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In
1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital
called New Echota. A thriving town, this new governmental seat
became headquarters for the small independent Indian nation
that once covered present-day northern Georgia, western North
Carolina, eastern Tennessee and northwestern Alabama.
A
remarkable development in the Cherokees' progress came in 1821
when a written form of their language was adopted. In 1828,
New Echota's resourceful natives began printing a newspaper,
The Cherokee Phoenix,
in both Cherokee and English. Although these Native Americans
patterned their government and lifestyle after the white man,
they were uprooted from their land in 1838 and removed westward
during the infamous
Trail of Tears.
Other
Web Links Referencing Echota
New
Echota Historic Site
New Echota
State Historic Site
Treaty
of New Echota
Cherokee
Heritage Trails
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