John Ross

(Kooweskoowe)

1790–1866

Frontiersman who tried (but failed) to help the Cherokees form a nation and protect their rights in U.S. Courts.

Other Resources


Story Links
Book Links
Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole  in  A Book of Discovery  by  M. B. Synge
Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas  in  A Book of Discovery  by  M. B. Synge


Image Links


John Ross
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Sir James Clark Ross
 in Story Lives of Great Scientists

Traveling over ice in sledge-boats
 in Story Lives of Great Scientists

Landed on a small island inhabited by myriads of penguins
 in Story Lives of Great Scientists

Ross's winter quarters in Felix Harbour
 in A Book of Discovery

The first communication with Eskimos at Boothia Felix, January 1830.
 in A Book of Discovery

Sir John Ross
 in The Reign of Queen Victoria