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A wounded English officer from Fort Loudon was befriended by an Indian Chief and nursed back to health by Nocatula, the Chief’s daughter. Given the name Connestoga, “The Oak,” the soldier was accepted into the tribe and married Nocatula. A jealous suitor attacked Connestoga with a knife, and as he lay dying Nocatula confessed her eternal love and plunged a knife into her breast. Buried together, the Chief placed an acorn in Connestoga’s hand and a hackberry in Nocatula’s hand as symbols of undying love, and from these grew two trees that stood on this spot for 150 years.
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