The chiefs who supported Dragging Canoe were men like Bloody Fellow, the Glass, Middlestriker. and other Overhill chiefs. Younger men who followed him included Doublehead, Benge, and John Watts.
Here’s the information on the “family” of Dragging Canoe as listed in Geni:
Son of Attakullakulla "Little Carpenter" of Tanasi, Cherokee Emissary to England and NN Partner of Attakullakulla correct
Husband of Nellie 'Leaf' Pathkiller U'ga'lo'gv Canoe (Pathkiller) wife or wives unknown
Brother of Sa-li-gu-gi Wo-he-le-nv "Turtle at Home", Wolf Clan Cherokee
Father of Little Dragging Canoe; the only documented child
None of the following are children of Dragging Canoe; Cherokee at his time did not have surnames or family names; fathers were not even considered blood relatives
Little Owl Canoe; No such person; the real Little Owl was the brother of Dragging Canoe
Naky ( Sarah Canoe , Sarah Dragging Doe Canoe 'Sarah Canoe' Fivekiller, Tatsi Brown/Browne. She is in endless trees with different spouses and children. Non existent as child of Dragging Canoe. Some of her iterations might be the wives of real men.
Turtle At Home Canoe; no such person; the real Turtle at Home was brother of Dragging Canoe. The profile is mostly for the real Turtle at Home, so fixing his name and moving him to the correct spot would help. The following from his profile is copied straight from one of the Shawnee Heritage books “His ethnic background was 3/8th Shawnee-Cherokee-Creek Metis[chickamauga cherokee]”and is typical of Greene’s garbage. The profile text combines him with another man named Shoeboots, who is very well documented and unrelated [he has a fascinating story with a kidnapped white wife and children and a black wife whose children triggered a court case].
Mary Canoe; seems to be non-existent, probably a Shawnee Heritage fiction
Jemima Hardin; she looks like a real person, but no Cherokee connection
Abigail Cherokee Indian Canoe Tatsi; duplicate of Abigail Vanover below. Not Cherokee; numerous Eastern Cherokee applications were filed claiming her as “Abigail Esteard,” “ E sut ee,“ “Abigail Perry,” “Abigail Roark” and other names, all rejected. At some point since then the Internet gave her Dragging Canoe as a father
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Chief John Drowning Bear Brown; another real person, born 1755-60, lived at Creek Path. He was not a chief, and not connected to the chief named John Brown (nor was his son John)– that was a later man.
Wife #1 name unknown, two unknown children who died young
Wife #2 named Sarah, children John (died 1822), David , and Catherine (died 1824). The family is well documented since Catherine was a famous convert whose diary was published by the missionaries shortly after her death.
Wife #3 (concurrent with Sarah) named Betsy, children Polly, Alexander, Edmund, and Susan.
Sara Naky Ward; Looks like she’s a duplicate of the Sarah above
Malinda Asbell; Looks like a real person, but not Cherokee
Gi Yo Sti Tatsi; No such person, clearly copied from an Internet tree since her profile says she was born in Maine!
I think all of this next bunch are non-existent, probably came from Don Greene; the Hollywood Indian names and endless ‘Cherokee’ names are usually a dead giveaway:
Talotisky Canoe Canoe; there was a chief named Talontisky, no connection to DC
Nettle Carrier Canoe; there was a chief named Nettle Carrier, no connection to DC
Crying Snake Canoe Canoe;
White Owl; Eyoostee Canoe Canoe;
Aloyitsiya Young Otter;
Unigisdi’gigagegaladisgi Beef Eater Beef Eater;
Dunuwa’gigagegasalena Wears Red Coat Canoe;
Ayolige Tsiyusdigansinvsdi Canoe;
Tsagayatsiyu Yellow Jacket Canoe Canoe;
Vanover descendants filed Eastern Cherokee claims which were rejected.
Raven Canoe Vanover no such person
Abigail E-Sut-tee Vanover there may be an Abigail Vanover, but she’s not Cherokee, see above
