Cherokee History: Trail of Tears
Opposition to the removal was led by Chief John Ross, a mixed-blood of Scottish and one-eighth Cherokee descent. The Ross party and most Cherokees opposed the New Echota Treaty, but Georgia and the U.S. government prevailed and used it as justification to force almost all of the 17,000 Cherokees from their southeastern homeland.”
All honor and respect to our great ancestor, Chief John Ross.… Read More Cherokee History: Trail of Tears