Old Tassell

Old Tassell (18th century) was a Cherokee chief who is known for speaking against encroachment of white settlers on ancestral lands.

Wisdom & Quotes

• You say, 'Why do not the Indians till the ground and live as we do?' May we not ask with equal propriety, 'Why do not the white people hunt and live as we do?'

- during a treaty meeting with US Commissioners (July 1777)

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