Tistoe Cherokee (1680 - 1741)

Born 1680 in Cherokee, Alabama

Died 1741 at about age 61 in Cherokee Nation

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Seven Cherokee in London

Biography

Tistoe was born about 1680. His ancestry & family are unknown. He was one of seven Cherokee chiefs who went to London, England in May 1730 at the request of Sir Alexander Cuming. Cuming had persuaded the Cherokee to let him give Moytoy the title of “Emperor,” and he wanted to take the Cherokee emperor with him to London, England as proof. ^[1]... “The Indians hesitated at taking so long a journey ... Moytoy refused to go because of the illness of his wife. Finally, Oukou-naco, “The White Owl” [later known as Attakullakulla] consented to go. Six others said that he should not be compelled to go alone. Accordingly, Kitagista, Oukah-Ulah, Tiftowe, Clogoitah, Onokanowin and Oukounaco agreed to accompany Cuming”. ^[2]

While in London the Cherokee dined with the King, were given fine clothes, and taken to tourist attractions such as the Tower of London and Canterbury Cathedral. On 07 Sep 1730 they signed a trade agreement and headed home. The Cherokee arrived back in Charlestown on 11 May 1731 ^[3] and Tistoe fades from the record. By 1755 all of the travelers except Attakullakulla were dead. ^[2]

His name is spelled many different ways ...

- “Tiftowe” ^[2]

- "Tethtowe” appears on the “Articles of Friendship” signed in London 07 Sep 1730.

Sources

1. ↑ “Journal of Sir Alexander Cuming " transcribed in "Early Travels in the Tennessee Country" Williams, Samuel. Watauga Press of Johnson City, TN, 1928; p136-143
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Brown, John P. "Old Frontiers" Southern Publishers of Kingsport, TN, 1938 p43, 54 Prosperity Project
3. ↑ Kelly, James C. “Attakullakulla.” Journal of Cherokee Studies, Winter, 1978 p3-4 Museum of the Cherokee

• Cherokee Heritage contains London newspaper accounts of the 1730 visit.

• "Guide to Cherokee Documents in Foreign Archives" by William L. Anderson, James Allen Lewis, p422 certifying that Tistoe was present at the setting of the boundary between North and South Carolina.

• Wikipedia Moytoy

• History of the Cherokee and their Legends and Folklore by Dr. Emmett Starr

• Cherokee Nation: A History by Robert J. Conley, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

• Cherokee Encyclopediaby Robert J. Conley & University of New Mexico Press of Albuquerque, NM in 2007 isb#978-0826339515.

• Amatoya Moytoy in "Descendants of A-ma-do-ya Moytoy, Generation # 1

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/n/e/y/Brenda-K-Neyra/GENE11-0001.html