1801-1901 Moravians recorded about 100 years of history between the Moravian missionaries and their Cherokee brethren. The records constitute the only known account of daily life in the Cherokee nation
A Census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina DID NOT attempt to include all and left out those less than 1/4 blood and intermarried with whites who were politicians, or prominent, or illiterate