Well, I've provided resources for what I wrote about. The so called 'Trail of Tears' was done within 1837-1838. Not before...not after. It was within the Treaty signed by The Ridge. The Treaty included the agreement that Cherokee people would have 3 years to leave. Those that did not were the one's who were forcibly removed. The years from 1795 to 1835 were voluntary emigrations. So, if this same thing happened in the Southwest why don't you provide us with the documentation that shows and tells about this. Joyce Gaston Reece In the 1700's the Cherokee were busy building up the tribe by intermarriage. Most of the population, both populations, were building families. Occasionally strange activities did happen. Example is Thomas Jefferson and his sister who were left as orphans, went to live at the Tuckahoe Plantation on the James River. Most of the tribal slaughter happened in the 1800's .Whole villages were wiped out in the middle of the night. The first prominent happenings were at James Towne VA Very few Natives celebrate Thanksgiving. The Trail of Tears in the South East also happened in the South West.

And the other question is.......why would Cherokee's Intermarry with in their tribe, when they were not allowed to by their own laws? They could not marry within the same clan's...... so who were they intermarrying? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] genealogy > Well, I've provided resources for what I wrote about. > > The so called 'Trail of Tears' was done within 1837-1838. Not > before...not > after. It was within the Treaty signed by The Ridge. The Treaty included > the agreement that Cherokee people would have 3 years to leave. Those > that > did not were the one's who were forcibly removed. The years from 1795 to > 1835 were voluntary emigrations. > > So, if this same thing happened in the Southwest why don't you provide us > with the documentation that shows and tells about this. > > > > > > > Joyce Gaston Reece > > In the 1700's the Cherokee were busy building up the tribe by > intermarriage. > Most of the population, both populations, were building families. > Occasionally strange activities did happen. > > Example is Thomas Jefferson and his sister who were left as orphans, went > to > live at the Tuckahoe Plantation on the James River. Most of the tribal > slaughter happened in the 1800's .Whole villages were wiped out in the > middle of the night. The first prominent happenings were at James Towne VA > > Very few Natives celebrate Thanksgiving. > > The Trail of Tears in the South East also happened in the South > West. > > =====*NOTICE THIS*===== > this is a generic list; and not topic specific because certain chatting is > required to do genealogy; and sort fact from fiction. > > Rude people will be moderated asap! > List archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene > Dual admin. > Dan and Joyce > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message