ABSTRACT

This work explores the dynamic issues of race and religion within the Cherokee Nation and to look at the role of secret societies in shaping these forces during the nineteenth century.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|24 pages

Red, White, and Black in the Old South

chapter 2|26 pages

“Civilization” and Its Discontents

chapter 4|32 pages

“Between Two Fires”

chapter 5|32 pages

“So Laudable an Enterprise”

chapter 6|34 pages

“The Most Sacred Obligations”