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Chief Fivekiller was the son of Nanyi-hi and Kingfisher.  Nanyi-hi was better known as Nancy Ward, the Cherokee Beloved Woman.  The cemetery spoken of below is now preserved and a part of the parks system.  Photo below.

 

 

Nancy Ward grave site also contains the graves of Fivekiller

and Longfellow.

photo by Joyce G. Reece, April 2001

 

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