Amouskositte Cherokee (abt. 1728 - aft. 1756)

Born about 1728 in Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee

Ancestors

Died after 1756 after about age 28 in Tennessee [uncertain]

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Biography

Amo-scossite is the only documented offspring of Chief Moytoy:

His father told Alexander Cuming he could not travel because his wife was very ill). Moytoy, declared Emperor of the Cherokee by Englishman Alexander Cuming in 1730, died in battle in 1741 and the British appointed his 13 year old son, Amo-scossite as the new Emperor.^[1]

He was a member of the Ani'-Ga'tâge'wi or Kitua ("Wild Potato") Clan.^{[citation needed]}

When Governor Glen came to South Carolina in 1745, he invited Amo-scossite to Charleston, gave him a crown, and proclaimed him Emperor. The Cherokee chiefs simply ignored this, having accepted ‘Old Hop’ as their leader,^[2] but the English governments of Virginia and South Carolina continued to refer to him as "Emperor" and to engage in trade relations with him. An account of a visit to Williamsburg can be found in the Colonial Records of Virginia. As proof of his position, Amoscossite brought with him a copy of the Articles of Peace and Commerce signed by Attakullakulla and others in London in 1730. ^[3]

As he no longer appears in historical records after 1756, he is believed to have died shortly thereafter, leaving no known descendants.

Sources

1. ↑ Brown, John P. Old Frontiers, Southern Publishers, Inc. Kingsport, TN, 1938. P. 46
2. ↑ Hoig, Stanley W. The Cherokees and Their Chiefs, University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1998, pp. 22-23
3. ↑ McIlwaine, H.R., ed. Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia. Virginia State Library, 1925. Vol. 5, pp. 412-416 images at Council