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The Legend of Cateechee or Isaqueena in Cherokee lore
Sketch recounts the Choctaw slave Cateechee later Isaqueena aiding trader Allen Francis to warn Fort Cambridge of Karuga’s plot. After escape through Keowee and Stumphouse, the couple hide behind a waterfall ledge, flee down the Savannah, and live in peace on a quiet Hamburg farm, their tale ending with safety from pursuit.
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Queena
Stumphouse Mountain
Isaqueena Falls
Walhalla
Keowee
J. W. Daniel
Coencelatee
Blue Ridge
Karuga
Yohoma
Oolenoi
Attatulla
Occony
Eastatoe
Toxaway
Noewee
Socony
Chote
Enoree
Fort Cambridge
Ft. Cambridge
Isaqueena
Cateeches
Mighteen Mile Creek
New
Karugu
Catechee
Allen Francis
Old Fort
Cambridge
Keowee Town
Allan Francis
Cateechee
Keeowee
Dateechee
Coloneis
Taksawahui
Saluda
Enore
Muscadines
Ahowwe
Hastatoe
Green Birds
Kawanurasui
Eruba
Teck
Iuguoena
Allan
Salooe
Tugaloo
Savannah
Old Hamburg