A guide to the eastern homelands of the Cherokee Nation
By: by Vicki Rozema.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John F. Blair
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Winston-Salem, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780895873460
Subjects: Cherokee Indians -- Southern States; Indians of North America -- Southern States; Southern States -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The principal people; title: Prehistoric Native Americans; title: Cherokee life and customs; title: The arrival of the white man; title: The Spanish expeditions; title: The Cherokees and their neighbors; title: The French and British influence; title: Conflicts with the settlers; title: The rise of Nancy Ward and dragging canoe; title: The Watauga settlement; title: Violence on the frontier; title: Federalization and Christianization of the Cherokees; title: The Cherokees rebuild; title: The Creek War and the emergence of Andrew Jackson; title: John Ross and the Cherokee Nation; title: The Cherokee government formalizes; title: The rise of John Ross; title: The mounting pressure to move west; title: The Treaty of New Echota and the Trail of Tears; title: The Eastern Cherokees rebuild; title: The Cherokees who remained behind; title: William Thomas and the Cherokees in the Civil War; title: The Cherokee reservation.