Book review on Cherokee Tragedy the ridge family and decimation of a people by: Thurman Wilkins

Ridge / Watie Family and the contract party moved west comfortably under the protection of the U.S. government. The remaining Cherokee were to do the same. Cherokee people were frustrated because the treaty does not put to a vote of the majority. They also do not want to leave Georgia. Principal chief John Ross paused and asked the government more money and status. Jackson did not like John Ross. Jackson called him a "villain," "greedy" and "Metis", who care nothing of the moral and material interests of its people. "The contract and the final date for removal of the Cherokee forced to leave the rest. The treaty led to the infamous" Trail of Tears. "Four thousand out of sixteen thousand were killed on the road, including Ms. Ross.

After the Cherokees were relocated to Oklahoma, the band of the Cherokee killed Major Ridge, John Ridge and Elias Boudinot June 22, 1839. The man who saw Elias killed riding horses Samuel Worcester in the "Comet" to warn Stand Watie. Booth escaped on horseback.

For many years, the Cherokee were divided into those that follow Ridge / Treaty party and those that follow the principle of Chief John Ross. Many thought that John Ross was murdered by them, but it was never proved. Killers were not brought to justice. When John Ross heard about the fate of Main Ridge, he said: "As soon as I saved the Ridge in red clay, and would do it again I knew about the conspiracy." The feud lasted for years, even after Oklahoma became a state in 1907. John the brother of Andrew Ross has signed a contract, but he was killed. In fact, the contract idea Andrew. William Shorey Coody, a nephew of John Ross, was also associated with a party to the treaty.

President Jackson knew that the Cherokee would have to survive and endure. He was right. Today, there are three state agencies - West Cherokee, Cherokee East, and the original Cherokee Community of Oklahoma.

The Civil War did as much damage to the Cherokee as the "Trail of Tears." Eighty percent of the Cherokee people wanted to fight for the Confederacy. John Ross was a northern sympathizer. Cherokee fought against each other.

Were these Indians like the genuine North American red man in the times of the bloody frontier wars of the ...