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Colonel Will Thomas, a famous North Carolinian trader and Native American advocate, became the first white chief of the Eastern band of the Cherokee Tribe. Noted for assembling a legion that guarded the mountain passes against invaders from the west during the Civil War, Thomas additionally served as land owner of the Cherokee territory, preserving the area for a reservation as well as augmenting the territory through land purchases.
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15100
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A long deferred honor may be paid to Colonel William Holland Thomas, said to have been the only white man to ever become a full-fledged Indian chief of the eastern band of the Cherokees. He was a recognized pioneer road-builder in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is a plan to have one of the new scenic highways in the park designated \"Little Wil\" Thomas or Wil-Usdi Highway as a monument to his memory.
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38267
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William Thomas is perhaps more widely known for being the captain of the last Confederate unit to surrender at the end of the Civil War and six term state senator. However, he may be remembered just as well for his advocacy of North Carolina’s eastern Cherokee. This can be perceived in support of the Oconaluftee of Washington’s fight for exemption from removal by the government in 1835, election as chief of the eastern Cherokee in 1838, and election in 1862 as captain of a Cherokee troop whom he inspired to enlist in the Confederate army.
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Thomas, William Holland 1805-1893; Civil War; North Carolina--Eastern Cherokee; Oconaluftee; Yonaguska, ca. 1759-1839; Cherokee Indians--Relocation; Western North Carolina Railroad; Secessionists--North Carolina ; Cherokee Nations--Lufty Cherokees; Trail of Tears (1838-1839); Junaluska, ca. 1779-1858; Stoga, John Astooga, d. 1862; Astoogatogeh, d. 1862; Wil Usdi, 1805-1893