The Cherokee Civil War, 1845 to 1849
Following their removal in 1839 to what would later become Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation was divided into two basic factions: the Treaty Party made up […]
Month: November 2013
Smallpox on the Upper Missouri in 1837
Smallpox was a European disease which devastated many American Indian tribes. Many European Christians viewed the smallpox epidemics as evidence of their god’s grace for […]
Chief Kitsap
Suqamish Chief Kitsap lived from about 1750 to about 1845. He was born and raised in Suquamish (in what is now Washington state). He was […]
The Cherokee Civil War, 1842 to 1843
After their removal to Oklahoma in 1838, the hostile rivalry between two Cherokee political factions—the National Party which had resisted removal and the Treaty Party […]
A Cherokee Murder
Following the Trail of Tears in 1838, there were three groups of Cherokee living in Oklahoma: (1) The Old Settlers who had moved to the […]
A Chippewa Treaty
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, Indian tribes […]
Interference with Cherokee Government
In 1839, the Cherokee in Oklahoma had gathered to create a new government. They adopted the Act of Union which was to be their new […]
The Cherokee After Removal
By the beginning of the nineteenth century, many prominent and influential Americans, particularly those from the southern states, had decided that the United States should […]