cherokees in English
noun
1
a member of an American Indian people of the southeastern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Many Indians died when the United States army took the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
2
the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, which has had its own script since 1820.
It is used in the Indian churches and at the stomp grounds, and many children still grow up with Cherokee as their first language, learning English when they go to school.
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1. Between May 1838 and March 1839 about 16,000 Cherokees were removed
2. In March 1775, land speculator and North Carolina judge Richard Henderson met with more than 1,200 Cherokees at Sycamore Shoals.
3. The genus is described as tonic, diaphoretic, and in large doses emetic and Aperient. THE SACRED FORMULAS OF THE CHEROKEES JAMES MOONEY It is also very useful as a supplement to mercury, which needs a saline Aperient to complete its action