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Major Ridge

Cherokee leader who led the minority "Treaty Party" and signed the Treaty of New Echota.

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  1. 1835 Major Ridge leads The Cherokee "Treaty Party"
  2. 29 Dec 1835 Major Ridge signed Treaty of New Echota
Proof 2 sources
  1. Treaty with the Cherokees, 29 December 1835, United States Statutes at Large, vol. 7, p. 478, 29 Dec 1835. Primary record
    WM. CARROLL, J. F. SCHERMERHORN. Major Ridge, James Foster, Tesa-ta-esky
  2. 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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