Chickamauga Wars

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The Chickamauga Wars were a series of late 18th-century conflicts in the American Southeast in which a militant faction of the Cherokee and their allies resisted U.S. expansion into their homelands.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
cause encroachment of settlers on Cherokee lands ⓘ
resistance to U.S. expansion into Cherokee homelands ⓘ
conflictType series of wars ⓘ
countryInvolved United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1794 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Cherokee ⓘ
Chickasaw ⓘ
linked to: Chickasaw people

Choctaw ⓘ
European American settlers ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
Upper Muscogee (Creek) ⓘ
hasPart Cherokee–American War of 1776–1783 ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars

Southwest Indian War ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
leader Bloody Fellow ⓘ
Doublehead ⓘ
Dragging Canoe ⓘ
John Watts ⓘ
Little Turkey ⓘ
location American Southeast ⓘ
Tennessee River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee Valley

present-day Alabama ⓘ
present-day Georgia ⓘ
present-day North Carolina ⓘ
present-day South Carolina ⓘ
present-day Tennessee ⓘ
mainBelligerent Chickamauga Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee people

State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

State of North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina

State of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina

Territory South of the River Ohio ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Chickamauga Cherokee ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee people
opposingLeader James Robertson ⓘ
John Sevier ⓘ
William Blount ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars ⓘ
Cherokee–American wars ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
relatedTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
result cession of large areas of Cherokee land ⓘ
defeat of Chickamauga Cherokee faction ⓘ
expansion of United States control in the Southeast ⓘ
significantEvent U.S. and state militia expeditions against Cherokee towns ⓘ
attacks on frontier settlements in present-day Tennessee ⓘ
raids along the Holston and Watauga rivers ⓘ
startTime 1776 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee frontier → hasEvent → Chickamauga Wars ⓘ
Tennessee militia → participatedIn → Chickamauga Wars ⓘ
Chickamauga Wars → partOf → Cherokee–American wars ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
Chickamauga Wars → hasPart → Cherokee–American War of 1776–1783 ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
Nickajack Expedition → conflict → Chickamauga Wars ⓘ
Nickajack Expedition → partOf → Cherokee–American wars ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
Joseph McMinn → militaryConflict → Cherokee–American wars ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
Major Ridge → participantIn → Cherokee–American wars ⓘ
subject linked to: Pathkiller II
linked to: Chickamauga Wars
Western theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasBattle → Chickamauga Wars (Revolutionary War phase) ⓘ
linked to: Chickamauga Wars