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History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore

Title
History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore / Emmet Starr.
Author
Starr, Emmet.
Publication
Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003.

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Additional Authors
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Description
680 pages : illustrations, map, plates; 22 cm
Summary
A history of the Cherokee Indians, from conjectures about their possible origin of these peoples, to events in the early 1900s.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • Genealogy.
  • History.
Note
  • Originally published: Oklahoma City : Warden, 1921. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. [in] 2003, 2004 [and] 2006. --- From title page verso
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source (note)
  • New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;
Contents
Origin, religion, characteristics -- Trouble with the Chickamaugau, attack at Knoxville, Mussel Shoals massacre, removal to Arkansas, first printed laws -- Convention of delegates, constitution adopted -- Proclamation of May 28, 1828 -- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1835 -- The emigration from Georgia, cost detachment, resolutions of protest, political differences, civil war averted -- Act of union between the Eastern and Western Cherokees -- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1846. Schools established. Old settler payments. Keetoowah Society organized. Organization of military companies. Cherokees enter the Civil War. General Waite surrenders -- Treaty with the Cherokees, 1866. Delawares acquire full rights. Shawnees adopted by Cherokees. Land sold to Osages. Officers' salaries fixed. Land donated to Masons. Lodges -- The Texas Cherokees 1820-30. Grant from Mexico. Grant from Texas. Treaties. Expulsion -- Public school system established. National officials. Male and female seminary. Graduates. Eleemosynary institutions -- Missionary activities, first printing -- Officials of the Cherokee nation, September 9, 1839, to June 30, 1909 -- Old families and their genealogy -- Continuation of old families [five chapters] -- Redbird Smith. The Nighthawk Branch of the Keetoowah Organization. Election of Chief Levi Gritts -- Continuation of old families.
Call Number
NYGB E 99 C5 S8 2003
ISBN
  • 0806317299
  • 9780806317298
LCCN
2002117800
OCLC
52090895
Author
Starr, Emmet.
Title
History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folk lore / Emmet Starr.
Imprint
Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source
Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008. NN
Added Author
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
Research Call Number
NYGB E 99 C5 S8 2003
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