John Ross

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This portrait by Charles Bird King shows John Ross at his prime. A well-educated and successful businessman, John Ross helped to establish the Cherokee Nation's first government and became principal chief in 1827.

Print by Charles Bird King. From History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by T. McKenney and J. Hall

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