Lots of excellent reading, I would recommend The Trail of Tears - The Story of the Ameican Idian Removals 1813-1855- by Gloria Jahoda Dancing Eagle ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Trail of Tears > I read the same thing many years ago, it reminded me of the tyrants of other countries, I beleive as soon as Jackson gave the okay to round up the indians whites could come even by gunpoint and demand that the family effected had to leave with what they had on or could carry. I am sure most whites didn't do this, but enough did. These Cherokees were really well off and it must have been awful for them to see the hard work put into the farms , homes, possesions to just be taken. > Bonnie in CA. > (wish I could remember where I read this) > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >