Chota was the capital town of the Overhill Cherokees in 1600-1700’s in Tennessee. This is where James Needham and Gabriel Arthur first made contact with the Cherokees at Chota on thier journey from the falls of the James RIver in Virginia when they left and went over-the-hills west to the unknown frontier in 1675. They were the first white men to make contact with the Cherokees.
He was Chief in 1675