Crossing the Cherokee Lands is the intriguing tale of Gabe Winters, a wealthy Englishman who decides to give up his entitled lifestyle in London, to fulfill his burden to aid the Cherokee Indians and settlers in the Smoky Mountains of the New World. Gabe meeting and joining up with Josh and Red Hawk brings partnership, intrigue and mystery, as well as light hearted humor and romance. They head south encountering wild animals, rescue a family in distress, and bring humanitarian aid to the Cherokees and settlers. Along the way they build a lifetime of friendships and adventures in the western North Carolina mountains

In his seminal work, 'The Cherokee Nation of Indians,' Charles C. Royce delves into the history and cultural traditions of the Cherokee people. Written in a detailed and scholarly style, Royce explores the complex relationships between the Cherokee Nation and the United States government, highlighting the challenges and triumphs faced by the indigenous group. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Cherokee Nation's resilience and perseverance in the face of colonization and forced removal from their ancestral lands. Royce's meticulous research and vivid storytelling make this book an essential read for anyone interested in Native American history and the impact of government policies on indigenous communities. The depth and breadth of information presented in 'The Cherokee Nation of Indians' offers readers a deeper understanding of the rich heritage and struggles of the Cherokee people, shedding light on an often overlooked chapter in American history.

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The following monograph on the history of the Cherokees, with its accompanying maps, is given as an illustration of the character of the work in its treatment of each of the Indian tribes. In the preparation of this book, more particularly in the tracing out of the various boundary lines, much careful attention and research have been given to all available authorities or sources of information. The old manuscript records of the Government, the shelves of the Congressional Library, including its very large collection of American maps, local records, and the knowledge of "old settlers," as well as the accretions of various State historical societies, have been made to pay tribute to the subject.

This volume, presents the succession of treaties between 1785 and 1868 that reduced the holdings of the Cherokee Nation east of the Mississippi and culminated in their removal to Indian territory. Each document is accompanied by a detailed description of its antecedent conditions, the negotiations that led up to it, and its consequences. The events described here ended more than a century ago, but the motives and actions of the participants and the effects of the compromises and decisions they made are sadly familiar. The story presented here needs to be understood by everyone concerned with the survival of diverse ways of life and the quality of the relationships among peoples. The impersonal style of Royce's presentation enhances the poignancy of the Cherokee experience. Repeated declarations of peace and perpetual friendship contrast with repeated violations of treaties approved by Congress and the impotence of a people to defend their ancestral lands. The Cherokee "trail of broken treaties" has left us with a heritage of guilt and frustration that we have yet to overcome. The Native American Library, in which this volume appears, has been initiated by the National Anthropological Archives of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, to publish original works by Indians and reprints selected by the tribes involved. Royce's work, which was included in the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, is republished at the request of the Governing Body of the Cherokee Nation. The original text is prefaced by an evaluation of Royce and his work by Richard Mack Bettis and contains several illustrations not included in the earlier edition.

The second volume in this series, dealing with 1777-1779.

A collection of accounts of the Cross Timbers, an area between the Brazos and Arkansas rivers, mentioned frequently by travelers in the early Southwest, extending 400 miles in Texas and Oklahoma and 5 to 50 miles wide.