History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore

by Emmet Starr

Overview

Whatever may be their origins in antiquity, the Cherokees are generally thought to be a Southeastern tribe, with roots in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennesee, among other states, though many Cherokees are identified today with Oklahoma, to which they had been forceably removed by treaty in the 1830s, or with the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokees in western North Carolina. The largest of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes, which also included Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, the Cherokees were the first tribe to have a written language, and by 1820 they had even adopted a form of government resembling that of the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806317298
Publisher:	Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/08/2008
Pages:	680
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

As one of the so-called civilized tribes, the Cherokee interacted with and even married non-Indians much more so than other Native Americans, so far more of their history is known. In 1921, Starr recorded the biographies and genealogies of as many Cherokees as he could find across the United States, generating many hundreds of such records. The information here will provide great fodder for anyone researching the Cherokee. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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