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Ross, John, Native American name Coowescoowe (1790-1866), Native American chief of the Cherokee nation, born near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, of a Scottish father and part-Cherokee mother. Ross was a determined champion of the Cherokee in the struggle that led to the removal of the Native Americans from their home in Georgia to lands in Oklahoma. From 1819 to 1826 he served as president of the National Council of the Cherokee, and in 1828 he became principal chief of the eastern branch of the Cherokee. When all his efforts to preserve the property of the Native Americans in Georgia had failed, Ross led (1838-1839) his people to their new home and united the eastern and western tribes under one government. He was chief of the united Cherokee nation until his death.The Cherokee in the 19th century made great progress in developing a national government and improving their economic well-being. They maintained generally peaceful relations with the Americans although they fought for the British in the revolution. Thereafter the bulk of the Cherokee settled in the Chickamauga Valley and prospered under their chief John Ross. The town that became modern-day Chattanooga was begun there about 1815 as a trading post called Ross' Landing. In 1820 the nation formed itself into a republic, adopting a constitution modeled on the Constitution of the United States.In 1828 gold was discovered in the Cherokee territory, and pressure from whites increased to remove the nation from its traditional lands. In 1835, under threat of federal force, the Cherokee, in a fraudulent treaty signed by only a small minority of them, relinquished their claim to what remained of their lands in Tennessee. In 1838 they were removed from the state by federal troops into Arkansas Territory in a forced march, on which thousands of them died, and which for that reason was later called the Trail of Tears. About 1,000 escaped to the east and found refuge in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Meanwhile, most of the tribe, including the Western Band, were driven west about 1,285 km (about 800 mi) in a forced march, known as the Trail of Tears. About 4,000 perished through hunger, disease, and exposure while on the journey or in stockades awaiting removal. In Indian Territory the Cherokee reorganized their government under their chief, John Ross.About 500 leading Cherokee agreed in 1835 to cede the tribal territory in exchange for $5,700,000 and land in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Their action was repudiated by more than nine-tenths of the tribe, and several members of the group were later assassinated. In 1838 federal troops began forcibly evicting the Cherokee. Approximately one thousand escaped to the North Carolina mountains, purchased land, and incorporated in that state; they were the ancestors of the present-day Eastern Band.
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Children of *John Ross and *Quatie (christian name Elizabeth Brown) are:
*John Ross (b. 1790, d. 1866)
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