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About Charles R. Hicks
- Charles Renatus Hicks (December 23, 1767 – January 20, 1827) was one of the most important Cherokee leaders in the early 19th century; together with James Vann and Major Ridge, he was one of a triumvirate of younger mixed-race chiefs urging the tribe to acculturate to European-American ways.
- He supported a Moravian mission school in Cherokee territory to educate the tribe's children.
- Long the second chief, in 1827 he succeeded to the office of Principal Chief when his predecessor Pathkiller died in office.
- Hicks died two weeks later.
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