The Cherokee Natchez settled mostly along the Hiwassee River in North Carolina . The main Natchez town , dating to about 1755 , was located near present-day Murphy , North Carolina . Around 1740 a group of Natchez refugees settled along a creek near the confluence of the Tellico River and the Little Tennessee River . The creek became known as Notchy Creek after the Natchez . The settlement was called Natchey Town or '' Natsi-yi '' ( Cherokee for " Natchez Place " ) . It was the birthplace of the Cherokee leader Dragging Canoe , whose mother was Natchez . In later years Dragging Canoe 's Cherokee father , '' Attacullaculla '' , lived in Natchey Town . Most of the Natchez living with the Cherokee accompanied them in 1830 on the forced removal of the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory ( later Oklahoma )
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Natchez people