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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...