Group
The Cherokee "Treaty Party"
The minority Cherokee party that negotiated and signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota.
Connections 2
members
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John Ridge
Primary record
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The treaty's preamble names John Ridge among the delegation of "that portion of the nation in favor of emigration".
led by
- Major Ridge 1835 Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1835 Major Ridge leads The Cherokee "Treaty Party"
Proof 2 sources
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Treaty with the Cherokees, 29 December 1835, United States Statutes at Large, vol. 7, p. 478, 29 Dec 1835.
Primary record
who represented that portion of the nation in favor of emigration to the Cherokee country west of the Mississippi entered into propositions for a treaty with John F. Schermerhorn commissioner on the part of the United States
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Analyzing the Petition Against the Treaty of New Echota, National Archives, DocsTeach.
Primary record
Cherokee leader Major Ridge led this “Treaty Party.”
A small minority believed that the Cherokee could not stop the process and that their only hope for survival was to emigrate west.
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