Contents
Foreword
Preface
Prologue: Historical Overview
1. Out of a Mystic Past
2. Under British Rule
3. Come the King's Men
4. "My Tongue ls My Pen"
5. A Wall to the Skies
6. New Elder Brother
7. An Effort at Arms
8. Intrigue and Assassination
9. "As Long as Waters Flow"
10. A New Breed of Beloved Men
11. Cherokee Nation West
12. Dark Clouds Gathering
13. The Agony of Removal
14. Expulsion from Texas
15. Reunion and Conflict
16. New Nation, Old Feuds
17. A House Redivided
18. Resisting Dissolution
19. An End to Sovereignty
20. The Fourth Phoenix
Afterword: Those Who Stayed Behind
Notes
Bibliography
Index