Following Queenston Heights , Norton continued to lead larger bands of Iroquois warriors into several of the war 's most significant battles . His journal , published under the title '' The Journal of Major John Norton , 1816 '' , offers one of the most thorough firsthand accounts of the War of 1812 . Norton included in the journal an account of his travel to the Cherokee in the American Southeast around 1809-1810 . He described their settlements and culture at the start of their final golden age before the Trail of Tears and forced removal west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s . Norton always intended his journal as a document for publication
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
John Norton (Mohawk chief)