Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials
Page 8.16
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-13: Historic Indian Materials
Page 8.16
- Material type
- Article
- Date
- NA
- Description
- Georgia's claim that the Cherokees did not own any land or had any rights before the signing of the Treaty of Echota. The U.S. Congress decided that the Cherokees must move. The result was the Trail of Tears which brought traumatic suffering and death onto the Cherokee Indians.
- Author or creator
- NA
- Publication or source
- Office of Secretary of State
- Subjects and names
- Chief John Ross, Andrew Jackson, George Hicks, Quatie
For collection-level context and related materials, view the complete MS-188 finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
