Research Catalog

Title

Cherokee in controversy : the life of Jesse Bushyhead / Dan B. Wimberly.

Author

Wimberly, Dan B., 1948-

Publication

• Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

Mercer University Press

Description

xviii, 218 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Jesse Bushyhead was detachment leader during the forced Indian removal on what has become known as the Trail of Tears. In this capacity, he was responsible for the safe conduct of more than 900 emigrants from Tennessee to Indian Territory in eastern Oklahoma. After the journey, Bushyhead was a principal participant in the formation of the new Cherokee government, providing stability in the turbulent and often internecine struggle between factions. And although without legal training, he served the new government as a chief justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court. Yet during these challenges, Bushyhead, also a Baptist minister, assisted missionary Evan Jones in establishing a vibrant Baptist presence among Cherokees." -- From jacket.

Subject

• Bushyhead, Jesse, 1804-1844
• 1800-1903
• Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 > History
• Indian Removal, 1813-1903 > History
• Cherokee Indians > Government relations > History > 19th century
• Indians of North America > Government relations > History > 19th century
• Cherokee Indians > Tennessee > History
• Cherokee Indians > Oklahoma > History
• Oklahoma > History > 19th century
• Tennessee > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Background and early years -- Tennessee ministry -- The removal crisis -- The Seminole mission -- The trail west -- Establishing a new life in the west -- Ministry in the new nation -- Conclusion : the legacy.

ISBN

• 9780881466072
• 0881466077

OCLC

• 968663666
• SCSB-11277153

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library