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Cherokee

[ US /ˈtʃɛɹəˌki/ ]
NOUN
  1. a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
  2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

How To Use Cherokee In A Sentence

  • Instead, all the clifty defiles of the ranges were filled with the roar of flames and the crackling of burning timbers as town after town was given to the firebrand, and the homeless, helpless Cherokees frantically fleeing to the densest coverts of the wilderness, -- that powerful truculent tribe! The Frontiersmen
  • The community's, i.e. Cherokee's, financial soundness is a result of low expenditures and a very high soldier's retirement, he says. Harold allinson
  • One favorite treatment for sciatica used by Cherokee herbalist David Winston is a combined extract of sweet melilot (Melilotus alba), dodder (Cuscuta americana), and sweet or black birth (Betula lenta). THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • She spent her early childhood on a 160-acre tract known as Mankiller Flats, given to her grandfather as part of a settlement the federal government made for forcing the Cherokee to move to Oklahoma from their tribal lands in the Carolinas and Georgia in the 1830s. Post-gazette.com - News
  • Born on a Cherokee reservation, Threepersons scouted for Gen. Blackjack Pershing on his expedition after Pancho Villa in 1916.
  • The Cherokee take particular pride in their past, including the alphabet, or syllabary, Sequoyah developed in 1821. Apple Teams Up To Use iPhone To Save Cherokee Language
  • In addition to all these considerations, the right of North Carolina to have this title extinguished by the General Government, is strengthened by the policy which has been pursued towards the Cherokees by the States of Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. North Carolina--Cherokee Indians. Report and Resolution of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of North Carolina, Relative to the Cherokee Indians
  • Three years after Stewart's disappearance, Boone's life was again devastated when a Cherokee tortured and killed his eldest child, 16-year-old James, and later another son, a brother, and a nephew were also killed during the often bloody fighting over the settling of Kentucky. Great American Hunters: Daniel Boone
  • The history of the Cherokee is rich and full of outrageous tragedy.
  • Cherokee stalls have long been notable for their supremely gentle nature, sometimes, hardly a stall at all.
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