

Chief Di’Wali Bowles: Cherokees in Texas
On the surface, it appears that Chief Di’Wali Bowles spent his life running from something trying to find peace. He left his home in...


Chief Di’Wali Bowles: Cherokees in Tejas
On December 16, 1811, a series of intense interplate earthquakes shook the area around New Madrid, Missouri. They are, to this day, the...


Chief “Di’wali” Bowles: Relocation to Arkansas
“In the mid-1700s, the Spanish invited the Ani-Tsalagi, known as Cherokees, to move into their frontier area. The Spaniards offered the...


Chief “Di’Wali” Bowles: The Muscle Shoals Massacre
Di’wali, “Bowl”, also known in history as “John Bowles,” was born around 1756 in the Cherokee town of Little Hiwasee, located in the...


Cherokee Old Settlers
“I have seen my people strive to make a living ever since the last bunch of Cherokees arrived over the trail of tears to the present...