Between 1730-60, Moytoy served as "emperor" to the Cherokee people when Sir Alexander Cuming traveled to Cherokee country to seek one spokesman for the Cherokee Nation. From - The Eastern Band of Cherokee, by John R. Finger, Univ. of TN Press, Knoxville, TN. Source <a href=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/cJames-R-Hicks/BOOK-00 01/0025-001.html>J Hicks</a> "..who has extracted much documentation from books such as `Cherokee Tragedy`; "Old Frontiers", by John P. Brown; `Indian Countryman` of Hiawassee; the Emmet Starr book on the Cherokee, and <a href=http://www.users.mis.net>Chestnut</a>