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Young Mahaskah son of Mahaskah or White Cloud Chief of the Ioways from the book ' History of the Indian Tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. ' Volume 1 of 3 by Thomas Loraine,McKenney and James Hall Esq. Published in 1838 Painted by Charles Bird King Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/young-mahaskah-son-of-mahaskah-or-white-cloud-chief-of-the-ioways-from-the-book-history-of-the-indian-tribes-of-north-america-with-biographical-sketches-and-anecdotes-of-the-principal-chiefs-volume-1-of-3-by-thomas-lorainemckenney-and-james-hall-esq-published-in-1838-painted-by-charles-bird-king-image450083283.html

RF2H471PY–Young Mahaskah son of Mahaskah or White Cloud Chief of the Ioways from the book ' History of the Indian Tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the prin

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Native American Rhetorical Traditions

"The Cherokee People Stand Upon New Ground," Address to the Cherokee National Assembly, delivered at Tahlequah, OK, October 9, 1861 by John Ross. [scroll down to the lower portion of the article to read the text of the speech]

From John Ross to Abraham Lincoln, September 16, 1862 [manuscript]

John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: guwisguwi)(1790 – 1866), the son of a Cherokee mother and a Scottish father, was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. During the War of 1812, he served as adjutant of a Cherokee regiment under the command of Andrew Jackson. After the War ended, Ross started a tobacco plantation in Tennessee, built a warehouse and trading post on the Tennessee River, and started a ferry service. In 1816, as part of a Cherokee delegation to Washington, DC, and the only delegate fluent in English, he helped negotiate national boundaries, land ownership and white encroachment. Later, Ross petitioned Congress for redress of Cherokee grievances and worked to build political support for the Cherokee cause. He die

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Crawfordsville resident descended from Pocahontas

During the traditional festivities of the Thanksgiving holidays, thoughts of a peaceful meal shared between English pilgrims and Native Americans at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts come to mind; but, the story of a Native princess who wed an English settler in Jamestown, Virginia, might hit a little closer to home.

?I?ve read that there are thousands of descendants of Pocahontas; but I don?t know If I?m the only one from around here or not, but they wouldn?t be related to me close, since I?m from Kentucky,? said Crawfordsville resident Helen Stumbo Imhoff, who recently discovered proof that she is a descendent of the historical Pocahontas and John Rolfe.

In fact, both of Imhoff?s parents are descendents of the couple.

Imhoff said she knew the Powhatan princess was related to her through her family?s oral history passed down through the generations.

?I had done a little genealogy myself, but I couldn?t connect some of the dots,? Imhoff said.

However, the proof came after her cousin, who had studied the family?s genealogy for de