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	Cherokee Chief John Ross
		It was during this battle that John Ross swam the frigid waters of the Tallapoosa River to help steal the Creek's "getaway" canoes which were then used by the Cherokee in a rear attack on the Creek Indians.
		John Ross hope to have a star on the U.S. flag for the State of Cherokee was in vain.
		John Ross carried a petition to Washington with 15,000 signatures, 90 percent of all Cherokee, in protest.
	www.mindspring.com /~caruso/johnross.htm (1816 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: John Ross (1790-1866)
		Ross was born on October 3, 1790, in Turkey Town, on the Coosa River near present-day Center, Alabama.
		The profits from the store at Ross's Landing on the Tennessee River (at present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee) enabled Ross in 1827 to establish a plantation and ferry business where the Oostanaula and Etowah rivers flow together to form the Coosa River, located at what is now Rome.
		As Ross took the reins of the Cherokee government in 1827, white Georgians increased their lobbying efforts to remove the Cherokees from the Southeast.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2887 (673 words)

	Chief John Ross
		John Ross, a man with the legend touch, walked tall upon the earth and cast a long shadow.
		John Ross stood so high in the eyes of his people that they called him Guwisguwi, the name of a rare migratory bird of large size and white or grayish plumage that had one time appeared at long intervals in the old Cherokee country.
		Ross Fought alongside Jackson and Sam Houston and Davy Crockett in the was of 1812, and at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in a daring act of bravery, he swam the river to capture the Creek's canoes which were then used to effect an attack upon the enemy's fort.
	www.georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.com /chiefjohnross.htm (1003 words)

	John Ross - MSN Encarta
		Ross was born in Inch, Wigtown County, Scotland.
		In recognition of his discoveries, John Ross was knighted by the British government in 1834.
		Sir John Ross served as British consul at Stockholm, Sweden, from 1839 to 1846.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553171/John_Ross.html (295 words)

	Scots around the world - Chief John Ross
		John Ross was chief of the Cherokee from 1828-1866, during some of the most turbulent times of their history.
		Ross was elected chief in 1828 and would spend the rest of his life as chief.
		George Washington Ross served the Cherokee Nation as secretary in 1865 and was clerk of the Tahlequah District Circuit Court in 1866.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/world/john_ross.htm (1123 words)

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		John Ross was the first and only elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in 1866.
		Ross was invaluable to Moravians who established a mission on the Federal Highway near present-day Brainerd, Tennessee.
		Ross, one of the richest men in North Georgia before 1838 had a number of ventures including a 200 acre farm and owned a number of slaves.
	cstl-cla.semo.edu /cmorrow/ui339/lectures/John_Ross.html (676 words)

	JOHN SALEM ROSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A one John Kirby stated that he was with John Ross January or February of 1863 in the area of Little Cacapon, in West Virginia.
		John Ross Private of Company "D", 2" Regiment "Upper Potomac Home Brigade" Volunteers was enrolled on the 23rd day of July 1861, at Piedmont Virginia 3 years and borne on the rolls of Company from Muster in to October 31, 1861 presence or absence not stated.
		John Kirby also stated that said John Ross complained of rheumatism before the attack at "Little Ca Capon" and I believe his present crippled condition is the result of his March on "Hunters Raid".
	www.marylandfamilies.com /bio/johnsalemross.html (713 words)

	John Ross (Cherokee chief) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By "blood", Ross was seven-eighths Scottish, educated by Europeans, a poor speaker of the Cherokee language, and one of the wealthiest men of the nation.
		Ross was born in Turkeytown, Alabama, along the Coosa River, near Lookout Mountain, to Mollie and Daniel Ross.
		The purpose of the delegation was to clarify the provisions of the Treaty of 1817.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Ross_(Cherokee_chief) (3100 words)

	John Ross - The Arctic and More - 19th Century - Pathfinders and Passageways
		In 1829, Ross admitted to having drawn hasty conclusions during this expedition and convinced one of his friends, Felix Booth, the distiller of Booth gin, to finance another expedition to the Arctic, this time on a steam ship.
		Ross brought along his nephew, James Clark Ross, and they and their crew left the harbour in May 1829.
		Ross and his nephew were received by King William IV, and John Ross became a celebrity in London's salons.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /explorers/h24-1810-e.html (1126 words)

	Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation
		Ross, recognizing the value of a good education, did everything that he could to help the missionaries in their effort to provide schooling for the Cherokee youth.
		John Ross was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1828, a position he would hold until his death in 1866.
		Chief Ross and the Cherokee National Council maintained that the document was a fraud and presented a petition with more than 15,000 Cherokee signatures to congress in the spring of 1838.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /NA-JohnRoss.html (1265 words)

	John Ross Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		John Ross (1790-1866), chief of the American Cherokee Indians, headed his tribe during the saddest era in its history, when it was removed from its ancestral lands to Oklahoma.
		John Ross was born near Lookout Mountain, Tenn., on Oct. 3, 1790.
		Ross became a leader of the faction of the tribe that opposed removal, and he led in challenging the state ruling before the U.S. Supreme Court.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-ross (493 words)

	Amazon.ca: Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the IMF: Books: John Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Ross is "the new John Reed covering a new Mexican revolution." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
		John Ross is really able to bring the story to life and give it feeling.
		John Ross has a witty style of writing which made what could have been a dry history book into an easy-to-read, fun trip through the ages of Mexican history.
	www.amazon.ca /Annexation-Mexico-Aztecs-John-Ross/dp/1567511317 (1285 words)

	John Ross — FactMonster.com
		Elected principal chief of the eastern Cherokee in 1828, Ross struggled valiantly to hold the ancestral lands of his people but was unable to withstand the constant pressure of the state of Georgia for removal.
		Ross and the majority refused to acknowledge the cession, but resistance was unsuccessful, and in 1838–39 he led them on the long, hard journey to present-day Oklahoma.
		John ROSS - ROSS, John (1770—1834) ROSS, John, (father of Thomas Ross), a Representative from...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0842457.html (252 words)

	Today in History: October 3
		John Ross, Chief of the United Cherokee Nation from 1839 to 1866, was born on October 3, 1790 near
		Ross made many trips to Washington, as representative of the majority of Cherokee, and successfully argued their case before the Supreme Court.
		See, for example, Miss Kitty Ross, daughter of a leading official of the Cherokee Nation, or a facsimile of Cherokee alphabet, developed by Sequoyah (1776-1843) and introduced to the Cherokee in 1821.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/oct03.html (1886 words)

	John Ross
		Guwisguwi (John Ross) was born in Turkeytown, Alabama, on 3rd October, 1790.
		John Ross joined the volunteers and served as adjutant and took part in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.
		John Ross took the case to the Supreme Court and it eventually ruled the law unconstitutional and Worcester was released.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWjohnross.htm (629 words)

	John Ross (Arctic explorer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir John Ross (June 24, 1777 – August 30, 1856) was a Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer.
		Ross was the son of the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, near Stranraer in Scotland.
		In 1832, Ross and his crew abandoned their ship and walked to another shipwreck which had been abandoned by a different expedition many years earlier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Ross_(Arctic_explorer) (692 words)

	John Ross - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic
		Scottish explorer John Ross was born June 24, 1777.
		John Ross led his first expedition in search of the Northwest Passage in 1818.
		Ross was knighted in 1834 and elevated to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1851.
	www.allthingsarctic.com /exploration/ross.aspx (484 words)

	Sir John Ross
		Sir John Ross (1777-1856) had a somewhat tarnished reputation as an Arctic explorer at one point, primarily due to his mistaking a mirage for a mountain range and naming it after a Secretary of the British Admiralty.
		Ross was thought to have perished, and when he returned to England he was knighted in honour of the four Arctic winters he endured, and for bringing his men through with few losses.
		Ross survived by recognizing and using the methods of the Inuit.
	www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-john-ross.htm (292 words)

	The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Ross made an urgent appeal to Scott, requesting that the general let his people lead the tribe west.
		Chief John Ross, who valiantly resisted the forced removal of the Cherokee, lost his wife Quatie in the march.
		And so a country formed fifty years earlier on the premise "...that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.." brutally closed the curtain on a culture that had done no wrong.
	ngeorgia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /history/nghisttt.html (1213 words)

	Ross House, Rossville, Georgia
		Built before the start of the 19th century by John McDonald, a Scottish trader of wandering loyalty, the Ross House is the oldest remaining structure in Northwest Georgia.
		When Mollie Ross died in 1808, her 18 year-old son John Ross moved to the home with his grandfather John McDonald.
		Ross had received much of his formal education in the home, along with the sons of other Cherokee and countrymen, whites who had been accepted into the Cherokee Nation.
	roadsidegeorgia.com /site/rosshouse.html (526 words)

	John Ross: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		JOHN C. NAMED 22nd ANNUAL RECIPIENT OF The Nissim Prize has been awarded to John C. Ross for After a Line by Theodore Roethke, a ten-minute work for soprano and orchestra, selected from among 245 submissions.
		John C. Ross received a Bachelor of Music degree in Horn Performance from Covenant College on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; a Master of Music in Composition from Florida State University; and a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Iowa.
		In addition to receiving grants from ASCAP and the John W. Work III Foundation, Ross was awarded a Fulbright grant to study with Philippe Manoury at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, France.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/ross_john_8721064.aspx (413 words)

	UMM Music Discipline Faculty Directory: Dr. John Stanley Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Stanley Ross is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, Morris where he conducts the University Concert Band and Chamber Winds and teaches courses in chamber music, conducting, woodwind techniques, and applied clarinet and saxophone.
		During the 2001-2002 season, John Stanley Ross was a visiting assistant professor of music at The University of Michigan-Flint where he conducted the University Wind Symphony and taught courses in conducting, chamber music, and performance practice.
		Ross is the former Assistant Conductor of the University of Michigan Youth Band and the former Assistant Conductor and Instructor of Woodwinds for the Michigan Lion's All-State Band.
	www.mrs.umn.edu /academic/music/faculty/johnross.html (803 words)

	Sonnyboo & the Free Movies
		It is because of Peter John Ross that local filmmakers have an outlet to show their work.
		Ross worked tirelessly to set up meetings and speakers for the CFC's monthly events, and through this exposure, people began calling him at home - literally any time of the day and night - to get advice, ask questions, and request favors.
		Ross is the most selfless, thoughtful, and creatively inspiring filmmaker I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.
	www.sonnyboo.com /pjross/pjross/pjross.htm (2587 words)

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	Narco News: John Ross’ “Twenty Questions for Big Al, the Other Campaign, and the Zapatista Army of National ...
		John’s questions and my responses are reflective of historic debates on the left and in social movements in general and throughout Latin America in particular.
		If John is honest enough to ask them aloud, there might be others asking them – or repeating their errant claims as “fact” – more quietly.
		I therefore think it would be useful to respond to John here, and – since neither John nor I hold the last word on such great and sweeping matters – invite our 288 co-publishers and anyone else willing to sign his and her name to join the round table by sending your commentaries to narconews@gmail.com.
	www.narconews.com /Issue41/article1907.html (11798 words)

	Dr. John Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A native of New Jersey, Ross received training in composition at Florida State University and the University of Iowa; his principal teachers were John Boda and D. Martin Jenni.
		Encore, a work for cello and piano, is recorded on Innova and After a Line will be released in 2003 on Albany Records.
		Currently, Ross teaches aural skills, theory and composition at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.
	www.pittstate.edu /music/Dr.JohnRoss.html (219 words)

	John Ross, Inc. Landscape, Construction & Design - Water Features
		Ponds, streams and waterfalls, and other such features can be attractive elements to consider in planning a landscape, especially since they lend themselves to our local topography.
		The designers and installation crews of John Ross, Inc. have created many of these features which can be viewed as you plan your own landscape.
		A large waterfall such as this at a popular local restaurant can be a dramatic focal point.
	www.johnrossinc.com /water_features.htm (141 words)

	Stanford University \| Chemistry Department \| Faculty \| Chemistry Faculty \| John Ross Research Interests
		1) "Spatial Structure Formation in Precipitation Processes," S. Mueller and J. Ross, J Phys Chem A, 107, 7997 (2003).
		2) "New Approaches to the Deduction of Complex Reaction Mechanisms," J. Ross, Acc Chem Res, 36, 839-847 (2003).
		3) "Mechanisms of Oscillatory Reactions Deduced from Bifurcation Diagrams," I. Schreiber and J. Ross, J Phys Chem A, 107, 9846-9859 (2003).
	www.stanford.edu /dept/chemistry/faculty/ross (211 words)

	John Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Ross, Chief of the United Cherokee Nation from 1839 to 1866, was born on October 3, 1790 near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
		"On the Trail of Tears, Chief John Ross led the last detachment made up of many elderly people and children.
		Ross House, Rossville, Georgia Home of John Ross,
	www.indigenouspeople.net /johnross.htm (179 words)

	John Ross Hendrix for Congress
		John Ross Hendrix, 56, of Cary announces that he has left the Republican party and has re-registered as a Democrat.
		Republicans are still voting for extremist candidates, even worse than those who turned off 13th district voters in the past.
		Independent Weekly publishes endorsement of John Ross Hendrix in the 13th District Republican race for Congress.
	www.hendrixcampaign.com (480 words)

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