| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Series |
Real voices, real history series |
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Real voices, real history series.
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North American Indian thought and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
During the first half of the 19th century, as many as 100,000 Native Americans were relocated west of the Mississippi River from their homelands in the East. The best known of these forced emigrations was the Cherokee Removal of 1838. Christened Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu-literally "the Trail Where They Cried"--By the Cherokees, it is remembered today as the Trail of Tears. In Voices From the Trail of Tears, editor Vicki Rozema re-creates this tragic period in American history by letting eyewitnesses speak for themselves. Using newspaper articles and editorials, journal excerpts, correspondence, and official documents, she presents a comprehensive overview of the Trail of Tears--the events leading to the Indian Removal Act, the Cherokees' conflicting attitudes toward removal, life in the emigrant camps, the routes westward by land and water, the rampant deaths in camp and along the trail, the experiences of the United States military and of the missionaries and physicians attending the Cherokees, and the difficulties faced by the tribe in the West. |
| Contents |
Epigraph 1 -- I Hope My Bones Will Not Be Deserted by You--1821 and 1829 42 -- First Blood Shed by the Georgians--February 1830 46 -- The Enemies of Georgia--1831 50 -- That Paper Called a Treaty--March 1836 62 -- Your Fate Is Decided--March 1837 65 -- The Talk--August 1837 70 -- Too Sick to Travel--October-December 1837 79 -- A Distance Short of 800 Miles--January 1838 93 -- Under Weigh at Daylight--June 1838 98 -- Feelings of Discontent--June-September 1838 110 -- Until the Sickly Season Should Pass Away--July 1838 116 -- For the Comfort and Well-being of This People--Summer 1838 124 -- The Sadness of the Heart--August 1838 131 -- A Year of Spiritual Darkness--June and December 1838 136 -- Hail, Rain, Wind and Thunder--March 1839 149 -- One Old Man Named Tsali--November-December 1838 154 -- Murdered from an Ambush--June 1839 163 -- A Citizen of the State of North Carolina--1847 and 1858 170 -- If Not Rejoicing, at Least in Comfort--1864 178 -- Appendix 1 Guide to Cherokee Detachments, 1837-39 189 -- Appendix 2 General Winfield Scott's Removal Order No. 25 194 -- Appendix 3 General Winfield Scott's Removal Order No. 62 200 -- Appendix 4 General Winfield Scott's Circular to Cherokee Conductors 202 -- Appendix 5 General John E. Wool's General Order No. 74 204. |
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Relations with Indians.
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United States. Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (OCoLC)fst00040485
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Trail of Tears (1838-1839) (OCoLC)fst01709970
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Indian Removal Act of 1830 (United States) (OCoLC)fst01716085
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Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
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Cherokee Indians -- Relocation.
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Cherokee Indians -- History -- Sources.
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Cherokee Indians -- Government relations.
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Indians, Treatment of -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 -- Sources.
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Cherokee Indians. (OCoLC)fst00853662
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Cherokee Indians -- Government relations.
(OCoLC)fst00853677
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Cherokee Indians -- Relocation.
(OCoLC)fst00853696
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Indians, Treatment of. (OCoLC)fst00970120
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Relations with Indians. (OCoLC)fst01354269
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Electronic book.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Rozema, Vicki, 1954-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Voices from the Trail of Tears. Winston-Salem, N.C. : J.F. Blair, ©2003 0895872714 (DLC) 2002015299 |
| ISBN |
9780895874825 (electronic book) |
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0895874822 (electronic book) |
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