Amouskositte

{{short description|Cherokee leader}}

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Amouskositte of Great Tellico was an 18th-century Overhill Cherokee leader.{{Cite journal |last=Gearing |first=Fred O. |date=October 1962 |title=Priests and Warriors: Social Structures for Cherokee Politics in the 18th Century |journal=American Anthropologist |volume=64 |issue=5}} Following the death of his father Moytoy of Tellico in 1741, Amouskositte succeeded him as "Emperor of the Cherokee", a title bestowed on Moytoy by Scottish adventurer Alexander Cuming.{{Cite journal |last=Owens |first=Robert M. |date=November 2011 |title=[Review] Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, and Diplomats in the Founding of America |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A273786073/AONE |journal=Journal of Southern History |volume=77 |issue=4 |via=Gale Academic OneFile}}

Few Cherokee recognized him as their First Beloved Man, and by 1753 both he and Tellico had become eclipsed by Kanagatucko (Old Hop) and Chota.