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John Rollin Ridge (Yellow Bird)

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John Rollin Ridge, or Chees-quat-a-law-ny (translated Yellow Bird) was a Cherokee born in 1827 to the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. In 1854 he published The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit, the first known novel written by an American Indian. His book of poems, called Poems, was published posthumously by his wife in 1868. 

This page has paths:

  1. An Introduction to this Collection Hannah Provost
  2. Map Hannah Provost

Contents of this path:

  1. "Mount Shasta" by John Rollin Ridge
  2. "The Atlantic Cable" by John Rollin Ridge
  3. "Faith" by John Rollin Ridge
  4. "The Humboldt River" by John Rollin Ridge
  5. "To A Young Lady" John Rollin Ridge
  6. "To a Star Seen at Twilight" by John Rollin Ridge
  7. "Remembrance of a Summer's Night" by John Rollin Ridge
  8. "To Lizzie" by John Rollin Ridge
  9. "The Forgiven Dead" by John Rollin Ridge
  10. "*Mary, Queen of Scots" by John Rollin Ridge
  11. "A Cherokee Love Song" by John Rollin Ridge
  12. "Dedication for an Album" by John Rollin Ridge
  13. "The Harp of Broken Strings" by John Rollin Ridge
  14. "October Hills" by John Rollin Ridge
  15. "The Maid of the Mountains" by John Rollin Ridge
  16. "On Yuba City" by John Rollin Ridge
  17. "Of Her I Love" by John Rollin Ridge
  18. "To The Beautiful" by John Rollin Ridge
  19. "A Night Scene" by John Rollin Ridge
  20. "To C—" by John Rollin Ridge
  21. "Rosa Dunn" by John Rollin Ridge
  22. "The Stolen White Girl" by John Rollin Ridge
  23. "A June Morning" by John Rollin Ridge
  24. "Poem" by John Rollin Ridge
  25. "Erinna" by John Rollin Ridge
  26. "Lines on a Hummingbird Seen at a Lady's Window" by John Rollin Ridge
  27. "California" by John Rollin Ridge
  28. "Poem (Given at San Francisco)" by John Rollin Ridge
  29. "A Scene Along the Rio de las Plumas" by John Rollin Ridge
  30. "The Rainy Season in California" by John Rollin Ridge

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