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Quiz about Cherokee Chief Doublehead
Quiz about Cherokee Chief Doublehead

Cherokee Chief Doublehead Trivia Quiz


This quiz will see how much you know about Cherokee Chief Doublehead.

A multiple-choice quiz by supermanbhc. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
supermanbhc
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
290,152
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
392
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Question 1 of 10
1. In which state was Doublehead born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was Doublehead's father's name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What famous frontiersman was killed in the Cumberland Valley by Chief Doublehead? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who married two of Doublehead's daughters thus allowing Chief Doublehead to settle on Chickasaw Land at Muscle Shoals, Alabama? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. When famed Indian hunter William Overall and his partner Burnett came to kill Doublehead, what did the Chief do? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Chief Doublehead became a very rich man in the late 1790s. How did he come about his money? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which fellow Cherokee Chief did Doublehead kill on the day that he was murdered at Hiwassee, Tennessee? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. How did Chief Doublehead earn his name? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who were the three men who decided to kill Doublehead? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What happened to Vann that prevented him from helping Saunders and Ridge to assassinate Doublehead? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In which state was Doublehead born?

Answer: Kentucky

He was born in 1744 in Stearns, Kentucky.
2. What was Doublehead's father's name?

Answer: Willenaweh (Great Eagle)

Moytoy was his grandfather, Amatoya Moytoy was his great grandfather and Dragging Canoe was a cousin.
3. What famous frontiersman was killed in the Cumberland Valley by Chief Doublehead?

Answer: Thomas Sharpe Spencer

Spencer was famous for being a hunter and trapper. He was such a large man, that once his tracks scared a man from the woods.
4. Who married two of Doublehead's daughters thus allowing Chief Doublehead to settle on Chickasaw Land at Muscle Shoals, Alabama?

Answer: Chief George Colbert

Chickasaw Chief George Colbert married Saleechie and Tukahooto, both daughters of Chief Doublehead.
5. When famed Indian hunter William Overall and his partner Burnett came to kill Doublehead, what did the Chief do?

Answer: He killed them, cooked them, and ate them

He said it was not a Cherokee custom to eat their enemies, but he wanted all of his enemies to know if they crossed Doublehead, they would end up in his bowels.
6. Chief Doublehead became a very rich man in the late 1790s. How did he come about his money?

Answer: By selling Cherokee Land for bribes

Doublehead was a highly ambitious chief and easy to bribe.
7. Which fellow Cherokee Chief did Doublehead kill on the day that he was murdered at Hiwassee, Tennessee?

Answer: Chief Bone Polisher

Bone Polisher attacked Doublehead with a tomahawk, opening up his forearm. Doublehead calmly pulled his pistol with this right hand and shot Bone Polisher dead.
8. How did Chief Doublehead earn his name?

Answer: Because of his split personality

You never knew which man you were dealing with. The other Indians said he had two heads, a good head and a bad one.
9. Who were the three men who decided to kill Doublehead?

Answer: Saunders, Ridge and Vann

Saunders, Ridge and Vann decided to kill Doublehead because of his selling of Cherokee land. It is believed the real reason was because Doublehead controlled the lower Tennessee River and it was costing them too much money to get their cotton to New Orleans.
10. What happened to Vann that prevented him from helping Saunders and Ridge to assassinate Doublehead?

Answer: He got too drunk on the way

He was trying to get his courage up with whiskey and passed out on the way and had to be left behind.
Source: Author supermanbhc

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