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"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

The blood of a Hundred Men! contd.

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 1.17
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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 1.17
Material type
Article (Photograph / Image)
Date
May-June 1972
Description
Continued discussion of what Ol'tom ranging from his looks and when he was born. Confirmed that Tom did kill many men by confessing to these murders. Talks of Cherokee land being invaded by white men in search of gold. To try and avoid conflict two fractions were proposed to be a treaty between Indians and the United States Government.
Author or creator
Helen Starr Thrasher. Photograph by Courtney Author
Subjects and names
Cherokee Nation, Gold, Tom Starr, biographies, Ridge-Boudinot Faction John Ross Faction, treaties Invasion of white men, Georgia law of expulsion, Treaty of New Echota, Treaty party.

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