Central North Carolina Council
2013 National Jamboree Patches
JSP for Crew F602 - Dragging Canoe

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JSP for Crew F602 - Dragging Canoe (died 1792) - The orange writing on the patch says “Tsiyu Gansini” which is Cherokee writing for "He is dragging his canoe". Known to whites as Dragging Canoe, he was a Cherokee war chief who led a band of Cherokee against colonists and United States settlers. He received his name after asking his father if he could join the battles. This father told his boy, if you can drag this canoe to the battle, you may come and fight. The boy picked up the canoe, much larger than him, and drug it through the WILD so he could participate. Beginning during the American Revolution, his forces were sometimes joined by Upper Muskogee, Chickasaw, Shawnee, and Indians from other tribes/nations, along with British Loyalists, French and Spanish agents. The series of conflicts, lasting for a decade after the American Revolutionary War, were known as Chickamauga Wars. Dragging Canoe became the pre-eminent war leader among the Indians of the Southeast of his time. He served as principal chief of the Lower Cherokee from 1777 until his death in 1792. He was the son of Attakullakulla ("Little Carpenter") He is considered by many to be the most significant Native American leader of the Southeast. Some historians consider him a role model for the younger Tecumseh. The ghosted wolf in the patch is a reference to his membership in the Wolf Clan of the Cherokee. All warriors were members of the wolf clan. The arrow and eagle feather symbols on the right side of the patch loosely mean "war chief." Legend says that after Dragging Canoe died near Chattanooga, whites searched for his body, dug it up, cut it in half, and re-buried it in different locations. They had seen Dragging Canoe survive so many battles; they felt he had supernatural powers. They were afraid he would return from the grave. The Cherokee Nation still resides in the mountains of North Carolina.

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