Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People Ron Mitchell and silver accent beads by

and silver accent beads by Cherokee artist Jeffrey Watt

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They cried for their home

36" total length

Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People Ron Mitchell and silver accent beads byIn this revised edition of his great work, Thurman Wilkins recounts the events that led to the Trail of Tears through the eyes of the illustrious Ridge family. At the same time, Wilkins reconsiders important questions raised by scholars of Cherokee history: Were Major Ridge and John Ridge paid off by the United States for their support of removal? If not, how did these Cherokee patriots come to change their minds about emigrating west? Was Chief John