The Battle of Taliwa was fought in Ball Ground, Georgia in 1755. The battle was part of a larger campaign of the Cherokee against the Muscogee Creek people, where an army of 500 Cherokee warriors led by Oconostota (c. 1710–1783) defeated the Muscogee Creek people and pushed them south from their northern Georgia homelands, allowing the Cherokee to begin settling in the region. History Background The Cherokee and Creek had a longstanding rivalry within the territory of Georgia, coming from decades of violent exchanges between 1715-1753, a period known as the Creek-Cherokee War. The Creek held the territories in Georgia and Alabama while the Cherokee held territories in Tennessee and North and South Carolina. The culmination of the Yamasee War (1715-1717), where a number of native tribes launched attacks in South Carolina against settlers, furthered the tension between the Cherokee and Creeks after a Creek delegation was murdered in the Cherokee town of Tugaloo in 1716. Yamasee War The Yamasee War began in 1715 when a delegation sent by the Board of Commissioners was killed by the Yamasee, known as the Pocotaligo Massacre. The conflict grew as several Native American nations began rising up against South Carolina, including the Creek, Cherokee, Chocktaw, Chickasaw, and others, and organizing attacks against traders and militia. Creek and Cherokee internal politics were heavily divided. The Upper Creek were reluctant to join the war while the Ochese Creek were strategizing on the next phase, trying to organize assaults against the settlers. The Cherokee were also divided in their support for the war. The Lower Cherokee supported the war against South Carolina and the British while the Overhill Cherokee supported South Carolina and the war against the Creek. In 1715, a Cherokee alliance was made with South Carolina, however, the division still split the nation. The Cherokee alliance with South Carolina repelled any Creek invasion plan and small raids were carried out between 1715-1716. With the Cherokee alliance with South Carolina, tensions grew between the Creek and Cherokee nation. The Tugaloo Massacre deteriorated relations further as a delegation of the Creek were killed in the Tugaloo by the Cherokee, sparking a war between the two nations. Resolution Due to the vast amount of nations involved in the war, there was no definitive end date to the conflict as the turmoil continued for decades after the war. The Yamasee were forced to relocate due to losing a