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Major Ridge, The Ridge (and sometimes Pathkiller II) (c.1771 – June 22, 1839) (also known as Nunnehidihi, and later Ganundalegi) was a Cherokee Indian member of the tribal council, a lawmaker, and a leader. He was a veteran of the Chickamauga Wars, the Creek War, and the First Seminole War. Along with Charles R. Hicks and James Vann, Ridge was part of the "Cherokee triumvirate" of the Cherokee Nation. He was a wealthy plantation owner, slave owner and ferryman. Ridge was a signatory of the controversial Treaty of New Echota of 1836, which forced the remaining Cherokee inhabiting tribal lands in the southeastern United States to relocate to the Indian Territory. His signing of the treaty led directly to both the Trail of Tears and his own death —by Blood Law (assassination) —in 1839.