Case file · Fairy lore
The town under the Hiwassee at Shooting Creek
The people of a town where Shooting Creek joins the Hiwassee fasted and were taken by the Nunnehi under the water. On warm days their voices can be heard below, and fish-drags catch there.
1900 CE · 35.03, -83.72 · status: legend
The account
Mooney wrote that one of the greatest regrets of the Hiwassee Cherokee at the 1838 removal was leaving these relatives behind.