Major Ridge
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The Ridge, later known as Major Ridge was a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the Cherokee–American wars against American frontiersmen. Later,
Portrait by Charles Bird King, 1834
Chickamauga Cherokee
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The Chickamauga Cherokee are a Native American group who separated from the Cherokee in March 1775 to the early 1800s, when elderly chiefs sold more than 22 million square acres of their hunting groun
The original Chickamauga towns of Dragging Canoe's followers, with Hiwassee towns and towns on the Tellico
The primary area of operations during the Chickamauga Wars, with the war's more prominent settlements; the postwar Lower Towns are in the lower left quarter.