death_date nationality ethnicity birth_date signature death_place other_names image_size spouse image citizenship name occupation death_cause caption resting_place birth_place parents article_title birth_name
05 october 1867 american american indian 19 march 1827 john rollin ridge signature.jpg grass valley , california '' chee-squa-ta-law-ny '' -lrb- yellow bird -rrb- 200px elizabeth wilson johnrollinridge.jpg united states john rollin ridge novelist , newspaperman '' -rrb- encephalitis lethargia '' -lrb- `` brain fever '' john rollin ridge grass valley , california new echota , cherokee nation -lrb- now georgia -rrb- john ridge sarah bird northrup john rollin ridge
 '' chee-squa-ta-law-ny '' -lrb- yellow bird -rrb-
john rollin ridge

john rollin ridge -lrb- cherokee name : cheesquatalawny , or yellow bird , march 19 , 1827 -- october 5 , 1867 -rrb- , a member of the cherokee nation , is considered the first native american novelist .
