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Photo Left:  Jackson Military Road cut exiting Washington, Arkansas, to the North East (2005)

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The Promised Land: The Cherokees, Arkansas, and Removal, 1794-1839 

By Charles Russell Logan

Published by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program 1500 Tower Building, 323 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9880

An agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage

Contents

Arkansas as Refuge.......................................................................... Page 5

Arkansas as Reservation ................................................................ Page 11

Cherokee Politics and the Failure of Voluntary Removal ........... Page 22

The Treaty of New Echota .............................................................. Page 31

Treaty Party Removal ................................................................. .....Page 35

The Trail of Tears ....................................................................... .....Page 39

Epilogue ............................................................................................ Page 52

Methodology, Goals and Priorities ............................................. ..Page 54

Endnotes...................................................................................... ......Page 55

 

 

 

 

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