ROSS, JOHN
\ɹˈɒs], \ɹˈɒs], \ɹ_ˈɒ_s]\
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(1790-1866), chief of the Cherokee Indians, successfully resisted the encroachments of the Georgia Legislature upon the Cherokee land titles in 1829. He opposed the treaty of New Echota in 1835, but was compelled by the United States to remove to a reservation.
By John Franklin Jameson
