History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore By Emmett Starr, 1921 650+ pages, indexed Requires Adobe Reader 3.0 or higher to View $11.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherokee-Indian-History-Legends-and-Folklore-Genealogy_W0QQitemZ200325446109QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea453b9dd Whatever may be their origins in antiquity, the Cherokees are generally thought to be a Southeastern tribe, with roots in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennesee, among other states, though many Cherokees are identified today with Oklahoma, to which they had been forceably removed by treaty in the 1830s, or with the lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokees in western North Carolina. The largest of the so-called Five Civilized Tribes, which also included Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles, the Cherokees were the first tribe to have a written language, and by 1820 they had even adopted a form of government resembling that of the United States. It is a lesser known fact that there was considerably more intermarriage between Cherokees and Whites than any other tribe, so they have a genealogical significance far out of proportion to their historical numbers. There is also a great deal of genealogical data on the Cherokees, mostly in the form of census records and enrollment records. All of which is to point out the abundance of sources available to Emmet Starr when he came to pen his classic History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore. Not to diminish Mr. Starr's contribution in writing about the early Cherokees, their constitution, treaties with the federal government, land transactions, school system, migration and resettlement, committees, councils, and officials, religion, language, and culture, and a host of other topics upon which he writes eloquently, but his stated purpose in writing the History was "to make it as near a personal history and biography of as many Cherokees as possible." And in fact more than half the book is devoted to genealogies and biographies, of which there are several hundred. The biographies in particular, each averaging a paragraph or more, are noteworthy for their focus on the genealogical events of birth, marriage, and death over a period of several generations, naming thousands of related individuals in a classic roll-call of family members. Although written in 1921, Starr's pioneering work has never been superseded. Contents CHAPTER I. Origin, Religion, Characteristics 21 CHAPTER II. Trouble with the Chickamaugau, Attack at Knoxville, Mussel Shoals Massacre, Removal to Arkansas, First Printed Laws 35 CHAPTER III. Convention of Delegates, Constitution Adopted -- 55 CHAPTER IV. Proclamation of May 28, 1828 67 CHAPTER V. Treaty with the Cherokees, 1835 — 85 CHAPTER VI. The Emigration from Georgia, Cost Detachment, Resolutions of Protest, Political Differences, Civil War Averted 103 CHAPTER VII. Act of Union Between the Eastern and Western Cherokees 121 CHAPTER VIII. Treaty with the Cherokees, 1846. Schools Established. Old Settler Payments. Keetoowah Society Organized. Organization of Military Companies. Cherokees Enter the Civil War. General Waite Surrenders 137 CHAPTER IX. Treaty with the Cherokees, 1866. Delawares Acquire Full Rights. Shawnees Adopted by Cherokees. Land Sold to Osages. Officers' Salaries Fixed. Land Donated to Masons. Lodges 167 CHAPTER X. The Texas Cherokees 1820-30. Grant from Mexico. Grant from Texas. Treaties. Expulsion 187 CHAPTER XI. Public School System Established. National Officials. Male and Female Seminary. Graduates. Eleemosynary Institutions 225 CHAPTER XII. Missionary Activities, First Printing 247 CHAPTER XIII. Officers of the Cherokee Nation, September 9, 1839, to June 30, I908__26l CHAPTER XIV. Old Families and Their Genealogy 303 CHAPTER XV. Continuation of Old Families 335 CHAPTER XVI. Continuation of Old Families 363 HAPTER XVII. Continuation of Old Families 374 CHAPTER XVIII. Continuation of Old Families 399 CHAPTER XIX. Continuation of Old Families 419 CHAPTER XXI. Redbird Smith. The Nighthawk Branch of the Keetoowah Organization. Election of Chief Levi Gritts 477 CHAPTER XXI. Continuation of Old Families 543