The Cherokees and Their Chiefs: In the Wake of EmpireUniversity of Arkansas Press, 01 հնվ, 1998 թ. - 350 էջ In this newly researched and synthesized history of the Cherokees, Hoig traces the displacement of the tribe and the Trail of Tears, the great trauma of the Civil War, the destruction of tribal autonomy, and the Cherokee people's phoenix-like rise in political and social stature during the twentieth century. |
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... These chiefs were elected out of certain families , whose line of descent was purely matrilineal . There were other towns with lesser - ranked chiefs , whom Cuming called " princes . " Each town had a head warrior IO CHAPTER ONE.
... These chiefs were elected out of certain families , whose line of descent was purely matrilineal . There were other towns with lesser - ranked chiefs , whom Cuming called " princes . " Each town had a head warrior IO CHAPTER ONE.
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... warrior , whose authority was at times greater than the civil authority of the chief . It was possible that one man ... warriors were positioned closest to the fire , where canes were burned for both heat and light . With no windows and ...
... warrior , whose authority was at times greater than the civil authority of the chief . It was possible that one man ... warriors were positioned closest to the fire , where canes were burned for both heat and light . With no windows and ...
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... warriors from each village . " 20 Peace chiefs are believed to have evolved from the Proud priesthood . Old Hop , one of the earliest known Cherokee headmen , was referred to as a " priest " by James Adair , a trader who lived among the ...
... warriors from each village . " 20 Peace chiefs are believed to have evolved from the Proud priesthood . Old Hop , one of the earliest known Cherokee headmen , was referred to as a " priest " by James Adair , a trader who lived among the ...
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... warriors who set out on forays after being recruited by a leader . There was no organized warring structure as such with a hierarchy of war leaders , though some men rose to prominence in the tribe as war chiefs and were known by title ...
... warriors who set out on forays after being recruited by a leader . There was no organized warring structure as such with a hierarchy of war leaders , though some men rose to prominence in the tribe as war chiefs and were known by title ...
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... warriors . Grabbing up her husband's tomahawk , she rushed at the enemy with such fury that the retreating Cherokees re - formed and won a victory.30 Another famous Cherokee " war woman " was Nancy Ward . Her exploits in battle and ...
... warriors . Grabbing up her husband's tomahawk , she rushed at the enemy with such fury that the retreating Cherokees re - formed and won a victory.30 Another famous Cherokee " war woman " was Nancy Ward . Her exploits in battle and ...
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A Wall to the Skies | 57 |
New Elder Brother | 67 |
An Effort at Arms | 79 |
The Agony of Removal | 163 |
Expulsion from Texas | 177 |
Reunion and Conflict | 191 |
New Nation Old Feuds | 205 |
A House Redivided | 219 |
Resisting Dissolution | 235 |
An End to Sovereignty | 247 |
The Fourth Phoenix | 259 |
Intrigue and Assassination | 89 |
As Long as Waters Flow | 101 |
A New Breed of Beloved Men | 115 |
Cherokee Nation West | 133 |
Dark Clouds Gathering | 145 |
Those Who Stayed Behind | 263 |
Notes | 269 |
Bibliography | 307 |
Index | 323 |
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Adair Agency in Tennessee American State Papers Attakullakulla August Bloody Fellow Blount Bowle British Bushyhead Cherokee Advocate Cherokee chiefs Cherokee council Cherokee land Cherokee leaders Cherokee Nation Chief John Ross Chisholm Chota Chronicles of Oklahoma Creek Daily National Intelligencer delegation Doublehead Dragging Canoe elected Elias Boudinot February Foreman Fort Gibson Fort Loudoun Fort Prince George frontier full bloods George Georgia governor Hanging Maw History horses Houston Ibid Indian Affairs Indian Territory James John Ridge July June killed Letters Received Loudoun Lower Towns Major Ridge March McLoughlin Meigs missionaries Moulton murder National Intelligencer North Carolina November Oconostota October Old Hop Old Nation Osages Ostenaco Papers of Chief peace political President principal chief Records of Cherokee removal returned Ross's September Sequoyah South Stand Watie Starr Tahlequah Tahlonteskee Tellico Tennessee M-208 Tennessee River Texas trade Treaty party tribal tribes village Virginia wagons Washington Watts Western Cherokees William
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Էջ 68 - I have a pipe and a little tobacco to give the commissioners to smoke in friendship. I look on you and the red people as my children. Your having determined on peace is most pleasing to me, for I have seen much trouble during the late war.
Էջ 130 - We appeal to the magnanimity of the American Congress for justice, and the protection of the rights, liberties, and lives of the Cherokee people. We claim it from the United States, by the strongest...
Էջ 63 - Indeed, much has been advanced on the want of what you term civilization among the Indians; and many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, your religion, your manners and your customs.
Էջ 167 - Georgia, especially, multitudes were allowed no time to take any thing with them, except the clothes they had on. Well-furnished houses were left a prey to plunderers, who, like hungry wolves, follow in the train of the captors. These wretches rifle the houses, and strip the helpless, unoffending owners of all they have on earth. Females, who have been habituated to comforts and comparative affluence, are .driven on foot before the bayonets of brutal men. Their feelings are mortified by vulgar and...
Էջ 167 - The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their houses, and encamped at the forts and military posts, all over the nation.
Էջ 4 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory...
Էջ 161 - If one hundred persons are ignorant of their true situation and are so completely blinded as not to see the destruction that awaits them, we can see strong reasons to justify the action of a minority of fifty persons to do what the majority would do if they understood their condition, to save a nation from political thralldom and moral degradation.
Էջ 14 - ... that they can, by the wave of a swan's wing, deliver a wretch condemned by the council and already tied to the...
Էջ 68 - Your having determined on peace is most pleasing to me, for I have seen much trouble during the late war. I am old, but I hope yet to bear children, who will grow up and people our nation, as we are now to be under the protection of Congress and shall have no more disturbance. The talk I have given is from the young warriors I have raised in my town, as well as myself. They rejoice that we have peace, and we hope the chain of friendship will never more be broken.