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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.

Author
supermanbhc

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,152

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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392

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which state was Doublehead born? Hint

Tennessee

Alabama

Georgia

Kentucky

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Doublehead's father's name? Hint

Willenaweh (Great Eagle)

Amatoya Moytoy (Rain Maker)

Moytoy (The Pigeon)

Dragging Canoe

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Question 3 of 10

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

Daniel Boone

John Burnett

John Overall

Thomas Sharpe Spencer

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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

Chief Tishomingo

Chief George Colbert

Chief Piomingo

Chief Levi Colbert

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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

He surrendered to the U.S. Army

He had them killed by his warriors

He killed them, cooked them, and ate them

He went and hid in Doublehead Cave

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Question 6 of 10

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

From robbing people in the Cumberland Valley

By dealing in horses

By dealing in slaves

By selling Cherokee Land for bribes

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Question 7 of 10

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

Chief Hanging Maw

Chief Dragging Canoe

Chief Bloody Fellow

Chief Bone Polisher

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did Chief Doublehead earn his name? Hint

Because of his split personality

Because he was cross-eyed

Because of the whiskey he drank

Because of his intelligence

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Question 9 of 10

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

Saunders, Ridge, and Hanging Maw

Ridge, Pumpkin Boy, and Vann

Saunders, Ridge and Vann

Ridge, Watie, and Watts

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Question 10 of 10

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

He was sick with fever

He got lost on the way

He was afraid to go

He got too drunk on the way

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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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