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Since the Tsalagi (Cherokee) speak an Iroquoian language it is certain that their far distant ancestors were also the ancestors of the Senecas, Oneida, Cayugas, Hurons, Petuns and other Iroquoian tribes east and south-east of the Great Lakes.

Most historians today accept that the Cherokee moved south from that same area at some time during the 15th century AD (after Columbus' discovery of the New World), so they are comparative late arrivals in the South-East.

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