A comprehensive history of the Cherokee Nation, tracing their origin, relations with other native tribes, missionaries, and settlers, forced migration to Oklahoma in the 1830s, and participation in the Civil War.
A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
This important book explores the truth behind the legends, offering new insights into the turbulent history of these Native Americans. The book's readable style will appeal to all those interested in American Indians.
The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears recounts this moment in American history and considers its impact on the Cherokee, on U.S.-Indian relations, and on contemporary society.
sentatives of the Cherokee Nation, West, April 1, 1840, 26th Cong., 1st sess., H. Doc. ... McLoughlin, After the Trail of Tears, 154–55; William G. McLoughlin, Champions of the Cherokees: Evan and John B. Jones (Princeton NJ: Princeton ...
Complicating the situation even further, Cherokee men fought for the Union as well as the Confederacy and created their own “brothers’ war.” This book offers a broad overview of the war as it affected the Cherokees—a social history ...
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This volume, presents the succession of treaties between 1785 and 1868 that reduced the holdings of the Cherokee Nation east of the Mississippi and culminated in their removal to Indian territory.
McIntosh had brought along several Creek chiefs, all well dressed and mounted, and they received a handsome reception from the major. McIntosh was escorted to the White Bench reserved for special guests, those held in the highest esteem ...
Ancient Religion of the Delaware Indians: Observations and Reflections. Washington dc: Law Reporter. ———. 1997. Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing. Deborah Nichols, ed. James Rementer, transcriptions.