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'''Tsali''' ({{lang-chr|ᏣᎵ}}) was a noted leader of the [[Cherokee]] during two different periods of the history of the tribe. As a young man, Tsali joined the [[Chickamauga Cherokee|Chickamauga]] faction of the Cherokee in the late 18th century, and became a [[skiagusta|leader]] in the fight against the American frontiersmen and their constant expansion into tribal lands. Later In 1812, he became known as The Prophet, and urged the Cherokee to ally with the [[Shawnee]] warrior, [[Tecumseh]], in war against the Americans. Two decades later, in what seemed a fulfilment of his earlier prophecy, he resisted the [[Cherokee removal|forced removal]] of the Native Americans from their mountainous, western North Carolina towns, and as a result, a large following of like-minded Cherokee gathered to him. Following Tsali's martyrdom, the three hundred fugitive followers of his that remained free after his sacrifice became the forebears of some 14,000 registered members of the [[Eastern Band of the Cherokee]] Indians living today in the [[Qualla Boundary]].