Chote (Chota), Overhill Cherokee towns
Chota, a town of the Overhill Cherokee on the Little Tennessee River, where Henry Timberlake was received in the town house in December 1761.
Today: Little Tennessee River, Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
Peace in the Town-House at Chota
Henry Timberlake, Memoirs (London, 1765): arrival among the Overhill Cherokee, December 1761 · events of December 1761; printed at London, 1765
Some days after, the headmen of each town were assembled in the town-house of Chote, the metropolis of the country, to hear the articles of peace read, whither the interpreter and I accompanied Ostenaco.
Some days later, the headmen of each town were assembled in the town-house of Chote, the chief town of the country, to hear the articles of peace read. The interpreter and I went there with Ostenaco.