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Doublehead was elected first Speaker of the Cherokee National Council when the Cherokee formed its first nascent national government in 1794. He became one of the foremost advocates of acculturation and became one of the richest men in The Cherokee Nation — the Lower Towns where he was a leader were then the wealthiest section of the entire ...
In 1807, Doublehead was bribed by white speculators to cede some Cherokee communal land without approval by the Cherokee National Council. The Council determined this to be a capital crime against the nation, and directed Ridge, James Vann , and Alexander Sanders to execute Doublehead.
The Cherokee Nation–East adopted a written constitution in 1827, creating a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The Principal Chief was elected by the National Council, which was the legislature of the Nation. The Cherokee Nation–West adopted a similar constitution in 1833.
Cherokee history is the written and oral lore, ... Doublehead, Taltsuska (d. 1807), war leader during the Cherokee–American wars, led the "Lower Cherokee", ...
According to the story, they were to be led by "Cornblossom", an alleged daughter of the war chief Doublehead. But the group were massacred by a contingent of soldiers sent by John Sevier of Tennessee. [citation needed] Tradition supports Cherokee Chief Arun or Aaron Brock Redbird as having been somehow connected to the events.
The children were reared largely in Cherokee culture and identified as Cherokee. The available sources strongly imply, but do not prove, that young Benge and his sister Lucy were half-siblings of Sequoyah, also known as George Guess. [citation needed] They were related to maternal great-uncles Old Tassel and Doublehead.
Doublehead, Taltsuska (d. 1807), a war leader during the Cherokee–American wars, led the Lower Cherokee, and signed land deals with the U.S. Junaluska (ca. 1775–1868), a veteran of the Creek War, who saved President Andrew Jackson 's life.
Major Ridge, Cherokee leader Bird Doublehead and James Foreman Killed by a group of people who blamed Ridge, who signed the Treaty of New Echota, for the deaths of 4,000 Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. His son, John, and his nephew, Elias Boudinot, were also killed. 27 June 1844