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6 posted on 01/07/2004 7:19:03 AM PST by stainlessbanner

To: stainlessbanner

Thanks! I just read an excellent book about the War in North Carolina, "Bushwhackers!" by William R. Trotter. His main source on the Cherokees' participation was "Storm in the Mountains," by Vernon H. Crow (reference-only in my library system, unfortunately!).

Trotter suggests that the Eastern Band participated on the Confederate side almost entirely because it was the policy of their Chief, "Little Will" Thomas, who was, oddly enough, white. Until things got personal with the guerilla fighting and atrocities in Western NC, the Cherokees seem to have fought largely because it was the only fight available!

It's an interesting situation, very different from that of the tribes resettled in Oklahoma, and a reminder that generalizing about "Indians" is just as historically worthless as generalizing about "whites" or "blacks."

25 posted on 01/07/2004 7:44:33 AM PST by Tax-chick (I reserve the right to disclaim all January 2004 posts after the BABY is born!)

To: stainlessbanner

41 posted on 01/07/2004 8:33:04 AM PST by Valin (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)

To: stainlessbanner

Cherokee bump again!! Thanks Stainless.

93 posted on 01/07/2004 11:37:10 AM PST by SCDogPapa (In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie)

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95 posted on 01/07/2004 12:09:32 PM PST by sweetliberty (Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. - (LOTR))

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