History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore /
A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about the possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kraus,
1969.
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| Series: | Indigenous peoples of the Americas: history, culture & law.
Religion and the law. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Origin, religion, characteristics
- Trouble with the Chickamaugau, attack at Knoxville, Mussel Shoals massacre, removal to Arkansas, first printed laws
- Convention of delegates, constitution adopted
- Proclamation of May 28, 1828
- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1835
- The emigration from Georgia, cost detachment, resolutions of protest, political differences, civil war averted
- Act of union between the Eastern and Western Cherokees
- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1846. Schools established. Old settler payments. Keetoowah Society organized. Organization of military companies. Cherokees enter the Civil War. General Waite surrenders
- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1866. Delawares acquire full rights. Shawnees adopted by Cherokees. Land sold to Osages. Officers' salaries fixed. Land donated to Masons. Lodges
- The Texas Cherokees 1820-30. Grant from Mexico. Grant from Texas. Treaties. Expulsion
- Public school system established. National officials. Male and female seminary. Graduates. Eleemosynary institutions
- Missionary activities, first printing
- Officials of the Cherokee nation, September 9, 1839, to June 30, 1909
- Old families and their genealogy
- Continuation of old families [five chapters]
- Redbird Smith. The Nighthawk Branch of the Keetoowah Organization. Election of Chief Levi Gritts
- Continuation of old families.
