The Cherokee delegation under The Ridge who visited Tecumseh 's council at Tuckabatchee strongly opposed his plans ; Tecumseh cancelled his visit to the Cherokee Nation , as The Ridge threatened him with death if he went there . But , during his recruiting tour , Tecumseh was accompanied by an enthusiastic escort of 47 Cherokee and 19 Choctaw , who presumably went north with him when he returned to the " Northwest Territory . " Tecumseh 's mission sparked a religious revival , referred to by anthropologist James Mooney as the " Cherokee Ghost Dance " movement . It was led by the prophet Tsali of Coosawatee , a former Chickamauga warrior . He later moved to the western North Carolina mountains , where he was executed by U.S. forces in 1838 for violently resisting Removal
Removal
Trail of Tears
Chickamauga Cherokee