Indian Justice: A Cherokee Murder Trial at Tahlequah in 1840

by John Howard Payne

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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 west of the Mississippi River, the trial involved people on both sides of the bitter factional...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806134208

ISBN13:9780806134208

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:136 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 7.9"

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