TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hicks,Brian
TI  - Toward the setting sun: John Ross, the Cherokees, and the Trail of Tears 
SN  - 9780802119636
AV  - E99.C5 H62 2011
U1  - 975.004/97557 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, NY, [Berkeley, Calif.]
PB  - Atlantic Monthly Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
KW  - Ross, John,
KW  - Trail of Tears, 1838-1839
KW  - Cherokee Indians
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Relocation
KW  - Government relations
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - sears
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -