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Toward the setting sun : John Ross, the Cherokees, and the Trail of Tears / Brian Hicks.

By: Publication details: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2011.Description: xiv, 421 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780802119636
  • 0802119638
  • 9780802145697
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 975.004/97557 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.C5 H62 2011
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.
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.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-396) and index.

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.

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.

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