Selukuki
(Turtle At Home)
Cherokee
aka Wohelengh
Born about in Cherokee Nation (East)
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Attakullakulla Cherokee
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Dragging Canoe Cherokee and Oocumma Cherokee
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 60
in Cherokee Nation (East)
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Biography
Turtle At Home was Cherokee.
Selukuki (Turtle-at-Home) was one of four known sons of Attakullakulla. [1] He does not appear in many early records, but in 1792 he was recorded as the head man at Running Water town, one of the new towns created by the Chickamauga faction. [2] He is found in the Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee in the early 1800's. [3] He was visited by John Norton in 1811 who described him thus: "He had all that agreeable deportment, natural politeness and gaiety which generally accompany a clear head and kind heart." [4] His death date is unknown, but he is last mentioned in the agency records in 1818.
Sources
- ↑ Klinck and Talman, eds. Journal of Major John Norton. The Champlain Society, Toronto, ON. 1970, numerous references. Example: p. 33 "In the afternoon we arrived at the habitation of Selukukigh Wohellenengh, son of Attakullakulla." (Norton visited the Cherokee in 1809-1810)
- ↑ American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. 1, p. 264. March 15, 1792 letter from David Craig to William Blount states that Turtle-at-Home was the head man of Running Water Town. Image at head
- ↑ Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. National Archives and Records Admiinisration, Record Group 75, Microfilm number M208. Numerous references. Example: a talk from 1803. Images at: talk.
- ↑ Norton, Journal, p. 33
See also:
- Turtle at Home (Wikipedia)
- Brown, John P. Old Frontiers: The Story of the Cherokee Indians from Earliest Times to the Date of Their Removal to the West, 1838. (Kingsport: Southern Publishers, 1938). abstract
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Klinck and Talman, eds. Journal of Major John Norton. The Champlain Society, Toronto, ON. 1970, numerous references. p. 33 "In the afternoon we arrived at the habitation of Selukukigh Wohellenengh, son of Attakullakulla." (Norton visited the Cherokee in 1809-1810)
Numerous records of the Cherokee Agency, images at Fold3; one example is a talk from 1803: https://www.fold3.com/image/204944917
A March 15, 1792 letter from David Craig to William Blount states that Turtle-at-Home was the head man of Running Water Town. American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. 1, p. 264. image at https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=007/llsp007.db&recNum=265