Tugaloo

34.61 - 83.234166666667Koordinaten: 34 ° 37 'N, 83 ° 14' W

Tugaloo was a village of Native Americans from the Cherokee tribe on the banks of the Tugaloo River at the mouth of Toccoa Creek, near present-day Toccoa, Georgia in the southeastern United States. The Indian place was very close to the historic inn Travelers Rest, which is a protected monument today.

The original Indian name of the place was Dugiluyi, which was shortened to Dugilu. In the English language of the settlers of the name Tugaloo, Toogelah, Toogoola or similar was written. The meaning of the word in the language of the Cherokee is unclear, but according to the researchers Mooney it seems " to refer to a location at the confluence of two rivers ".

Tugaloo was one of the " lower village " of Cherokee, the main town of the tribe was Keowee. The terms " Lower Village " and " Lower Cherokee " were by British colonists used to describe the Cherokee, who lived on the Keowee River, Tugaloo River and other headwaters of the Savannah River. Generally, the term also corresponds to the expansion of the Eastern dialect of the Cherokee language, a language which was spoken by those Indians who were designated by the British as the lower Cherokee.

Today, the Tugaloo River is dammed by the Hartwell Dam, the reservoir covers the former settlement site of the Cherokee.

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