The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Cherokee Nation Tribal 17675 S. Muskogee Ave. Tahlequah, OK 74464 P.O. Wirt argued two cases on behalf of the Cherokee: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia. The Cherokee were not originally one tribe but were separated into bands by geographic features and language dialects. Cherokee National Seminary, Male and Female Seminary Records, 1881-1882. It was forbidden to marry within ones clan or to someone in the clan of ones father. . At the age of twenty, having completed his education and with bilingual skills, Ross received an appointment as US Indian agent to the western Cherokee and was sent to their territory (in present-day Arkansas). [52], After the war, the two factions of the Cherokee tried to negotiate separately with the US government Southern Treaty Commission. In 1822 they created the Cherokee Supreme Court, capping the creation of a three-branch government. They also built a . Many of its members are traditionalists and Baptists. In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. She was buried in her native Delaware. Between 1790 and 1845, the Cherokee . Tribal Councilor Jack Baker said he believes "blood law" was the basis for the . Forgotten Oklahoma Records. Cherokee Emigration Rolls, 1817-1835. by Jack D. Baker. [59][60], National Public Radio correspondent Steve Inskeep suggested that the US $20 bill be modified to carry images of both John Ross and Andrew Jackson, "illustrating our democratic experience."[61]. Sister was born in 1726, in Cherokee, Alabama, United States. Ross's daughter Jane and her husband, Andrew Nave, were living at Rose Cottage at the time. In the summer of 1830, Jackson urged the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek to sign individual treaties accepting removal from their homelands. Accepting defeat, Ross convinced General Scott to allow him to supervise much of the removal process. The Eastern Band, the Cherokee Nation and the Keetoowah. "Rozema: The Brainerd Mission and Chattanooga history". John A. Crowe, 83, former Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, died at his home in Cherokee Wednesday, March 7,2001. The more slaves you owned, the more serious a businessperson you were, and the more serious a businessperson you were, the fitter you were to join the ranks of civilized society. Its worth remembering, as Paul Chaat Smith says, that while most Native Americans did not own slaves, neither did most Mississippi whites. [20][citation needed], Some politicians in Washington recognized the change represented by Ross's leadership. Forgotten Oklahoma Records ( Allotment) by Fredrea Marilyn Hermann Cook. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. His eldest daughter, Sarah, cared for her younger siblings and befriended Ross. But the dispute was made moot when federal legislation in the form of the Indian Removal Act exercised the federal government's legal power to handle the whole affair. His businesses served as the start of a community known as Ross's Landing on the Tennessee River (now Chattanooga, Tennessee). In the following years, John helped write a constitution for the Cherokee Nation based on the United States Constitution. Otherwise a small mistake could waste a great deal of time and end in frustration. Maude Bliss Allen, Census Records and Cherokee Muster Rolls. A Cherokee could marry into any of the clans except two, that to which his father belonged, for all of that clan were his fathers and aunts and that to which his mother belonged, for all of that clan are his brothers and sisters. She helped propel the world into an era of space travel while becoming of one of the nation's most prominent women scientists of the space age.[56]. United States. Marriage records for Cooweescoowee District, 1867-1898. FS Library film 1249974 first film of 7, Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. The Cherokee Nation began to assimilate with European-American culture in the 1820s. Quick access. Oklahoma Historical Society, Indian Archives Division. Cherokee were sometimes listed as white or mulatto on U.S. government censuses, or not included at all. I dont think so. Among these records are: Cherokee Nation. He is also a published crossword constructor and a voracious consumer of movies and video games. Pictures of their typical homes, as well as the homes of Chief John Ross and Major Ridge are shown. Both Pathkiller and Hicks trained Ross, who served as their clerk and worked on all financial and political matters of the nation. Native Americans, she said, had themselves been enslaved, even before African-Americans, and the two groups were enslaved for approximately 150 years in tandem. It wasnt until the mid 18th-century that the bondage of Native Americans began to wane as Africans were imported in greater and greater numbers. Learn more about the Dawes rolls and see examples at left. Secretary of War John C. Calhoun pressed Ross to cede large tracts of land in Tennessee and Georgia. He was ranked as one of the five wealthiest men in the Cherokee Nation.[13]. [45][46] Many leaders of the northern faction, still led by Ross, went to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for the duration of the war. Born in 1796, there is little written about his life until he led a company of Cherokee emigrants from Georgia to Indian Territory. Because selling common lands was a capital crime under Cherokee law, treaty opponents assassinated Boudinot, Major Ridge and John Ridge after the migration to Indian Territory. In 1824 John Ross, on a delegation to Washington, D.C. wrote: (Moulton) By 1813, as relations with the United States became more complex, older, uneducated chiefs such as Pathkiller could not effectively defend Cherokee interests. View more facts for vann. He told the man to feed his horse and put him away for the night. Oklahoma Historical Society. The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. When he returned to the Cherokee Nation in 1817, he was elected to the National Council. By 1848, however, the U.S. Congress agreed to recognize the North Carolina Cherokees rights as long as the state would recognize them as permanent residents. Most of Drew's regiment would later twice desert rather than follow Confederate orders to kill other Indians. After being educated at home, Ross pursued higher studies with the Reverend Gideon Blackburn, who established two schools in southeast Tennessee for Cherokee children. Some remained in North Carolina. (M0208) FS Library 1024418 first of 14 films, Annuity Records, 1905-1910 FS Library film 1030883. Thereafter Ross made more trips to Washington, even as white demands intensified. Most Cherokee thought the signatories unauthorized. After the Red Stick War ended, what was effectively a civil war among Cherokee, Ross started a tobacco plantation in Tennessee. Ross was able to argue subtle points about legal responsibilities as well as whites. Hicks's brother, William, was appointed interim chief. The Eastern Cherokee land consists of approximately 56,668 acres in five counties in North Carolina: Cherokee, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties. Moser, Krystan. In a series of letters to Ross, Hicks outlined known Cherokee traditions. John Ross, Cherokee name Tsan-Usdi, (born October 3, 1790, Turkeytown, Cherokee territory [near present-day Centre, Alabama, U.S.]died August 1, 1866, Washington, D.C., U.S.), Cherokee chief who, after devoting his life to resisting U.S. seizure of his people's lands in Georgia, was forced to assume the painful task of shepherding the Cherokees in their removal to the Oklahoma Territory. [31], In this environment, Ross led a delegation to Washington in March 1834 to try to negotiate alternatives to removal. [26] These were calculated to force the Cherokee to move. [47], By 1863, the flight of many Cherokee voters to refuge in Kansas and Texas provided the pro-Confederate Treaty Party an opportunity to elect Stand Watie as principal chief without them. Ross returned to Indian Territory after her funeral. Were the Cherokee given smallpox blankets on the Trail of Tears? [51], Ross took his wife Mary and the children to Philadelphia so she could see her family. For more information about treaties, click here. Chorus (after each verse): Way, ay, yah ugh! The Cherokee were slave owners, and resided in areas encompassed by southern influence many of them enlisted in the Confederate Army. But not most of the time. It was a losing argument. More than 100 writers conducted over 11,000 interviews and were asked to "call upon early settlers and (record) the story of the migration to Oklahoma and their early life here." Oklahoma Historical Society. McLean's advice was to "remove and become a Territory with a patent in fee simple to the nation for all its lands and a delegate in Congress, but reserving to itself the entire right of legislation and selection of all officers." However, the dates of extant memorials lend support to the idea that the Cherokee were the first nation to use Congress as a means of support. His maternal grandfather was a Scottish immigrant. During the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War the tribe supported the British. However, Ross could not stop its enforcement. (ALABAMA) JOHN CHEROKEE. The Treaty Party became known as the "Southern Party," but the National Party largely became the "Union Party." What you probably dont picture are the numerous African-American slaves, Cherokee-owned, who made the brutal march themselves, or else were shipped en masse to what is now Oklahoma aboard cramped boats by their wealthy Indian masters. By December 1836, Ross's properties were appraised at $23,665 ($583952 today). There is, however, almost no evidence to support the claim. Opponents of removal assassinated the leaders of the Treaty Party; Stand Watie escaped and became Ross's most implacable foe. She was survived by their children James McDonald Ross (18141864), William Allen Ross (18171891), Jane Ross Meigs-Nave (18211894), Silas Dean Ross (18291872) and George Washington Ross (18301870). They interfere forcibly with the relations established between the United States and the Cherokee nation, the regulation of which, according to the settled principles of our Constitution, are committed exclusively to the government of the Union.". They knew exactly what they were doing. They made him a slave in Alabam', He run away every time he can. Do you want to hear that? Smith asked the audience. The five Chickamauga Cherokee were in the towns of Runningwater, Nickajack, Chickamauga, Tinsawatie, and Elijay were closely aligned with the Spanish and fought with other Cherokee who were friendly with the British. As the only delegate fluent in English, Ross became the principal negotiator despite his relative youth. He described Ross as the father of the Cherokee Nation, a Moses who "ledhis people in their exodus from the land of their nativity to a new country, and from the savage state to that of civilization. Classes were in English and students were mostly of mixed race, like Ross. John Ross made an unlikely looking Cherokee chief. [44], After Ross departed to meet with President Lincoln in Washington, traditionalist Cherokee helped maneuver the selection of Ross supporter Thomas Pegg as Acting Principal Chief. On December 8, 1829, President Andrew Jackson made a speech announcing his intention to pass a bill through Congress by the following spring requiring Indian tribes living in the Southeastern states to move west of the Mississippi and cede their land claims in the East.[25]. Ross spent his childhood with his parents near Lookout Mountain. Cherokee Agency, M 595, births and deaths 1924-1932. After moving to California in 1850, he began to write. With great difficulty (and private donations), Ross was able to pay the Cherokee Nation's legal bills. Crowe was born. [2] An index to the Indian Pioneer Papers may also be found at OKGenWeb Oklahoma Genealogy. The court awarded more than 1 million dollars to be distributed to all Eastern Cherokee alive on 28 May 1906, who could prove that they were members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties. Ross, backed by the vast majority[citation needed], tried repeatedly to stop white political powers from forcing the tribe to move. In addition, Ross had established a trading firm and warehouse. Ryan graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Science, Technology & Society and now writes for both Smithsonian Magazine and the World Bank's Connect4Climate division. Ross lost all his belongings. The good news is that a great deal of genealogical information was collected, verified, and backed up by witness testimony when the government setout to break up the tribe. Family tree. Be open-minded about family stories that may have been passed down. Under the matrilineal kinship system of the Cherokee, Ross and his siblings were considered born to his mother's family and Bird Clan. Danny Spooner sings John Cherokee. [58], The city of Park Hill, Oklahoma hosts a John Ross museum in a former schoolhouse located west of Ross Cemetery. In 1824, Ross boldly petitioned Congress for redress of Cherokee grievances, which made the Cherokee the first tribe ever to do so. Township Plats, Cherokee Nation. They also had to prove that they were descended from members who had not been subsequently affiliates with any other tribe. Discover the meaning and history behind your last name and get a sense . Described as the Moses of his people,[1] Ross influenced the nation through such tumultuous events as the relocation to Indian Territory and the American Civil War. FamilySearch Library (FS Library); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL). This is the story of John Cherokee, Alabama John Cherokee Nigger man from Mirramashee, Alabama John Cherokee. Although he refused, the US government pressure continued and intensified. This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Ross made another trip to Washington, DC, for this purpose, and died there on August 1, 1866. And sometimes, I still do. Delaware Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Agency (East) U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, School Records, 1907-1948, September 13, 1865, at Fort Smith - unratified. Many intermarried whites (spouses) were later removed from the rolls. The Cherokee owned slaves for the same reasons their white neighbors did. [32] On December 29, 1835, the Treaty Party signed the Treaty of New Echota with the U.S. For background information to help find Native American ancestors see For Further Reading. Inskeep, Steve (5 May 2015). However, Ross had by then persuaded Johnson to reject a particularly harsh treaty version favored by Cooley. Nobody does. And yet, Smith is firm in his belief that it is a museums duty to embrace and elucidate ambiguity, not sweep it under the rug in the pursuit of some cleaner fiction. 1980. He was born c.1720, married a Cherokee, and resided in the Ninety Six settlement in the early 1750's. The answer, Miles contends, is that in capitalism-crazed America, slaves became tokens of economic success. 2023 Smithsonian Magazine In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,' Chief Justice John Marshall acknowledged that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation, stating, "[T]he Cherokees as a state, as a distinct political society, separated from others, capable of managing its own affairs and governing itself, has, in the opinion of a majority of the judges, been completely successful.". Georgia Stories. In fact, when John Cherokee is referred to as an "Indian man," it probably means he was from the West Indies. By 1820 a group that had tired of the encroachment by settlers migrated to Indian Territory which is now Arkansas. The other tribes signed off on Jackson's terms.[27]. The state did not do so until almost 20 years later. Claims of Disposessed Cherokee 1835 aka Trail of Tears roll, Memorial Letter to Senate Cherokee Nation Dec 1829. Never before had an Indian nation petitioned Congress with grievances. Titled Finding CommonGround, the symposium offered a deep dive into intersectional African-American and Native American history. Around 1790 some Cherokee decided to leave the area and set up their tribal government west of the Mississippi. In Worcester v. Georgia, the Court found that Georgia could not extend its laws to the Cherokee Nation because that was a power of the federal government. at Head of Coosa late at night, Ross saw a man he did not recognize at his house. Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management from Northeastern State University. However, Ridge was furious that Ross had refused to consider Jackson's offer to pay the Cherokee $3,000,000 for all their lands in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The Western or Oklahoma Cherokee (Cherokee Nation) An act of Congress approved March 3, 1893, established a commission to negotiate agreements with the Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Cherokee Indian tribes. The Cherokee Phoenix is a tribal media organization. It authorized the president to set aside lands west of the Mississippi to exchange for the lands of the Indian nations in the Southeast. In 2018, John P. and John M. celebrated 100 years of Loughlin Law Firm in Cherokee County and look forward to many years of continued service. "A Final Resting Place". Meanwhile, the Cherokee Nation had encountered financial hard times. In November 1818, just before the General Council meeting with U.S. Indian agent Joseph McMinn, who was assigned to deal with the Cherokee, Ross became president of the National Committee, a position he would hold through 1827. On December 19, 1829, the Georgia legislature, enacted a series of laws that greatly restricted the Cherokee Nation: they confiscated a large section of Cherokee occupied land, nullified Cherokee law within the confiscated area, banned further meetings of the Cherokee government in Georgia, declared contracts between Indians and whites null and void unless witnessed by two whites, disallowed Indians from testifying against a white person in court, and forbade Cherokee to dig for gold on their own lands. At the same time, those Cherokee families in west pleaded with the Easterners to join them. Change and Conflict. [33] This forced removal came to be known as the Trail of Tears. This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 14:49. He held about 20 enslaved African Americans to cultivate and process this labor-intensive crop.[11][12]. [50] Ross's oldest son, James, who had gone to Park Hill searching for supplies, was captured and sent to prison in the Confederacy, where he died. However, her younger sister, Mary Brian Stapler, developed a real love for Ross and initiated a romantic attachment in May 1844. They were working hard to comply with government dictates that told native people that in order to be protected and secure in their land base, they had to prove their level of civilization, Miles explained. The Cherokee Tribe was under the following jurisdictions: Blackburn, Bob L. "Battle Cry for History: The First Century of the Oklahoma Historical Society." One of the oldest surviving homes in the Chattanooga area, it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. The assassins were never publicly identified nor tried in court. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984.FS Library 970.3 mw WorldCat, Mc Clinton, Rowena. Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938 by John Carver2003.Over 600 pages. Even though his health was worsening, Ross left Park Hill, where he was staying with his niece, on November 9, 1865, to meet with President Andrew Johnson. [34], Returning to his home[when?] Cookie Policy Indian Archives Division. He fought under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the British-allied Upper Creek warriors, known as the Red Sticks. Marriage Records for the Saline District of the Cherokee Nation, 1868-1894. On October 17, 1828 the Cherokee elected John Ross as principal chief. Stand Watie, a Cherokee Confederate General, Treaty party leader, and relative of the Treaty party leaders who were assassinated pressured mixed blood Chief John Ross into siding with the confederacy. A Cherokee named Sequoyah created their own written language and started a newspaper called the Cherokee Phoenix. After the war the Cherokee were split by so many elements that it barely survived. Many full-blood Cherokee frequented his father's trading company, so he encountered tribal members on many levels. Ross presided over the birth of Cherokee Nation, the removal of his people from their homeland, and the founding of a new nation in a distant place. Cherokee born outside of a clan or outsiders who were taken into the tribe in ancient times had to be adopted into a clan by a clan mother. -- On the morning of June 22, 1839, three small bands of Cherokees carried out "blood law" upon Major Ridge, John Ridge and Elias Boudinot -- three prominent Cherokees who signed a treaty in 1835 calling for the tribe's removal to Indian Territory. Oklahoma Historical Society. But the Americans wanted to punish the Cherokee who had sided with the British and began to grab land. Marriage records for Tahlelquah District in the Cherokee Nation, 1892-1897. 1835 Henderson Roll (Eastern Cherokee) (most detailed census) enumerated 16,000 Cherokees residing in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Marshall stated that, "the acts of Georgia are repugnant to the Constitution, laws and treaties of the United States. William G. Cherokees and Missionaries, 1789-1839. As a child, Ross participated in tribal events, such as the Green Corn Festival. For the next 30 years, the government took more and more land while pressuring the Eastern Cherokee to move west also. May 8, 2014. Henderson Rolls - 1835 - A listing of 16,000 Cherokees living in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, & North Carolina to be removed to Oklahoma, per Treaty New Echota. [28], In a meeting in May 1832, Supreme Court Justice John McLean spoke with the Cherokee delegation to offer his views on their situation. . In 1817, John became one of thirteen people to form a national council for the Cherokee. They shipped him 'board of a . Because names were often written as they sounded to an English ear, there is wide variation in recorded names. Smith and Miles agree that much of early American history is explained poorly by modern morality but effectively by simple economics and power dynamics. The removal to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) occurred in the winter of 1838-1839, with an 800 mile journey, this became known as the "Trail of Tears", with a loss of one-fourth of their tribe. During the latter part of the 18th Century and most of the 19th Century, treaties were negotiated between the federal government and individual native tribes. [16], In 1816, the chief's council named Ross to his first delegation to American leaders in Washington D.C. This fundamentally altered the traditional relationship between an Indian nation and the US government. Despite a sustained, courageouscampaignon the part of John Ross to preserve his peoples property rights, including multiple White House visits with Jackson, in the end the influx of white settlers and economic incentives made the bills momentum insuperable. Some were included in the unindexed reports and other correspondence of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The year link (year of the treaty) will connect to an online copy of the treaty. About one fourth of the Cherokee who were forced to move died along the trail, including Ross's wife, Quatie. In the 1750's, as the prior generation of Indian traders retired, he took on a larger role. One of what is often called the "Five Civilized Tribes", Cherokee Tribe is one of the Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole, Leaders: Sequoyah, Elias Boudinot, Nancy Ward, Clans: Wolf (Aniwahya), Wild Potato (Anigatogewi) , Deer (Anikawi), Bird (Ani Tsiskwa), Paint (Aniwodi), Blue (Anisahoni), and Long Hair (Anigilohi), Cherokee Nation Tribal17675 S. Muskogee Ave.Tahlequah, OK 74464P.O. Scots and English fur traders in North America were typically men of social status and financial standing who married high-ranking Native American women. For more information about these records click here. He is best known for joining the Confederate . [23] In a letter dated February 23, 1827, to Colonel Hugh Montgomery, the Cherokee agent, Ross wrote that with the death of Hicks, he had assumed responsibility for all public business of The Nation. Letter from Chief John Ross, "To the Senate and . They were only brought into some sort of unity when the English, weary from dealing with so many heads of state, withheld vital trade goods until the Cherokees selected an Emperor, through whom the British could deal. [38] Ross also had influential supporters in Washington, including Thomas L. McKenney, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (18241830). "[21] Adams specifically noted Ross as "the writer of the delegation" and remarked that "they [had] sustained a written controversy against the Georgia delegation with greate[sic] advantage. Before responding to Calhoun's proposition, Ross first ascertained the sentiment of the Cherokee people. Oklahoma Historical Society. He continued to negotiate with the federal government, trying to strike a better bargain for the Cherokee people. After 1814, Ross's political career as a Cherokee legislator and diplomat progressed with the support of such individuals as the Principal Chief Pathkiller,[14] Assistant Principal Chief Charles R. Hicks, and Casey Holmes, an elder statesman of the Cherokee Nation, as well as the women elders of his clan. . The majority of work has already been done as well explain below. He became council president in the following year. The area called the Qualla Boundary was established in 1882. Genealogy; Cherokee Notes by James Manford Carselowey. The series of decisions embarrassed Jackson politically, as Whigs attempted to use the issue in the 1832 election. Preserve your family's Cherokee heritage. Box 948Tahlequah, OK 74465Phone: 918-453-5000Website, Cherokee Heritage Center - Cherokee National Historical Society21192 S. Keller Drive Park Hill, OK 74451 Phone: 918-456-6007PO Box 515Tahlequah, OK 74465-0515Cherokee Heritage Center Website. In January 1835 the factions were again in Washington. He presided over the nation during the apex of its development in the Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and the subsequent rebuilding of the nation in Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma. [49] When he returned for Mary in 1865, he found her gravely ill with what was diagnosed as "lung congestion" (likely tuberculosis). Direct phone: 918-453-5149. [8], Ross's life resembled prominent Anglo-Halfbreeds in the northern United States and Canada. After graduation, Ross was appointed as a US Indian agent in 1811. Marriages for Going Snake District, 1880-1898, Marriage Records for Illinois District, 1868-1898. This is another halyard chantey. John Ross, Father of the Cherokee Nation. These suits resulted in the Guion-Miller roll, the applications of the Cherokee East of the Mississippi, and the Cherokees of North Carolina. Ross and tens of thousands of traditional Cherokee people objected and voted against complying with an invalid treaty, which had been supported by a few hundred mostly assimilated Cherokee. Additional Census Records Available through the FamilySearch Library, Crews, C. Daniel and Richard W. Starbuck. The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture . In Ross's correspondence, what had previously been the tone of petitions by submissive Indians was replaced by assertive defenders. Ross's strategy was flawed because it was susceptible to the United States' making a treaty with a minority faction. Ross was elected to the thirteen-member body, where each man served two-year terms. John Ross survived two wives and had several children. Cherokee Removal. It also doesnt matter whether your parents were ever registered. A large portion of the tribe was removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s. Cherokee National Female Seminary 1876-1909. [29], McLean's advice precipitated a split within the Cherokee leadership as John Ridge and Elias Boudinot began to doubt Ross's leadership. Born in 1796, there is little written about his life until he led a company of Cherokee emigrants from Georgia to Indian Territory. Sequoya (George Grist) a mixed blood, developed the Cherokee alphabet, helping to make the tribe a literate people. The Cherokee had created a constitutional republic with delegated authority capable of formulating a clear, long-range policy to protect national rights. At first the majority supported the Confederacy, which protected their slaveholdings. The two sides attempted reconciliation, but by October 1834 still had not come to an agreement. [10] Quatie Ross died in 1839 in Arkansas on the Trail of Tears as discussed below. They were traditionalists, who resisted the assimilationist tendencies of the Lower Creek. In May 1827, Ross was elected to the twenty-four member constitutional committee. In 1832, the Supreme Court further defined the relation of the federal government and the Cherokee Nation. Described as the Moses of his people, Ross led the Nation through tumultuous years of development, relocation to Oklahoma, and the American Civil War. 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