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The Cherokee Nation, largest of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeast, is a people of Iroquoian lineage. The Cherokee, who called themselves "Ani'-Yun' wiya" or "Principal People", migrated to the Southeast from the Great Lakes Region. They commanded more than 40,000 square miles in the southern Appalachians by 1650 with a population estimated at 22,500. Similar to other Native Americans of the Southeast, their nation was a confederacy of towns, each subordinate to supreme chiefs. When encountered by Europeans, they were an agrarian people who lived in log homes (not tee pees) and observed sacred religious practices. During the American Revolution the Cherokees, as well as the Creek and Choctaw, supported the British and made several attacks on forts and settlements in the frontier. After 1800 the Cherokees profoundly assimilated White culture. They adopted a government patterned after the United States, wore European-style dress, and followed the white man's farming and home-building methods. Ironically, the Cherokees fought with Andrew Jackson in the Creek War (1813-14). Cherokee culture continued to flourish with the invention of the Cherokee syllabary by Sequoyah in 1821. This system, in which each character represents a syllable, produced rapid literacy. It made possible their written constitution, the spread of Christianity, and the printing of the only Native American newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix, begun in 1828. A seat of government was built at New Echota. However, that same year gold was discovered in north Georgia's Cherokee territory. Within a decade the Principal People's native home, their "Enchanted Land", would be theirs no more. Trail of Tears Cherokee in North Georgia Recommended reading Want more information? Cherokee history links Georgia's Historic High Country Travel Association offers a free brochure on many sites mentioned in this article
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Harold Eugene Merritt B: M: D:
H Alton Merritt B:abt 1910 Arkansas M: D:Jul 1976 United States of America
Thomas Massey Merritt B:1 Apr 1882 South Carolina M: D:11-5-1956
Charles Edward Merritt B:April 26, 1857 South Carolina M:1879-11-13 USA D:1929-10-28 Arkansas, USA
Thomas Merritt B:29, Dec. 1825 United States D:30 Nov 1904 United States
Rebecca Johnson B:1826 South Carolina D:
Olivia Ann Garrison B:Dec 19, 1859 South Carolina M:1879-11-13 USA D:1932-12-21 Arkansas, USA
John Newton Garrison B:Oct 27, 1834 South Carolina D:Jan, 1864 United States
Mary Amaline B:Dec. 4, 1837 D:Dec. 7, 1871
Alice J Roberts B:1880 Arkansas M: D:
unknown B:South Carolina, USA M: D:
unknown unk B:Arkansas, USA D:
Ruby Belle Simpson B:July 8, 1935 Arkansas, USA M: D:
Charles Presley Simpson B: M: D:
Eva Lucille McGowan B: M: D:
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Polly Johnson B:1800 South Carolina, United States M: D:
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