Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 8.6
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 8.6
- Material type
- Article
- Date
- 1972
- Description
- Redbird Sixkiller was born in the Old Cherokee Nation, which is now the North Western part of Georgia. Gu-O-Tsa a half-breed Cherokee of the Paint Clan married Sixkiller. Sixkiller was a full blodded Cherokee. When he and his family were forced to the West there was a story told that has been passed down through generations. The story was called "A True Romance of the Trail of Tears."
- Publication or source
- Chronicles of Oklahoma the spring edition
- Subjects and names
- Sixkiller, Redbird, Gu-O-Tsa, Cherokee, Old Cherokee Nation, North Western Georgia, Paint Clan.
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