- Moytoy of Citico
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Moytoy of Citico was a Cherokee leader during the time of the Anglo-Cherokee War (1759–1761) and was its chief initial instigator, in response to perceived slights by the British while campaigning with them against the French in the French and Indian War in 1758. The rest of the Cherokee accompanying the British agreed with these sentiments, even if, like Attakullakulla and Ostenaco, they disagreed with Moytoy's subsequent actions of taking his band and returning home after stealing a number of the horses in compensation. Moytoy was one of the Cherokee war leaders in the war that broke out the next year.
Etymology
Moytoy's name comes from the Cherokee A-Ma-Do-Ya (or amatoya), "rainmaker." This could have been his personal name, or a title he held.
References
- Brown, John P. Old Frontiers. (Kingsport: Southern Publishers, 1938).
- Evans, E. Raymond. "Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Ostenaco". Journal of Cherokee Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 41–54. (Cherokee: Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 1976).
- Haywood, W.H. The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796. (Nashville: Methodist Episcopal Publishing House, 1891).
- Kelly, James C. "Notable Persons in Cherokee History: Attakullakulla." Journal of Cherokee Studies 3:1 (Winter 1978), 2-34.
- Ramsey, James Gettys McGregor. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century. (Chattanooga: Judge David Campbell, 1926).
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