Case file · Sacred site
Judaculla Rock
A soapstone boulder near Caney Fork in Jackson County covered with hundreds of petroglyphs. Cherokee tradition says the marks were made by Tsul'kalu, the slant-eyed giant and lord of game.
1900 CE · 35.30, -83.11 · status: official
The account
Mooney recorded that Tsul'kalu lived in Tennessee Bald, where a bald clearing was called his old fields. Nearby soapstone outcrops show ancient quarrying for bowls.