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Died:
- "In June 1839, Ridge, along with his father and Boudinot (who both had also signed the Treaty of New Echota), were assassinated in retribution for the subsequent forced removal of the Cherokee Nation and resultant deaths of over 4,000 men, women and children. John Ridge was stabbed 48 times, had his chest jumped up and down upon, and kicked repeatedly by the 25 members of Ross' faction in front of his wife and children." --Wikipedia
- "His son John Rollin Ridge wrote the pseudo-biography of Joaquin Murieta that inspired the Zorro legend." --Wikipedia
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