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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
The Treaty Party migrated Cherokees to new land. Those who refused to migrate were forced to by United States Troops; called The Trail of Tears. Tensions were high and in 1839 a triple assasination of the treaty creators were killed. Ol' Tom threatened David Buffington and ended up killing him.
Author or creator
Helen Starr Thrasher. Photograph by Courtney Author
Subjects and names
Tom Star, Ol'Tom, murders, assassinations, "deer superstition", fugitive life.

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