{"product_id":"indian-justice-a-cherokee-murder-trial-at-tahlequah-in-1840-paperback","title":"Indian Justice: A Cherokee Murder Trial at Tahlequah in 1840 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Howard Payne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrant Foreman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRennard Strickland\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIndian Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, Grant Foreman presents John Howard Payne's first-hand account of the trial of Archilla Smith, a Cherokee charged with the murder of John MacIntosh in the fall of 1839. The Cherokee Supreme Court at Tahlequah (in present-day Oklahoma) found Smith guilty and sentenced him to die. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Occurring immediately after the Cherokee Removal to lands west of the Mississippi River, the trial involved people on both sides of the bitter factional controversies then raging in the Cherokee Nation. Payne's account of this important Indian case first appeared in two installments in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Commerce in 1841.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his foreword to this new edition, Rennard Strickland places the case in historical and contemporary context, exploring the evolution of tribal court systems and Indian justice over the past century and a half.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 7.92 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44905933963366,"sku":"9780806134208","price":48.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/U3RrbnRKYWRwNDlITmpmblJ5T1k0dz09.webp?v=1773043517","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/indian-justice-a-cherokee-murder-trial-at-tahlequah-in-1840-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}