Person
John Ridge
Cherokee leader of the Treaty Party; signed the Treaty of New Echota.
Connections 2
member of
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The Cherokee "Treaty Party"
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".
signed
- Treaty of New Echota 1 Mar 1836 Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 1 Mar 1836 John Ridge signed Treaty of New Echota
Proof 1 source
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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
In compliance with instructions of the council at New Echota we sign this treaty. STAND WATIE, JOHN RIDGE.
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