INDEX

ABCFM, 39-44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 99

Adair, Ada, 191-92

Adair, James, 25, 27-28

Adair, William, 158

Agnew, Mary Cobb, 121-22, 182-85

Agnew, Walter S., 121, 184

Allen, Miss (teacher), 222

Allen, Mr. (overseer), 132, 133, 134, 129

Allotment, 199-212

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. See ABCFM

Anderson, Lilian Lee, 109-10

Anderson, Rufus, 49, 50-53, 55-57, 60-63

Anderson, Thomas F., 156

Andrews, Marye, 162

Anti-Treaty Party, 208

Archer, Edwin, 181

Archer, Mary, 181

Arendell, Mary Alice, 190

Ariel, 70-73

Armor, Annie Williams, 222-23

Armor, James Madison, 222-23

Assimilation, 213-15

Aunt Edie (Hannah Hicks’s aunt), 179

Avery, Pauline, 217, 218

A´yûñ inĭ. See Swimmer

Bascom, Reynolds, 61

Baker, Mary J., 208-10

Ballard, Alex, 172

Ballenger, T.L., 226-30

Barnett, Lena, 206-7

Bartram, William, 25, 34-36

Beecher, Catherine, 75, 83-87

Belknap, William W., 217

Bell, Lucian, 154, 160

Beloved Woman, 24

Benge, John, 88

Benge, Lydia, 65

Bentonville, Ark., 174

Bishop, Mr., 174, 176

Black racer, 9

Blacksnake, 9

Blunt, James G., 163, 178

Blunt, Robert, 197

Blythe, Martha “Patsy,” 252

Blythe, Willie, 188

Blythe’s Ferry, 88

Brooks, Gwendolyn, xiv-xv

Boudinot, Caroline Fields, 195

Boudinot, Elias, 68, 119, 150, 195

Boudinot, Frank, 196

Boudinot, Harriet Gold, 195

Boudinot, William Penn, 195

Boys Seminary, 210

Brainerd Journal, 55-57

Brainerd Mission, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 62, 65, 100, 104

Brainerd, Thomas, 144

Brannon, Lucille S., 224-25

Braziel, Dr., 259

Bread payments, 182, 185, 209-10

Brewer, Dee, 133

Brewer, Perry, 130, 133

Brown, Catharine, xiii, 47-48, 49-64

Brown, John, 62

Brown, John, 55

Bryson City, N.C., 249

Buchanan, James S., 195

Buckskin, Justine, 272

Burny’s Ferry, 207

Burns, Nannie Lee, 94, 188

Bushyhead, Isaac, 107

Bushyhead, Jesse, 88, 107

Bushyhead, Caroline E. “Carrie,” 224

Butler, Jim, 179, 180

Butrick, Daniel Sabin, 25, 37, 39-44, 55, 99-108

Campbell, Alexander, 50, 61

Canadian River, 196

Canahomie, 183

Candies Creek, Tenn. See Candy’s Creek, Tenn.

Candy’s Creek, Tenn., 251, 256

Careselowey, James R., 111, 115

Carlisle (school), 213

Carrier, Stone, 83

Chalaque, 25

Chamberlain, Mrs. William, 54, 172-73

Chamberlain, William, 55

Chapin, Miss (teacher), 217

Charles (Ella Coody Robinson’s half-brother), 134

Charleston, Tenn., ix

Cherokee Advocate, 123-24

Cherokee Constitution of 1827, xi, 83

Cherokee Hymn Book, The, 65

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, xiv, x, 248

Cherokee National Female Seminary, xii, xv, 65, 196, 210, 213, 214, 215, 217-21, 222, 224-25, 226, 227, 228, 231-37, 238, 244, 250

Cherokee National Male Seminary, 65, 220

Cherokee Outlet, 126, 182

Cherokee Phoenix, 48, 68-73, 83

Cherokee Rose Buds, 218, 238-45

Cherokee Strip, 182, 185, 210

Cherokee Training School, 260

Cherokee, N.C., x

Chickadee, the, 18

Chickasaw Academy, 136, 137

Chilocco (school), 213

Choctaws, 133-34, 156, 170

Civil War, 123-98

Clark, William, 83

Clay, Henry, 94

Cleveland, Tenn., 252-53

Clingan, W.D., 258

Clingan, Alex, 252

Cobb, Addie Malinda, 257

Cobb, Alex, 251, 256

Cobb, Billy Cowan, 251, 256, 258

Cobb, Isabel, 214, 220, 249, 250-59

Cobb, Joseph B., 251, 256

Cobb, Mattie, 251

Cobb, Mr. (clerk), 205

Cobb, Sam, 251

Coodey, William Shorey, ix-x, 128

Coody, Charles, 135

Coody, Elizabeth Fields, 128

Coody, Will, 129, 131, 134

Coody, William Shorey. See Coodey, William Shorey

Cooper, Douglas H., 156, 163, 168, 169, 197

Corn Mother, 4

Cowan, Alex, 256, 258

Cowan, Pocahontas, 251

Cowan, William, 256

Cox, John T., 144

Crazy Snake, 206

Creek Negroes, 258

Creek-Path, 62

Curtis Act of 1898, 200, 201, 202

Davis, Charley, 266

Davis, Mrs., 266

Dawes Act, 199-200, 201, 202

Dawes Commission, 184, 185, 202, 204, 209, 212

De Soto, Hernando, 24-25

Debo, Angie, 199

Deenawash, Chin, 109-10

Downing, Lewis, 180

Drew, Emma, 129

Drew, John, 124, 125, 129

Dugan, Joyce, xii, xv, 246, 247, 248

Durant, Okla., 135

Dwight Mission, 195

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, x, xiv, 246, 248

Elk Creek, Battle of, 198

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 75

Epenetus, 42-43

Eternal Flame, x

Evarts, Jeremiah, 50, 53-55

Fields, Nancy Downing, 195

Fields, Richard, 128, 130, 131, 156

Fields, Thomas, 195

Fields, W., 155

Flint District, 208

Foreman, Grant, 92

Foreman, Johnson, 172

Foreman, Stephen, 169

Fort Davis, Okla., 197

Fort Gibson, Okla., 122, 137, 138, 158, 166, 169, 173, 175, 184, 191, 194, 197, 198, 209, 217, 257, 258

Fort Loudon, Tenn., 29

Fort Smith, Ark., 129, 156, 209

Four Mothers Society, 202

Franklin, Benjamin, 78

Gallegina Uwati. See Boudinot, Elias

Gambold, John., 66

Gambold, Anna Rosina, 66

Gold, Harriet Ruggles, 68

Gordon, Mary Scott, 191-94

Gordon, Mrs. Raymond. See Gordon, Mary Scott

Goree, Jim, 193-94

Gourd, Maggie, 269

Grady, 155

Grass money, 182

Great Buzzard, 6

Green Corn Ceremony, xiv, xv

Green Peach War, 184

Greene, Joan, 260

Guasili, 24

Gunter, Captain, 179

Gunter, Catharine, 238

Hagerty, Mrs., 138

Hair, Nick, 189

Harlan, Justin, 144

Harrah’s Cherokee Smoky Mountain Casino, 248

Harrison, Henry, 262

Harrison, Maggie, 262

Harrison, William Henry, 94

Harvey, Mary, 258, 259

Haywood, John, 25, 32-33

Heady, Dovey P., 190

Headly, Joel T., 145

Henderson, Jim, 205

Henley, Elizabeth “Quatie” Brown, 140

Hester, Mrs. G.B., 139

Hicks, Abijah, xiii, 165

Hicks, Dannie, 156

Hicks, Hannah Worcester, xv, xiii, 165-81

Hicks, Herbert, 166, 168, 170, 172

Hicks, Jay, 208

Hicks, Nancy E., 238

Hitchcock, Daniel Dwight, 179, 180

Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 117

Holland, W.T., 222

“Home Sweet Home,” 39

Honey Springs, Battle of, 130, 198

Hooting Owl, 8

Horned Owl, 8

Hoyt, Ard, 47, 55, 58-59

Hoyt, Milo, 65

Hughes, Ida Mae, 113-14

Hughes, Lee, 113

Illustrated Souvenir Catalog, 231-37

Indian Antiquities, 99

Indian Pioneer Papers, 92

Indian Removal Act, ix, x-xi, 75

Indian Territory, 221

Ivy, Carlott, 154

Jackson, Andrew, 75, 88, 115

Jefferson, Thomas, 46-47

Jones, Evan, 88-89

Jones, Mr., 266

Jones, Mrs., 266

Kana’tĭ, 4, 10-13

Kansas Jay Hawkers, 128-29, 133

Keetoowah Band, 248

Keetoowah Society, 202

Kelley, Grace, 186

Kelly, Mr., 155

Kerr, Louisa, 137

Kerr, Mr., 169, 178

Ketcher, John, 94

Keys, Lucy Lowrey, 65

Keys, Monroe Calvin, 65

Kingsbury, Cyrus, 47, 50, 55

Kituwha, 248-49

Lane, Anderson, 256

Lane, Betsey, 256

Lee, Ruth, 264

Lee, Washington, 109

Lerner, Gerda, xii

Levy-Hicks, Katharine, 208

Lincoln, Abraham, 125

Lipe Roll, 182

Little People, 269-70

Livingston, Thomas R., 177

Long, John, 256

Lossiah, Aggie Ross, 249, 260-68

Louis Philippe, 25, 37-38

Love, Arch, 192, 193

Lowrey, George, 65

Maney, Laura, 265

Mankiller, Felicia, 274

Mankiller, Gina, 274

Mankiller, Irene Sitton, 270, 271

Mankiller, Wilma, xii, xv, 1, 247, 248, 249, 269-75

Marmaduke, John S., 176

Martin, Major, 176

Maryville, Tenn., 263

Mathews, A.C. 151

Mayes, Joe, 110

Mayes, Mrs. Wash, 257

McCanaless, Mr., 136

McGuire, Margaret, 109, 206

McIntosh, Rolly, 169

McSpadons, 261

Medlock, 156

Meigs, Elinor Boudinot, 195-96

Meigs, Elizabeth G., 144

Meigs, John H., 196

Miller, Alford, 113-14

Miller, Minnie L., 211

Miner, F.W., 175

Mission Station, 66-67

Monroe, James, 46

Mooney, James, xii, 3-4

Mother Town. See Kituwha

Mott, Bill, 138

Mount Holyoke, xv, 214, 217, 218, 220

Muskogee, Okla., 222

Nave, Andy, 156

Nave, Jane Ross Meigs, 143, 149, 178

Neugin, Bark, 92

Neugin, Rebecca, xv, 92-93

New Echota, ix

Newell, Harriet, 54

Niblo, Mr. (teacher), 251

North Canadian River, 206-7

Northeastern State College, 226

Norton, John, 37

Noyse, Addie, 220

Nûn’yunu’wĭ. See Stone Coat

Nûñyû-tlu’gûñ’yĭ. See Tree Rock

Nutsawi, 40, 41-42, 44

Oklahoma Territory, 221

Okmulgee, Okla., 206

Old Settlers, 75, 115, 185

Ore, Tom, 178

Overhill Cherokees, 29

Pardo, Juan, 25

Park Hill, Okla., 183, 184, 210, 231

Parker, Tex., 190

Parks, Robert C., 159

Patrick, Mrs., 178

Payne, John Howard, 39-44, 99

Pea Ridge, Ark., 197

Pennington, Josephine, 204-5

Percy, (from Hannah Hicks’s diary), 180

Perdue, Dollie Thornton, 111

Perdue, James, 111

Phillips, William A., 131, 132, 175, 178, 179, 181

Pike, Albert, 124, 183, 197

Pin Indians, 130-31, 156, 158, 165, 171, 174, 176, 195

Potter, William, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61

Potter, Laura, 57

Powell, Colonel, 107

Qualla Boundary, 248

Rackleff, Kate, 94-96

Rattlesnake Springs, Tenn., ix

Rattlingourd, Osie, 205

Rattlingourd, Walter, 205

Raven, The, 8

Raymond, Charlotte, 218

Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, 90-91

Red Clay, Tenn., ix, x

Red Crawfish, 6

Reese (prisoner), 130

Reese, Tom, 188

Rentiesville, Okla., 198

Rice, Daniel, 145

Rider family, 135

Ridge Party, 124, 150

Ridge, John, 68, 119, 150, 195

Ridge, Major, 68, 119, 150, 195

Riley, Cicero, 193-94

Robertson, Ann Eliza, 167, 176

Robinson, Cornelia Ann, 137

Robinson, Ella Coody, 128-39

Robinson, Ella, 217-21

Robinson, J.C., 137

Robinson, Joe, 136, 137, 138, 139

Robinson, Waitie, 189

Rose Cottage, xv, 142, 144, 156

Ross Party, 124, 195

Ross, Allen, 142

Ross, Ann Spears, 181

Ross, Anne, 142

Ross, Annie B., 148

Ross, Cornelia, 260

Ross, Daniel, 173

Ross, Eliza Jane, 143, 218

Ross, Elizabeth, 143

Ross, George, 142

Ross, Henry C., 145, 146

Ross, James M., 142, 146, 206

Ross, Joe, 260

Ross, John (son), 142

Ross, John, x, xiii, 39, 75, 76, 116, 117, 119, 124, 125, 140-49, 156, 171, 183, 204, 218, 260

Ross, Jossiah, 260

Ross, Lewis, 145

Ross, Mary Bryan Stapler, xiii, xv, 140-49

Ross, Mrs. Jack, 156

Ross, Sally Mannion, 146

Ross, Silas, 142

Ross, Tom, 265

Ross, William P., 123, 144, 155, 156, 217

Ross’s Landing, 90-91

Rucker, James, 252

Sackett, Delos B., 130

San Bois Creek, 134

San Francisco Indian Center, 272, 273

Sanders, A., 44

Sanders, George, 115, 116

Sanigilâgĭ. See Whiteside Mountain

Sawyer, Sophia, 47

Scott, Winfield, 97-98, 103, 106, 115, 119

Screech-Owl, 8

Selfridge, Jennie, 191

Selu, 4, 5, 10-15

Sequoyah, 65, 68, 119

Sequoyah Memorial, 218

Shin plasters, 135

Siminole, 187

Sitton, Pearl, 272

Sixkiller, Emma J., 188-90

Smith, Edmund Kirby, 163

Smith, John, 92

Smith, T., 40-41

Snake Indians, 206

Soap, Florence, 269-70

Soles, Mariah, 255

Spear-finger, 4, 15-19

Spears, William, 172

Spring Place, 139

Stapler, Sarah F., 144, 146

Starr, Nancy, 154

Starr, Tom, 196

Staten Island Children’s Hospital, 250

Steele, Vann, 220

Steele, William, 156, 197

Stephens, Sarah Hicks, 179, 225

Stephens, Spencer, 224, 257

Stidham, Lee, 206

Stone Coat, 4, 5, 19-21

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 83

Stremlau, Rose, 212

Swimmer, xii, 3-4

Tahlequah, Okla., 156, 169, 184, 189, 196, 204, 205, 220, 222, 226, 231, 250, 257

Taylor, Sam, 169

Teasle (the horse), 170, 177

Techeskee, Sela, 260-63

Techeskee, Jessie, 260-63

Thomas, Robert L., 113

Thoreau, Henry David, 75

Thunder Boys, 4

Timberlake, Henry, 25, 29-31

Titmouse, 18

Tolesky, Betsy, 265

Trail of Tears, xiii, xiv, 75-77

Treaty of New Echota, 68, 75-76, 124, 150, 182

Treaty Party, 76

Tree Rock, 16

Tsĭ’kilĭlĭ. See Chickadee

U’tlûñ’tă. See Spear-finger

Utsu’gĭ. See titmouse

Vail, Brother, 100, 104

Van Buren, Ark., 129, 130

Vann, David, 131

Vann, John Shepherd, 129, 131, 133, 134, 135, 139

Viator. See Ariel

Vinita, Okla., 223

Vore, Emma, 129

Vore, I.G., 131, 135

Wagoner, Okla., 250

Wahnenauhi, 65-67, 97-98

Ward, Nancy, xv, 29, 78, 80

Warm Springs, Ark., 194

Water Spider, 4, 9

Water-beetle, 6

Watie, Charles, 158

Watie, Charlotte, 158, 160

Watie, Cumiskey, 150

Watie, Jack, 157

Watie, Ninny, 157, 161

Watie, Saladin, 150, 155, 158, 160

Watie, Sarah, xiii, 150-64

Watie, Stand, xiii, 119, 125, 129, 150-64, 171, 175, 179, 197

Watts, Elizabeth, xv, 118-20, 197-98

Webber, Charles, 155

Webbers Falls, Okla., 129, 135, 209

Whiteside Mountain, 16

Whitmire, Eliza, 115-17

Whitmore, Ellen, 217

Williams, Mary Eleanor, 167, 180

Williams, Mat, 222

Wilson, Florence, 220

Wilson, L. D., 118, 197

Wilson, L.W., 121, 182, 204, 208, 211

Wilson, Miss (teacher), 222

Woman’s Medical College in Philadelphia, 250

Woodall, Elizabeth “Bettie” Perdue, 111-12

Worcester, Ann Orr, 165, 167

Worcester, Leonard, 167

Worcester, Samuel A., 47, 53, 59, 165, 167

Worcester, Sarah, 217

Wynn, Lizzie, 186-87

Yunwi Tsunsdi. See Little People