Indian name Tsan-Usdi ("Little John")
born Oct. 3, 1790, near Lookout Mountain, western district of N.C., U.S.
died Aug. 1, 1866, Washington, D.C.
American Indian chief.
The son of a Scottish father and part-Cherokee mother, he grew up as a Cherokee . He fought in the Creek War under Trail of Tears to the Oklahoma Territory. There he became chief of the new United Cherokee Nation (1839–66).