John Rollin Ridge letter : North Fork of Feather River, Calif., to Stanley [Waity?], Maysville, Cherokee Nation, Ark., 1852 Jan. 25.

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John Rollin Ridge letter : North Fork of Feather River, Calif., to Stanley [Waity?], Maysville, Cherokee Nation, Ark., 1852 Jan. 25.

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Ridge writes about money he owes [Waity?] and assures him that it will be paid promptly. He describes the difficulties in gold mining, particularly dealing with the problem of water filling up diggings and their solution of digging a ditch to drain it off. He also asks that his "papers" be sent to California because "I would like, you know, to go on a sure footing."

3 p.

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Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867.

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California Indian poet. From the description of John Rollin Ridge papers, 1847-1867. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122291030 John Rollin Ridge, also known as Cheesquatalawny (Yellow Bird), was born into the Cherokee Nation near New Echota, Georgia, on March 19, 1827. His grandfather, Major Ridge, and father, John Ridge, were active Cherokee leaders who in 1835 signed the New Ecota treaty, a land treaty which some Cherokees later blamed for the Tra...