John Ross (1790-1866) led the
Cherokees for more than fifty
years during one of the most
turbulent times in their history as
they fought to retain their
homeland. This is the only known
daguerreotype of Ross.
John Ross, full length portrait, facing front
standing next to a small table. Half-plate
daguerreotype, ca. 1850.
LC-USZC4-11120 {Property of the Library of
Congress}
Cherokee IMAGES
TACH-EE, The Dutch,
A Celebrated War Chief
of the Cherokees,
1834. Painting by
George Catlin.
To escape the "civilized
encroachments" of
expansion, Tach-ee had
led an emigration from
Cherokee country in what is
now Georgia, crossing the
Mississippi to the White
River and eventually
settling along the Canadian
River in what is now
Oklahoma.
Map by George Catlin
NED CHRISTIE - Cherokee Patriot, Hero and Legend.
Nede Wade, born in 1852 at his mother's home in Wauhillau, Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation.  Ned served in the Executive Legislature of the C.N., as did his father, Watt, and
brother, Jim.  He was married four times (Nannie Dick, Peggy Tucker, Jennie Scraper and Nancy Grease).  He was the father of Mary, Annie and Jim Christie (Jim died at age 16).  The
girls have descendants today.
Ned was accused of killing a U. S. Marshall in the C.N. in 1887.  He was innocent, and would be proven so years later.  But, for almost five years marshals, bounty hunters and others
would launch attacks on him, his family and friends at his home, "fort," at Wauhillau.  In 1892 he was assassinated by the U. S. marshals.  A cannon was brought in from Kansas, but after
over thirty rounds were shot into his home, the cannon was over loaded and the barrel exploded.  He died a patriot for the Cherokee people and from the experiences of his life - A Hero
Was Born.
Photos:  (Left to right)  A tintype of Ned from the collection of Roy Hamilton.  A picture in wide circulation, origin unknown, a copy in the collection of Hamilton.  A picture of Ned's dead body
attached to a door and his gun propped into his arms - He had cut his hair the night before the marshal's attacked his hom - He had two pistols of ammunition in his body, plus several rifle
shots.  The tombstone erected over the site of his burial at Wauhillau, now Adair Co., Oklahoma.
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Co-Lee
A band Chief
ca 1834 Catlin
Nancy Ward
A Beloved Woman
Sketch by G. Catlin

Sequoyah
George Guess

Invented the Cherokee
Syllabary
James (Jim) and
Nancy Broom
Christie

A tintype made on
their wedding day.

Jim was a C.N.
Senator, son of
Watt Christie,
brother of Ned
Christie.
Featured on this page are some historical images.
David Vann
Left:
Goback
Christie
Brother of Ned,
Son of Watt and
Lydia (Thrower)
Christie.
He was a furniture
maker and a
medicine man.

This is at his home
at Wauhillau,
Oklahoma,
Cherokee Nation.
Geogre Lowery
John Drew
Joseph Vann
Left:  Lewis Downing
Ostenaco
Springfrog
Standing Turkey
Zeke Proctor