History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore / Emmet Starr.
A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
Record details
- ISBN: 0806317299
- ISBN: 9780806317298
- Physical Description: 680 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Given in Honor of Martha Simmons by Elizabeth Ann SimmonsOriginally published: Oklahoma City : Warden, 1921.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | REF OCR 975.004 S (Text) | 36015000011433 | Genealogy | Available | - |
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A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
