In 1779 Cherokee chief Dragging Canoe moved down the Tennessee River from Chickamauga Creek to Running Water creek , and he helped establish the town of Nickajack at the entrance of Nickajack Cave . In 1794 , the town was attacked and burned by militiamen commanded by Colonel James Orr of Nashville , Tennessee . The town was rebuilt and the Chickamauga Indians continued to live here until 1838 , when all of the remaining Indians were removed from Tennessee , Alabama , and Georgia by the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Marion County, Tennessee