Yes...Oleta....I have heard the story of Andrew Jackson....and he was no friend to the Cherokee. I am aware of the story of him almost being killed, except for a Cherokee saving his life. And he repays them by signing for the Removal. But he was a politician. Now...Oleta was it the Sequoyah Research Center, in LR, where you volunteered?? I live in Hector, AR (about an hour from LR), for part of the year on my family's land (Sikes,Voss)....and the rest of the year in WI. I was able to go to Tahlequah, last year, with a couple of friends of mine, and stayed at the Herrin's place....the one near the Heritage Center. That home has lots of old memories, I felt the presence of the old ones there. Understand that was built on the spot where some of the original homes were?? That's when I saw the Heritage Center and the display about the TOT. I truly felt how it must have been by looking and hearing those accounts. Did the same at the Cherokee, NC, Eastern Nation Museaum. Have you been there?? I think both museums give you an idea of how horrible it was for the Cherokee...and the other tribes who were removed. I have not been to the Sequoyah Research Center, personally, as yet, but have researched their digital records of the articles on the "water route". I was very impressed with how avidly they are protecting the various routes that go through AR. I also want to go to the Symposium they have, but I'm never down there when it happens. Thanks again for your stories....hearing them first hand is the way we learn the "real history". jes .