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Toward the setting sun : John Ross, the Cherokees, and the Trail of Tears
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Toward the setting sun : John Ross, the Cherokees, and the Trail of Tears / Brian Hicks.
ISBN
9780802119636
0802119638
Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
Map on lining papers.
Summary
Relates the history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to Indian territory in Oklahoma and the struggle by their principal chief, John Ross, to prevent their removal from their ancestral lands.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-396) and index.
Contents
The time of the fall
An old prophecy
Little John
Horseshoe Bend
A sharp knife
A traitor in all nations
One generation passeth
The reins of power
A dangerous game
Turning point
The schemes of traitors
1855
Where they cried
Retribution
The way of the West.
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