. Treaty with the Cherokee Nation.
He officially became Second Principal Chief of the Cherokee in 1823 or 24; so after the death of Pathkiller, Charles Hicks succeeded him to the office. Barely two weeks into the position, however, Charles died (January 20, 1827).
Pathkiller, (c 1749 to 8 January 1827), was a Cherokee warrior, town chief, and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. He also served as a colonel under Andrew Jackson in the Tennessee militia during the Creek War.
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