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