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Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.
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Cherokee
Indigenous people of the United States
The Cherokee people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Major Ridge
Cherokee leader (d. 1839)
The Ridge, later known as Major Ridge was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the Cherokee–American wars against American frontiersmen. Later, Major Ridge led the Cherokee in alliances with General Andrew Jackson and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John Ridge
American Indian politician (c. 1802–1839)
John Ridge, born Skah-tle-loh-skee, was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mission School. He met Sarah Bird Northrup, of a New England Yankee family, and they married in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)
American Indian leader (1802–1839)
Elias Boudinot was a writer, newspaper editor, and leader of the Cherokee Nation. He was a member of a prominent family, and was born and grew up in Cherokee territory, now part of present-day Georgia. Born to parents of mixed Cherokee and European ancestry and educated at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Treaty of New Echota
1835 treaty between the U.S and a Cherokee faction
The Treaty of New Echota was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia, by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction, the Treaty Party.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cherokee removal
1838–1839 forced migration of the Cherokee people
The Cherokee removal, part of the Indian removal, refers to the forced displacement of an estimated 15,500 Cherokees and 1,500 African-American slaves from the U.S. states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama to the West according to the terms of the 1835 Treaty of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)