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john marshall
was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835). -
seqouyah
In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible. -
john ross
was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828–1866, serving longer in this position than any other person. -
trail of tears
The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory in eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma -
gold rush
second significant gold rush in the United States. It started in 1828 in the present day Lumpkin County near county seat Dahlonega, and soon spread through the North Georgia mountains
