Originally Posted by svs

My bad. I shouldn't come up with questions off thetop of my head without checking the answer. Jackson's adopted son Lyncoya was a Creek orphan. Not a Cherokee. I think I may have confused the Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson stories in my head. A thousand apologies.

Interesting that the President responsible for so much hostility and injustice to the Native Americans was able to adopt one and raise him as his own child. Jackson had plans to send Lyncoya to West Point but unfortunately Lyncoya died of TB at age 16.

I did manage to sneak another General Jackson into the answers though.

Your question and a bit of humble pie for yours truly for confounding the Creek and the Cherokee.