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    • John Ridge, born Skah-tle-loh-skee (ᏍᎦᏞᎶᏍᎩ, Yellow Bird) (c. 1802 – 22 June 1839), was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mission School. He met Sarah Bird Northup, of a New England Yankee family, and they married in 1824. Soon after their return … See more

    Early life

    John Ridge was born to the Cherokee chief Major Ridge and his wife Sehoya around 1802 in their village of … See more

    Marriage and family

    While at school in Cornwall, Ridge fell in love with Sarah Bird Northrup, the daughter of the school's steward. After two years, he convinced her parents to allow them to marry, which they did in January 1824. The Cornwall c… See more

    BornSkah-tle-loh-skee (Yellow Bird) · c. 1802 · Oothacaloga (Calhoun, Georgia)
    DiedJune 22, 1839 (aged 36 or 37) · Honey Springs Creek, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
    Cause of deathExecuted for treason against the Cherokee Nation
    CitizenshipCherokee Nation
    Career

    Ridge was among the first Cherokee men to marry a European-American woman. In the past, marriages between Europeans and Cherokee had most often been between European men, usually fur traders doing busin… See more

    Relocation

    After the treaty signing, Ridge moved with his family, his father and most of his siblings, his uncle (David Watie), and Watie cousins to what is now Indian Territory. This was three years before the forced removal in 1838 of … See more

    Sources

    • Johansen, Bruce Elliot and Barry Pritzker. Encyclopedia of American Indian History, Volume 2. ABC-CLIO, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85109-817-0.
    • Langguth, A. J. Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil W… See more

    External links

    "John Ridge Family", Paul Ridenour genealogy website
    John Ridge at Find a Grave
    4. The Treaty at This Land Podcast. See more

     
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