Boudinot's Marriage

The marriage of Boudinot to Gold was controversial. Although many white traders had married Cherokee women, a Cherokee man marrying a white woman was regarded with horror by American society, see Theresa Strouth Gaul, “Introduction.” To Marry an Indian: The Marriage of Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot in Letters, 1823-1839. Ed. Theresa Strouth Gaul. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 2005.