But there are still Cherokee in that area. Did they just go hide in the hills or are they on a reservation in NC? I just flat out do not remember. Mental-pause is a terrible thing. Mary Anne Kuebel wrote: > The Indian Removal Act, which was passed with a narrow majority by > Congress in 1830, created Indian Territory (later mostly within the > states of Oklahoma and Arkansas - even a great deal of this land was > later taken from the Indians) west of the Mississippi R. and gave the > Native American population east of the Mississippi until 1838 to > voluntarily "resettle". Since few of the Cherokee tribe did so, they > were forcefully removed. Their extensive and valuable lands in western > NC, eastern TN, northern GA and northeastern AL became available for > white settlers, causing much influx in these areas from 1838-1850. John > Ehle's book "Trail of Tears" is one of the best documentations. > > Mary Anne in Germany > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > Your contributions to RootsWeb helps make HARPER-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html