Cherokee Trail of Tears

The Cherokee "Trail of Tears"
1838 - 1839
Cover Painting (background): "Men with Broken Hearts"
by Cherokee artist Donald Vann, copyright 1994 by Native American Images

No better symbol exists of the pain and suffering of the "Trail Where They Cried" than the Cherokee Rose. The mothers of the Cherokee grieved so much that the chiefs prayed for a sign to lift the mother's spirits and give them strength to care for their children. From that day forward, a beautiful new flower, a rose, grew wherever a mother's tear fell to the ground. The rose is white, for the mother's tears. It has a gold center, for the gold taken from the Cherokee lands, and seven leaves on each stem that represent the seven Cherokee clans that made the journey. To this day, the Cherokee Rose prospers along the route of the "Trail of Tears". The Cherokee Rose is now the official flower of the State of Georgia.

Listed below you will find many links to pages concerning the Cherokee
Trail of Tears march to the Indian Territory.
As you are all aware, not to very long ago, President Clinton
issued an apology to the African-Americans for making
them slaves, but to the best of my knowledge, I have never
heard him (or any other President) issue an apology to the native
peoples of this country for everything that was done to them.
I think it is time for him to do just that.

If you have never had the opportunity to visit Cherokee, North Carolina ,
then you really need to do so. And while you are there, check out
the amphi-theater production of "Unto These Hills".
It is a great outdoor production about the
removal of the Cherokee peoples.

	The Trail of Tears State Park Homepage
	The Trail of Tears in Southeast Missouri Region
	The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
	The Trail of Tears Timeline 1838 - 1839
	Statistics of the 13 Parties Under thie Own Supervision
	Retracing the Trail of Tears
	Camping along the the Trail - A first hand account of what a Cherokee trail camp site looked like and how they were set up each evening and operated for each lodge.
	"Grandpa was an Indian Chief" - Article about descendents of a Cherokee Chief.
	Princess Otahki Grave Site - Dedication of a memorial to all Cherokee lost on the "Trail of Tears"
	Eliza Missouri Bushyhead - Born January 3, 1839, to trail leader Reverend Jessie Bushyhead in what is now the Trail of Tears State Park, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Bacame "Tahlequah's Most distinguished Citizen."
	Turtle Island - A map of North American and where the Native Americans lived in 1500 A.D.
	Stories Along the Trail of Tears - Stories of life and happenings along the "Trail of Tears"
	The Cherokee Rose - Symbol of pain and suffering along the "Trail Where They Cried."
	"Princess Otahki" - A young Cherokee maiden who died along the "Trail of Tears" in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
	"Priscilla" - The story of a young Cherokee slave girl who loved hollyhocks and how she found a home in Southern Illinois, along the "Trail of Tears."
	"Andrew Jackson was my Great-grandfather" - The story of a young college student who had to give something back to the "Cherokee People."
	"Jenny" - A letter from a Cherokee girl to a dear friend about the impending forced removal from her Cherokee homeland."
	"The Lament of the Cherokee" - A poem by John Howard Payne, author of Home, Sweet Home.
	"Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory - We're still here!....For over 200 years Missouri, Arkansas, and other areas west of the Mississippi River have beenhome for thousands of the "Lost Cherokees."
	The Trail of Tears Map
	Pope County Arkansas - Trail of Tears
	History of the Cherokee -- White Indians' Homepage
	Cherokee Messenger