Cherokees relishing new-found respect despite threats

Chief John Ross and his tribal council fought to invalidate or negotiate … By the time all 13 detachments arrived in Indian Country in March of 1839, a quarter of the Cherokee population had …Chief John Ross and his tribal council fought to invalidate or negotiate … By the time all 13 detachments arrived in Indian Country in March of 1839, a quarter of the Cherokee population had …