Jackson was the executioner, but guys like Jefferson started the process. -----Original Message----- From: Patsy Caleb [mailto:studentarchaeologist@home.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:54 AM To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES yeaah but where is the writtings and records tath that record all of this i think it was under andrew jackson ? no? ----- Original Message ----- From: Lola Crane <lcrane@futureone.com> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES > If the White man had not wanted the Indian Land east of the Mississippi, we > would all be calling Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, etc, HOME. > Lola > > Patsy Caleb wrote: > > > I saw a program on the history channel that is almost opposite to that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dusty <dustyc@microgear.net> > > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 9:16 PM > > Subject: [CHAHTA] FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES > > > > > The Five Civilized Tribes (Choctaw-Cherokee-Creek-Seminole-Chickasaw) were > > > called "civilized" by the government because they were not nomadic, lived > > in > > > permanent communities, were amenable to European ideas and culture and had > > a > > > representative, centralized form of government. They were removed to > > Indian > > > Territory because they held the most desirable lands throughout the > > > southeast, and without removing them beyond the Mississippi River, those > > > lands could not be opened to encroaching white settlement. > > > > > > dusty > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > > Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Home Page: > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > > Choctaw Home Page: > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Markie and Fay's CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== Choctaw Home Page: http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/