History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . -ing into the uninhabited National Park, or Hunting Grounds of theirold enemies, the Iroquois, through the gateway of Cumberland Gap,which stood invitingly open. The other party, fearing the vengeanceof their dreaded foes, insisted upon seeking a safer asylum furthersouth. The tribe finally decided to separate. One portion continuedsouth to Georgia and Florida, occupying the country between thetwo rivers to which they gave their names, the Suwanee^ and the ^This is a floating legend which rests upon no reliable evidence. It is not ac-cept
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . -ing into the uninhabited National Park, or Hunting Grounds of theirold enemies, the Iroquois, through the gateway of Cumberland Gap,which stood invitingly open. The other party, fearing the vengeanceof their dreaded foes, insisted upon seeking a safer asylum furthersouth. The tribe finally decided to separate. One portion continuedsouth to Georgia and Florida, occupying the country between thetwo rivers to which they gave their names, the Suwanee^ and the ^This is a floating legend which rests upon no reliable evidence. It is not ac-cepted by the authorities. If true, it would account for some facts for which theauthorities ^\\& no satisfactory explanation. 2 Mr. S. G. Boyd, in his excellent work on Local Indian Names, gives the nameof vSuwanee River in Florida as derived from the Creek word sazvani, which meanseclio; and Suwanee River means Echo River. This seems far-fetched. TheShawnees or Suwanees dwelt along the banks of this river, and indulged their 26 History of Savannah.^ The former name has become famous inthe beautiful negro melody, Way down upon deSwanee Ribber. The other portion determined tobrave the anger of the Iroquois, and immediatelytook possession of the Hunting Grounds. The Cher-okees and Chickasaws, as guardians of the Park,served on them notice to quit. Upon the refusalof the Shawnees, war was declared. In many bloodyengagements, the Shawnees made good their de-fense, and repulsed their assailants. The Iroquoiswere at this time engaged in a war nearer home. t3. The Expulsion.^—Finally, a combined at-tack was made upon the intruders by the Chero-kees and Chickasaws, aided by the Iroquois. TheShawnees were routed, and this portion of the tribenearly annihilated. Some writers state that the sur-vivors were intercepted in their flight by the Iro-quois, captured and divided among their several na-tions as slaves. Other historians state that the sur-vivors joined some of their com
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