John Ross Poems - Poems about John Ross

...The word "Cherokee" is believed to be derived from a Choctaw word meaning "Cave People". Another explanation says it came from a Creek word "Chelokee", meaning "People Of A Different Speech". It was......Read the rest...

...Walking along the trail he thought about days past. They were told they had to leave, but never were they asked. The morning dew was cool as they began the long walk west. When his father said ......Read the rest...

...From the year of Eighteen ninety, survives a sad birthday tale. As told by Private John Burnett, eighty years old when it was told. Of needless deaths of Cherokee, inflicted by relocation. I......Read the rest...

...There is a little cemetery in Oklahoma, by a town, Tahlequah, it is named. Chief John Ross is buried there. Of the “Trail Of Tears” he was famed. Just a little sign on the left of the road, ......Read the rest...