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Indian Justice: A Cherokee Murder Trial at Tahlequah in 1840

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Availability:In StockContributor:John Howard Payne, Grant Foreman (Editor), Rennard Strickland (Foreword by)Publish date:2002-05-15Pages:136
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134208ISBN-10:806134208UPC:9780806134208Book Category:History, LawBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Criminal Law, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:7.92 x 5.52 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCC3DWM3P9

Indian Justice: A Cherokee Murder Trial at Tahlequah in 1840

In Indian Justice, Grant Foreman presents John Howard Payne's first-hand account of the trial of Archilla Smith, a Cherokee charged with the murder of John MacIntosh in the fall of 1839. The Cherokee Supreme Court at Tahlequah (in present-day Oklahoma) found Smith guilty and sentenced him to die.

Occurring immediately after the Cherokee Removal to lands west of the Mississippi River, the trial...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Oklahoma PressISBN-13:9780806134208ISBN-10:806134208UPC:9780806134208Book Category:History, LawBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Criminal Law, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:7.92 x 5.52 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SCC3DWM3P9
Payne, John Howard: -

John Howard Payne (1971-1852) was the author, translator, or adapter of more than sixty plays.

Foreman, Grant: -

Grant Foreman (1869-1953), known as the dean of American Indian historians, was the author of Indian Removal, The Five Civilized Tribes, and Sequoyah and editor of Ethan Allen Hitchcock's Traveler in Indian Territory, all published by the University of Oklahoma...

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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