Ridge, John, 1802-1839

Scope and Contents John Howard Payne visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne.One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was planning to write a history of the Cherokees and there is...

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A sign reads: "Oklahoma. Watie and Ridge. Graves about 8 mi. East. Stand Watie and his cousin, John Ridge, signed 1835 treaty for the Cherokee removal from Georgia to Ind. Ter., which caused a tribal feud. Ridge, young and talented, was assassinated, but Watie escaped their enemies. Later he was southern Cherokee leader and only Indian commissioned Brig. Gen. in the Confederated States Army. Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1950."

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A sign reads: "Oklahoma. Watie and Ridge. Graves about 8 mi. East. Stand Watie and his cousin, John Ridge, signed 1835 treaty for the Cherokee removal from Georgia to Ind. Ter., which caused a tribal feud. Ridge, young and talented, was assassinated, but Watie escaped their enemies. Later he was souther Cherokee leader and only INdian commissioned Brig. Gen. in the Confederated States Army. Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission 1950."