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Author

Smith, Archilla, -1841 defendant.

Title Indian justice : a Cherokee murder trial at Tahlequah in 1840 / as reported by John Howard Payne ; edited with introduction and footnotes by Grant Foreman.

Imprint

Oklahoma City, Okla. : Harlow Publishing Co., 1934.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Kansas Collection	970.3 Sm51i	---	Lib Use Only

Description	xii, 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Note	The trial of Archilla Smith, Cherokee Indian, charged with the murder of John MacIntosh in the late fall of 1839. The defendant was tried in the Cherokee Supreme Court at Tahlequah, Chief Justice Jesse Bushyhead presiding; found guilty December 26, 1840 and sentenced to die January 1, 1841.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Subject	MacIntosh, John, -1839.
	Cherokee Indians.
Added Author	Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852.
	Foreman, Grant, 1869-1953.
Added Title	Cherokee murder trial at Tahlequah in 1840.