There is no such thing as a Cherokee princess as the concept of a hereditary royalty is totally foreign to all Indian tribes. The Chiefs were always elected and their daughters were never princesses. However, the Cherokee Tribe has always been one of the largest in America and was one of the first to encounter Europeans. Many, many of their members married white people. So, even if you are not the descendant of a Cherokee princess, you may very well be a descendant of a Cherokee. In the National Genealogical Society Quarterly for Sept. 2002 (V.90, #3), Lathel F. Duffield, Ph.D. reports that the 1835 Cherokee census omits approximately 1/3 of the Cherokee families who later emigrated to Oklahoma in the Trail of Tears. If you don't find your family on the 1835 census look at these documents: "List of valuations of Cherokee improvements, under the treaty of December 29, 1835," in Report from the Secretary of War, 18 Feb. 1839, 25th Cong. 3d sess. (1838-39), S. Doc. 277, p.111-88. Capt. John Page, "Muster Roll of Cherokees to Emigrate West of the Mississippi River," 31 Dec. 1838, Emigration Rolls, 1817-1838, item 46; Cherokee Removal Records, entry 220; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; National Archives, Washington. "A List of Cherokees with amt. of Property Sold by direction of the U.S. Comm. under the Treaty of 1835...Rec. 28 May 1844," Cherokee Agency, 1836-1880, Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs 1824-1881, microfilm M234 (Washington NARA, n.d.), roll 88, frames 142-66. And for 1,220 Cherokees that did not emigrate and remained in South Carolina, Annual Report of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1845, 29th Cong. 1st sess. (1845-46), S. Doc. 1, pp. 459-60, for "Census No. 1," note E. If you find a Bunker descended from a Cherokee, I would sure like to know about them. Bette