History of the Nacoochee Indian Mound, near Helen, Georgia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ค. 2022
- From 1350-1600 a thriving population of native Americans lived here. The Chickasaw and Cherokees lived here in harmony. This was their community ceremonial and burial mound.
European explorers came here in 1500’s searching for gold and came upon the mound. They had hoped the natives would have treasures to take back to Leaders in Spain. Not finding the treasures they hoped for, DeSoto moved on…
This is the story of the legend, and the truth of the Nacoochee Indian Mound.
What a fascinating story! Our country is so blessed with such interesting history!
It sure is, Dianne! Thank you for watching!
good work keep recording history its amazing stories to be saved.
Thank you, Greg!
I had not ever heard this story before. It’s very fascinating and such a sad story. 😢 thank you for sharing it with us. Mary
Thanks, Mary! So many people drive by this mound going to Helen and never learn the history of it!
As a member of the Choctaw Nation I find it sacrilegious that the farmer thought it was appropriate to place a gazebo on top of a burial mound. Just goes to show you how Native Americans are still thought of as an inferior race. Perhaps, I could put patio furniture on the farmer's grave and see how his relatives like it.
I understand how you feel, Richard. I can only hope the farmer (in 1890) didn't know it was a Native burial ground. It is very sad the burial ground was disturbed. Thankfully it is now being preserved. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@RagtopHistorian I did a little research on the owner of the Burial Mound. - It isn’t the original mound, but a reconstruction completed after an archaeological excavation in 1917 where they found 75 skeletal remains. There were at least a dozen such mounds in the Nacoochee Valley at one time, but as the land was converted to agricultural use, all but this one were destroyed. Captain James H. Nichols bought the property and shaved two feet off the top of the mound (older documents show that the mound used to be sixteen feet tall) and planted the now (in)famous gazebo on top. He reported his plows running across graves to the west of the property in the 1870s.
just be happy it was not dozed! I love that its still here for all to see!
@@Cat-lo7hl The only reason the mound is still there is for the tourist money (Note: The myth of the Native couple who lost their lives on Yonah Mountain and were supposedly buried in the mound). When the farmer lopped off several feet of the mound for a gazebo and the Smithsonian carted off numerous sets of human bones and artifacts, it might as well have been dozed since it no longer is a burial mound.