United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027White, Alfred H., fl. 18601860-01-06This document, entitled "Account of a Battle Axe Taken from an Indian at the Battle of Long Island Flats in 1776," describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a tomahawk thought to belong to a Cherokee warrior. The written account was furnished by Alfred H. White along with his donation of the tomahawk to the Historical Society of Tennessee on January 6, 1860. According to White, who received the story secondhand from a Mr. George W. Netherland, the tomahawk is believed to have belonged to a Cherokee man known as "Big Indian". White claims that during the Battle of Long Island Flats (present-day Tennessee), an American soldier by the name of Moore fought with Big Indian and killed him. The tomahawk was found in the vicinity of Moore's combat with Big Indian and believed to have belonged to the warrior because of its large size.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpeggml019engManuscript held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor McMinn Letters , box 16, folder n/a, document tl019.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--WarfareTomahawksTennessee Historical SocietyTennessee--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Account of a battle axe taken from an Indian at the Battle of Long Island Flats in 1776, 1860 Jan. 6 / Alfred H. White of an imageText