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They were later joined by Utsala's band from the Nantahala River in western North Carolina, and those few from the Valley Towns who managed to remain in 1838 following Indian Removal of most of the Cherokee to Indian Territory. Principal chiefs: Yonaguska (1824–1839) Salonitah, or Flying Squirrel (1870–1875) Lloyd R. Welch (1875–1880)
A majority of the people knew that during the year Ross, not Hicks, had taken care of all of the regular business of the tribe. On October 17, 1828, the Cherokee elected John Ross as principal chief. [29] Through the 1820s, the Cherokee Council passed a series of laws creating a bicameral national government, adopting structure from the US ...
William Holland Thomas, Wil' Usdi (1805–1893), non-Native who was adopted into the tribe, founding Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, commanding officer of the Thomas Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders. Nancy Ward, Nanye-hi (ca. 1736–1822/4), Beloved Woman, diplomat.
Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, [a] c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors who resisted colonists and United States settlers in the Upper South.
But the larger part of the Cherokee, including the Lower Cherokee who followed Dragging Canoe, recognized Little Turkey as leader. Following the end of the Cherokee–American wars (1794) and the subsequent organization that year of a national government, Little Turkey's title became Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. He held this position ...
In an 1826 letter [3] to John Ross, whom he was grooming as a future Principal Chief, Charles Hicks recounted the history of the Cherokee tribe. He related events from his youth, including his encounters with the chiefs Attacullaculla and Oconostota , and early European trader Cornelius Dougherty, as well as stories of traditions.
The Eastern Band, aided by William Thomas, became the Thomas Legion of Cherokee Indians and Highlanders, fighting for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. [69] Cherokee in Indian Territory divided into Union and Confederate factions. Stand Watie, the leader of the Ridge Party, raised a regiment for Confederate service in 1861.
Robert "Bob" Benge (c. 1762–1794), also known as Captain Benge (or "The Bench" to frontiersmen), was a Cherokee leader in the Upper Towns, in present-day far Southwest Virginia during the Cherokee–American wars (1783–1794).
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