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A'tla'nuwa, the hawk hole of Chattanooga

The Cherokee called Chattanooga A'tla'nuwa, 'Tlanuwa hole', from a bluff on the river at the foot of today's Market Street linked to the giant mythic hawks.

1900 CE · 35.06, -85.31 · status: legend

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Sources

  1. Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900), Project Gutenberg
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