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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 8091294, member: 1886&quot;]Norris Cotton Mills,&nbsp; Cateechee S.C, Brass, C/A, 34mm 8.1 grams, thin planchet, counter stamped</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears the counter stamp punch slipped a bit or the token was re-punched and the punch&nbsp; not properly aligned with the old mark.&nbsp; Also, if you look below the &quot;D&quot; in GOOD on the reverse you&#039;ll see&nbsp; light hitting the push out. The counter stamp may be from Woodside Mills of Greenville, one of several companies that bought the Norris Mills.</p><p><br /></p><p>Daniel Keating Norris also named the town Cateechee after a Choctaw Indian woman named Issaqueena. She was captured by the Cherokee and taken to Keowee where they changed her name to Cateechee.</p><p><br /></p><p>One day she found out the Cherokee were planning an attack on the Star Fort where her lover, a trader, happened to be staying. She rode 96 miles to warn the fort. Today the town where the fort still exists is called Ninety-Six.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are quite a few variations on this story including an aftermath where the Cherokee were chasing Cateechee and she jumped a waterfall and hid somewhere until they gave up looking for her. Well, I suppose leaping a waterfall might get easier with pissed off Cherokees behind you.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;That waterfall still exists today and is called Issaqueena Falls. Issaqueena was Cateechee&#039;s real name before the Cherokee changed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a cool story but just too too many variations to it. Sources: Numismatics of South Carolina Merchant Trade Tokens--Tony Chibbaro. And the Interwebbie.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1406280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1406320[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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