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Major Ridge (also known as simply The Ridge, Pathkiller II, Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi) (c.1771 –1839) was a Cherokee warrior, leader, plantation owner, and ferryman. He was a veteran of the Chickamauga Wars, the Creek War, and the First Seminole War. Ridge was a signatory of the controversial Treaty of New Echota of 1836, which forced the remaining Cherokee inhabiting tribal lands in the southeastern United States to relocate to the Indian Territory. His signing of the treaty led directly to both the Trail of Tears and his own assassination 1839.

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  • Major Ridge (also known as simply The Ridge, Pathkiller II, Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi) (c.1771 –1839) was a Cherokee warrior, leader, plantation owner, and ferryman. He was a veteran of the Chickamauga Wars, the Creek War, and the First Seminole War. Ridge was a signatory of the controversial Treaty of New Echota of 1836, which forced the remaining Cherokee inhabiting tribal lands in the southeastern United States to relocate to the Indian Territory. His signing of the treaty led directly to both the Trail of Tears and his own assassination 1839.
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  • 1812(xsd:integer)
  • 1824(xsd:integer)
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  • Major Ridge
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  • Stabbed to death
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  • Politician, Solider, Planter
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  • 1839(xsd:integer)
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  • 1771(xsd:integer)
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  • Major Ridge (also known as simply The Ridge, Pathkiller II, Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi) (c.1771 –1839) was a Cherokee warrior, leader, plantation owner, and ferryman. He was a veteran of the Chickamauga Wars, the Creek War, and the First Seminole War. Ridge was a signatory of the controversial Treaty of New Echota of 1836, which forced the remaining Cherokee inhabiting tribal lands in the southeastern United States to relocate to the Indian Territory. His signing of the treaty led directly to both the Trail of Tears and his own assassination 1839.
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