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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 25853478, member: 1886&quot;]Norris Cotton Mills, Cateechee, S.C, Brass, C/A, 6.79 grams, thin planchet, 30mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted about this token before with the $1 token. But since it will be slow in here pretty soon I&#039;ll regale you again.</p><p><br /></p><p>The town Cateechee was named in honor of a&nbsp; legendary Choctaw Indian princess whose real name was Issaqueena. She was captured by the Cherokee and taken to their village in&nbsp; Keowee and given the name Cateechee. One day she found out the Cherokee planned an attack on the Star Fort in the town of 96; so called because it was 96 miles from Keowee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well that wouldn&#039;t do because Cateechee had a Bo at the Star Fort--a trader named Allen Francis. Some accounts say a silver smith named David Francis. In any case, she rode 96 miles to warn the fort of the attack.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later, when the Cherokee&nbsp; were chasing her down for her transgression, she leaped&nbsp; over a water fall that had 100 ft drop but then landed on some ledge. She hid for awhile until the Cherokee gave up looking for her and left.</p><p><br /></p><p>So,&nbsp; she rode 96 miles to warn the fort and risked getting whacked by pissed off Cherokee? All for her Bo? If the legend is real Bo must&#039;ve been swinging some serious&nbsp; timber. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1648053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1648054[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources: Numismatics of South Carolina</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Merchant Trade Tokens&nbsp; by</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tony Chibbaro</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Newberry Observer Oct. 31, 2015</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Interwebbie</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/3006/legend-of-issaqueena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/3006/legend-of-issaqueena" rel="nofollow">https://www.newberryobserver.com/news/3006/legend-of-issaqueena</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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