This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AC68E005D733ABADED96F9B9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There were many treaties so he could have been involved with some of them -- the treaty we're most concerned with is the Treaty of New Echota -- in 1835 -- was the beginning of the Trail of Tears episode in Cherokee history. Caleb was not a signer of this treaty. His name is not connected to this treaty in any way at all from what I have been reading in my books on Cherokee history... And as I said, he could have been involved with the makings of other treaties -- there were several of them... di Adryandav@aol.com wrote: > Neal & Crystal - > > I only know what I read on the web - true or false (hah!). Caleb was > supposedly "involved" in treaties, maybe not a signer. > > Adrian > > >From the web: > > A white man of Quaker parentage immigrated from Pennsylvania to the Cherokee > country (now eastern Tennessee). He was named Caleb Starr, and in about 1790 > Caleb married a Cherokee woman named Nancy Harlan, and in so doing he became > a member of the Cherokee Nation. They had twelve children, including Ezekial > Starr, James Starr, and Joseph Starr. Caleb Starr was involved with both the > Treaty of 1816 and the Treaty of 1819, the removal treaties. Cherokee leaders > attempted to preserve their remaining eastern lands, and had established a > new government by 1828. John Ross was elected principal chief. Ross and his > followers opposed removal. Cherokees who willingly immigrated to the new, > western lands were known as the "Old Settlers". > > Caleb Starr and his sons supported emigration. Ezekial Starr and his family > travelled to the west in 1834. James Starr became a member of the Treaty > Party, which advocated total tribal removal, and with other members he signed > the controversial Treaty of 1835. James Starr moved to the western Cherokee > Nation in 1837. --------------AC68E005D733ABADED96F9B9 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="razzberri.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Diana Starr Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="razzberri.vcf" begin:vcard n:Cloutier;Diana Starr x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:razzberri@earthlink.net x-mozilla-cpt:;1 fn:Diana Starr Cloutier end:vcard --------------AC68E005D733ABADED96F9B9--