What Is The Memoir Of Catharine Brown A Christian Indian Of The Cherokee Nation

As the white Europeans began to discover America the continent, the Native Americans perceived America as the only home they had ever known. As the white Europeans began to migrate in bigger quantities they began to harass the Native tribes. Throughout the course of the relationship a new nation as built using enslaved labor and the white Europeans, now referring to themselves as “Americans”, began pushing the Natives farther west to allow the United States to expand. Using many methods the Native Americans responded to the threat of removal made by the United States by adapting to the religious, educational, political, and cultural practices of the peoples of the United States. Even though there are a multitude of tribes that made movements

Catharine was the focus of the Memoir, published by The Missionary Herald which was written after she died in 1823; this memoir was written in present day Chattanooga, Tennessee. The memoir is a secondary source because it relates the events through another perspective instead of Catharine’s unique perspective. This memoir shows how Catharine was able to go to the missionary school to recieve education, baptism, and communion. Through her schooling she grew a fond appreciation for Christianity this spread to the rest of her family, then to many members of her tribe. The authors wrote this memoir because Catharine serves as an example of American Natives converting to Christianity and suggests that they can become “civilized” under anglo-american standards. The authors continually refers to Catharine’s growth in religion and persona as intertwined therefore while she was becoming religious she was also becoming proper, “this was manifested by a tenderness of spirit, and an increased desire to become acquainted with the christian religion” (pg 198). The authors also used accounts given by people who knew of Catharine to credit her good nature and dedication to

In Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner it is revealed that “A lithograph from 1836 depicts Sequoia, with the alphabet of the Cherokee language that he developed. Because of their written language and constitution, the Cherokee were considered by many white Americans to be a “civilized tribe.”” (394). The alphabet Sequoia made validated the fact that they were civilized in the white people from the United States eyes. However in Andrew Jackson's eyes they were “savages” (394)3. This is what led to Andrew Jackson enforcing the Indian Removal Act and ultimately the Trail of