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Cherokee Indians
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Chief John Ross House Color postcard of the Chief John Ross House, located in Rossville, Georgia. Color King postcard -
Chief John Ross correspondence, 1830 Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1828 to 1866, protested the removal of the Cherokee through legal action. This letter is to the Georgia Attorney General George Crawford, advising him of Ross's efforts to stop Georgia from enacting or enforcing laws in the Cherokee Nation. -
Letter from Catharine Brown in Fort Deposit, Alabama, to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain at Brainerd Mission, Cherokee Nation Catharine Brown was a Cherokee student at Brainerd Mission, located in present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was the Mission's first convert to Christianity. In this letter from Catharine to Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain of Brainerd, Catherine expresses her uncertainty about whether she will go with her father to Arkansas territory. Typed transcript available. This letter has been published in "Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823" by Brown and Theresa Gaul. -
Spring Frog's cabin at Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary -
John Ross House celebration House is in Rossville, Georgia. -
Celebration at the John Ross House -
Memorial service at John Ross House in Rossville, Georgia -
Cherokee Indian in ceremonial costume Probably part of celebration at the John Ross House. -
T. R. Hackworth, R. S. Walker, and Mrs. Anita Brittain at Spring Frog cabin Mr. Hackworth and his daughter Anita Brittain visit Robert Sparks Walker at the Cherokee cabin. -
Robert Bruce Ross at New Echota, Georgia Ross was born in Oklahoma and came to Georgia and Tennessee to honor his Cherokee ancestors. -
Spring Frog (Tooantuh) cabin after restoration Cabin was Robert S. Walker's home, is now part of Audubon Acres. -
Spring Frog (Tooantuh) cabin after being restored Cabin was Robert S. Walker's home, is now part of Audubon Acres. -
Group visiting the Sequoyah Monument in Calhoun, Georgia Within the group are Rachel Ross of Oklahoma and Senator Newell Sanders. -
Spring at the site of Cherokee National Capital, New Echota, Georgia -
Cherokee National Capital at New Echota, Georgia -
Descendants of Reverend Stephen Foreman meet in Chattanooga Reverend Stephen Foreman was a Cherokee preacher who conducted one of the detachments on the Trail of Tears. This photograph shows some of his descendants from Oklahoma who came to Chattanooga to participate in the 100th anniversary of the Trail of Tears. -
Chief John Ross portrait -
Spring Frog's cabin, Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary Cabin of Cherokee naturalist Spring Frog (b. 1754) in the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary (now Audubon Acres). Cabin may have been built as early as ca. 1748; it was restored in 1945 and then changed extensively in 1972. Some sources suggest Spring Frog came to the Chattanooga area in 1776 and built the cabin then. Spring Frog was also known as Tooan Tuh (or Tooantuh) and died at Briartown, Indian Territory. Mounted with and filed under 00004817. -
John Ross House John Ross House located in Rossville, Georgia, and built ca. 1797 by John McDonald, the grandfather of John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The home was restored in 1962-1963 and moved one hundred and fifty (150) yards. Negative made from Chattanooga Yesterday and Today, vol. 1, p. 5. Print available in Picture File under C-Houses-John Ross. -
Spring Frog Photograph of a painting by Charles Bird King of Spring Frog (b. 1754), a Cherokee naturalist born in a cabin at Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary (later Audubon Acres), Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some sources suggest Spring Frog came to the Chattanooga area in 1776 and actually built the cabin. His Indian name was Tooan Tuh (or Tooantuh); he died at Briartown, Indian Territory. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. This portrait is included in the McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. -
Cherokee singers visit Chattanooga Group of Cherokee Indians from the reservation in North Carolina visiting the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary (later Audubon Acres). Included in the group are McKinley Ross, Jonah Washington, Isaac Welch, Noah Powell, and Pearl Saunook; shown here with Robert Sparks Walker, George Clark, and Paul S. Mathes, in front of Spring Frog cabin. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. -
Cherokee singers visiting Chattanooga Paul S. Mathes (president of the Visitors Bureau) hauling up a bucket at the well in the Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary (later Audubon Acres). Included in the group from the Cherokee reservation in North Crolina are McKinley Ross, Jonah Washington, Isaac Welch, Noah Powell, and Pearl Saunook (pianist). Shown on the left is Robert Sparks Walker, naturalist, and George Clark, Pioneer Bank president. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. -
Daniel Ross Photograph of a portrait of Daniel Ross painted in 1815 by Ralph Eleazer Whiteside Earle. Daniel Ross whose native Cherokee name was Guwis-guwi, was the father of Chief John Ross. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. -
John Ross house in Rossville, Georgia Photograph of a drawing of the Chief John Ross house located in Rossville, Georgia. The house was originally built ca. 1797 by Ross' grandfather, John McDonald; it was restored in 1962-1963 and moved one hundred fifty yards. Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club. This photograph was published in Scribner's Magazine (or Century Magazine), vol. 8, May 1874, p. 21. Another copy in Picture File under C-Houses-John Ross is mounted and filed with 00005182. -
John Ross house in Rossville, Georgia Chief John Ross house located in Rossville, Georgia. The house was originally built ca. 1797 by Ross' grandfather, John McDonald; restored in 1962-1963 and moved one hundred fifty yards. Photo inset of Chief John Ross (1790-1866). Photograph from one volume of eight scrapbooks compiled by E. Y. Chapin, Walter Cline, and Frank F. Stoops of the Chattanooga Half Century Club.