CHEROKEE INDIANS

originally one of the largest and most important tribes. In early American history they were found along the Allegheny and Appal a chi an ranges from Virginia to Alabama, but later on emigrated to Louisiana and Indian Territory. 'They sided with the British in the Revolutionary war but did good service to the United States in the War of 1812. They have attained perhaps a greater degree of culture and civilization than any other tribe of American Indians. ‘They have large tribal properties in Oklahoma. E.), village, Kashi Hills district, A am; has heaviest known rainfall in world; average, c. 500 in. per annum,