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Comments on the Ballard interview; The Keetoowah Society is A group of Native Americans who keep the old traditions, avoid if possible the white man`s way.,Speak the Cherokee Language, etc. The Keetoowah were on the union side in the Civil War.{they did not join Albert Pike`s Indians to fight for the Confederate Cause.} Moses Miller was the ancestor of Clell Miller{not necessarily this "Mose"} We have a small village where I live, named "Nail", said to be named for an Indian.Sequoyah lived there. My great uncles, Wes Bowman and Ab. Allen were among those who captured Ned Chrisiy. A William Mayfield James m. Jeanette Ballard in Ok.,I think she had a brother,"John" I have a little book about,"Red Bird" Smith. He was a leader among the Keetoowah. All the Killings mentioned were because of the removal treaty. Those who signed the treaty, signed their death warrants.{the killings were between those "for" and those "Against" An Ezra Downing m. one of my Standridge relatives. It was William James who m. Mary Christie {lived at Kennard Texas} that J.Frank Dalton visited about 1947.,Lou Notify Administrator about this message?
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