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 Cherokee Exodus from Texas
N 32° 18.374 W 095° 29.354
15S E 265631 N 3577101
One of three Texas Historical Markers at the Chandler Museum and Visitor Center in McCain Park at 721 SH 31 W, just west of Chandler, this one notes the expulsion of the Cherokee from East Texas back in 1839.
Waymark Code: WMWPWY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2017
Views: 2
Marker Number: 10349
Marker Text:
Driven from eastern states by white settlers, Cherokee Indians migrated to the East Texas area, becoming established by 1820. In 1822, they unsuccessfully sought title to their land from Mexico.
The years following were ones of an increasingly uneasy truce for both Texans and Cherokees. In 1839, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Republic of Texas president, sent orders for the tribe to leave Texas.
In July 15-16 battle northwest of here two Texans and eighteen Indians, including Chief Bowles (aged 81), were killed. The remaining Indians retreated into what is now Oklahoma. (1969)
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