Comments On: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station

Comments On: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville by Betsy Phillips http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/considering-one-of-historys-mysteries-whether-a-cherokee-operative-betrayed-his-people-at-the-battle-of-buchanans-station-andmdash-and-saved/Content?oid=3030189 Comments On: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville by Betsy Phillips en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> Posted by Sharon Perry]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:26:25 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> Posted by accipiter]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:40:46 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> >But Nashville is full of white people and I'm half-white! I should go save them" is just not really plausible.<<

Not merely because he's 1/2 white, but because he possibly had either A) seen the writing on the wall; or B) had financial motive to do so.
Posted by bobsguns]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:40:47 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> Posted by Pete Wilson]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:32:37 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> Posted by Pete Wilson]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:31:31 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]>
You were a Cherokee at this time if a clan was willing to claim you. For children who had Cherokee mothers (whether or not they had Cherokee fathers), their clan was the clan of their mother.
Posted by Betsy Phillips]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:22:57 -0500 Nashville Scene <![CDATA[Re: Considering one of history's mysteries: whether a Cherokee operative betrayed his people at the Battle of Buchanan's Station — and saved Nashville]]> >Findleston [sic] a half breed Cherokee<<

Good article for history buffs such as myself.

However, if he was indeed a "half-breed", WHY was he considered "Cherokee" & betraying his "people"? Why is not looked at as saving his "people" (his OTHER half)????

Much like our fearless leader who is 1/2 of two races yet considered black, I don't understand why one race overrides the other.
Posted by bobsguns]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:38:48 -0500 Nashville Scene