Massacre at Ywahoo Falls

1810 in Kentucky19th-century Cherokee historyAugust 1810 eventsDaniel Boone National ForestHistory of Kentucky ... and 3 more

Mass gravesNative American history of KentuckyWayne County, Kentucky

The Massacre at Ywahoo Falls (or the Great Cherokee Children Massacre) is alleged to have occurred on August 10, 1810, at Yahoo Falls, now within the Daniel Boone National Forest in southeast Kentucky. A number of Cherokee women and children were purportedly massacred by European Americans. No documentary or other evidence supports this account. "The Great Cherokee Children Massacre at Ywahoo Falls" is written about in an unpublished manuscript completed in the 1990s by Dan Troxell. Hiking the Big South Fork (1999) notes the purported event, citing Troxell as its source.

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