Question

1) Can you see any features that might indicate that this house was built by a Cherokee? In what ways do you think the design of the house reflects Ridge's attitudes towards accommodation to white society?

Answer 1

The house has no features to show that it was built by a Cherokee. This design reflects the attitude of Ridge that had adapted to the American way of life by abandoning indigenous customs.

Major Ridge (1771 - 1839) was a Cherokee leader who was noted for:

• He was a member of the tribal council and legislator.
• He supported acculturation.
• He became a wealthy planter, slave owner, and boatman in Georgia.
• He signed the passage of the controversial New Echota Treaty of 1835, which handed over the Cherokee territory to the United States government.
• He was sentenced to death and murdered in 1839 under the Cherokee Blood Act.

Regarding the house Ridge lived in, it is a two-story white log home located on his 223-acre plantation on Cha.tillon, Rome, Georgia.

This house differs greatly from the structure of the traditional houses of the Cherokee culture because they were built in the shape of a pyramid with a circular base covered with leather made from animal skins.

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