John Ross, Cherokee Chief Beaded 1754 - 1763

1754 - 1763

double-wall basket by Cherokee National Treasure Louisa Soap

She has spent 25+ years researching the history of the Murrell and Ross families and was instrumental in creating the Friends of the Murrell Home

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John Ross, Cherokee Chief Beaded 1754 - 1763In John Ross, Cherokee Chief, Gary Moulton examines the life of the man who led the Cherokee people during the most trying and tragic period of their long history. Ross was the principal Cherokee negotiator with the encroaching whites during the Georgia gold rush, guided the tribe through the treacherous years of the Civil War, and struggled to preserve unity among his people during their removal westward by the United States government, along the