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The history of the Cherokee Tribe relates further back in time than most people realize. This monograph begins with the encounters between Spanish Conquistador Hernado de Soto and the troops in his expedition and the Cherokee, and other tribes, in what is now the southeast United States. de Soto is believed to have traveled as far west as southeastern Missouri.
Next, the author describes the original extent of the Cherokee homeland and the early treaties with the European powers. Over the next thirteen chapters the author describes the methodical dismantling of the Cherokee tribal lands up to their final relocation to “Indian Country” in 1838.
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Europeans Arrive In the New World (45.01)
- Chapter 2: English Interests Prevail (45.02)
- Chapter 3: A New Nation Fights a Two Front War (45.03)
- Chapter 4: Treaties with a New Nation (45.04)
- Chapter 5: A Bold Expansion Plan (45.05)
- Chapter 6: A Barrier To Manifest Destiny (45.06)
- Chapter 7: Are the Cherokee a Sovereign Nation? (45.07)
- Chapter 8: The War of 1812 (45.08)
- Chapter 9: United We Stand – Divided We Fall (45.09)
- Chapter 10: Consent to Cession? (45.10)
- Chapter 11: The Cherokee Unite (45.11)
- Chapter 12: Keep Moving Westward? (45.12)
- Chapter 13: “[T]he most solemn guarantee of the United States” (45.13)
- Chapter 14: Arrival in “Indian Country” (45.14)
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