Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Welch Plantation, December 1850
1. Cherokees during the Early Republic
2. “Leave Home and Take to the Mountains”: Resisting Removal, 1836–38
3. “A Settlement of Indians on Valley River”: A New Community on the Welch Farm
4. “Councils, Dances, Ballplays”: New and Old Ways on Valley River
5. “Their Determination to Remain”: Evading Agents, Lawyers, and Other Swindlers
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index