John D. Loudermilk - 1960-1963
Original version written by Loudermilk in 1959 and recorded by (Cherokee Indian) Marvin Rainwater, entitled "Pale Faced Indian".It was released as the B-side of his "Wayward Angel", and Billboard magazine did not think much of it ("the chanter tells of the sufferings of the Cherokees after they were forced onto the reservation; flip appears ...