Record details

• ISBN: 9780895873460
• ISBN: 089587346X
• Physical Description: xix, 394 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher: Winston-Salem, N.C. : John F. Blair, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-372) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The principal people -- Prehistoric Native Americans -- Cherokee life and customs -- The arrival of the white man -- The Spanish expeditions -- The Cherokees and their neighbors -- The French and British influence -- Conflicts with the settlers -- The rise of Nancy Ward and dragging canoe -- The Watauga settlement -- Violence on the frontier -- Federalization and Christianization of the Cherokees -- The Cherokees rebuild -- The Creek War and the emergence of Andrew Jackson -- John Ross and the Cherokee Nation -- The Cherokee government formalizes -- The rise of John Ross -- The mounting pressure to move west -- The Treaty of New Echota and the Trail of Tears -- The Eastern Cherokees rebuild -- The Cherokees who remained behind -- William Thomas and the Cherokees in the Civil War -- The Cherokee reservation.

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Cherokee Indians > Southern States.
Indians of North America > Southern States.
North Caroliniana.
Southern States > Description and travel.