"American Indian politician" . "1839Z"^^ . . "Ridge, John"@en . "1839-06-22Z"^^ . . "Skah-tle-loh-skee (Yellow Bird)"@en . "John Ridge"@en . "1802Z"^^ . "Skah-tle-loh-skee (Yellow Bird)"@en . "John Ridge, born Skah-tle-loh-skee (Yellow Bird) (c. 1802 \u2013 June 22, 1839), was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut to study at the Foreign Mission School. He met Sarah Bird Northup, of a Yankee New England family, and they married in 1824."@en . . . . .