Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People Toy with the help of the

with the help of the Cherokee Language Department

Challenging the mainstream historical consensus

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By Crosslin Fields Smith

Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People Toy with the help of theIn this revised edition of his great work, Thurman Wilkins recounts the events that led to the Trail of Tears through the eyes of the illustrious Ridge family. At the same time, Wilkins reconsiders important questions raised by scholars of Cherokee history: Were Major Ridge and John Ridge paid off by the United States for their support of removal? If not, how did these Cherokee patriots come to change their minds about emigrating west? Was Chief John