Title	Tah Chee
Description	Portrait of Cherokee chief Tah-Chee shown wearing a lavender tunic with a dagger tucked into a green sash belted around the waist. His headdress is topped with a large red feather.
Historical Note	Tah-Chee (the Cherokee word for "Dutch) was born circa 1790 in present-day Alabama but became one of the earliest Cherokees to remove west of the Mississippi, settling south of the Arkansas River. He led a renegade band of Cherokees intent on resisting; Federal authority and warring on neighboring tribes, particularly the Osages. He later became a valuable guide and hunter for the government, eventually settling at the mouth of the Canadain River. He died in Oklahoma in 1848.
Date	1837
Creator	McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 Hall, James, 1793-1868
Publisher	E.C. Biddle
Place of publication	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Collection Name	History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs.
Education Tags	4.54 8.56 Sequoyah and the Cherokee Growth of the Republic
Subjects - LCSH	Indians of North America -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Portraits; Indians of North America -- History
Subjects - TGM	Portrait paintings Headdresses Daggers & swords
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	33164
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Ordering Information	To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization .