The Texas Cherokees - A People Between Fires, 1819-1840

Volume 203 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.

In 1819 to 1820 several hundred Cherokees-led by Duwali, a chief from Tennessee-settled along the Sabine, Neches, and Angelina rivers in east Texas. Welcomed by Mexico as a buffer to U.S. settlement, Duwali's people had separated from other Western Cherokees in an effort to retain the tribe's traditional lifeways. As Dianne Everett details in The Texas Cherokees, they found themselves "caught between two fires" in many respects: between the Cherokee ideal of harmony and the reality of factionalism, between white settlers pushing westward and western Indians resisting incursions, and between traditional ways and the practical necessity of accommodating to whites.

Dianna Everett holds the doctorate in history from Texas Tech University.

About the author

Dianna Everett holds the doctorate in history from Texas Tech University. She is the editor of The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture and is affiliated with the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Product details

• Authors: Dianna Everett
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1990
• EAN: 9780806127200
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-2720-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 245 g
• Series: The Civilization of the American Indian Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous