lie was able to play off one against the other, holding commis-
sions by turn in the service of all three. Woodward, who knew of him by later
re] hi tat ion, asserts positively that McGillivray' s mother was of pure Indian blood and
that he himself was without education, his letters having been written for him by
Leslie, of the trading firm with which be was connected. The balance of testimony,
however, seems to leave no doubt that he was an educated as well as an able man,
whatever may have been his origin. Authorities: Drake, American Indians; docu-
ments in American State Papers, Indian Affairs, i, 1832; Pickett, Alabama, 1896;
Appleton'a Cyclopaedia of American Biography; W Iward, Reminiscences, p. 59 et
passim, 1859.
(24) Govebnob John Sevier (p. 57): This noted leader and statesman in the
pioneerhistory of Tennessee was horn in Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1745, and
died at the Creek town of Tukabatchee. in Alabama, in 1815. His father was a French
immigrant of good birth and education, the original name of the family being Xavier.
The son received a good education, and being naturally remarkably handsome and
of polished manner, tine courage, and generous temperament, soon acquired a remark-
able influence over the rough border men with whom his lot was cast and among
whom he was afterward affectionately known as "Chucky Jack." To the Cherokee
be was known as Tsan-usdi', "Little John." After some service against the Indians
on the Virginia frontier be removed to the new Watauga settlement in Tennessee,
in 1 77-, and at once became prominently identified with its affairs. He took
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