Oconostota


Oconostota was a skiagusta of Chota and the First Beloved Man of the Cherokee from 1775 to 1781.

Oconostota may have been a son of Moytoy of Tellico, and was born around 1704, one of eleven children. The identity of Oconostotas first wife is a mystery, although she was of the Paint Clan. Their daughter, Nionne Ollie, married his cousin Attakullakulla, his predecessor as First Beloved Man. Some sources claim Nionne Ollie was a Natchez refugee who was adopted as the daughter of Oconostotas wife Some Natchez or Natchers lived in the Upper South prior to relocating farther south.

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