Angela, Would it be alright to put a link from this web site to my web site, Texas County, OK GenWeb? Bobbye ----- Original Message ----- From: <ALoy106018@aol.com> To: <OKGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:14 AM Subject: [OKGEN ] Payments to people involved with the Trail of Tears > It looks like the last link I sent may had had had some problems > I hope this helps > > Angela > > > > _http://www.turtletown.org/html/senate.htm_ > (http://www.turtletown.org/html/senate.htm) > > Trail of Tears Senate Report - 1839 > > > The trail of tears is the watershed event in tribal-american history. One > fact is irrefutable, the native americans were moved from where they lived > to a > place that was decided for them. The largest body of the Cherokee people > were > moved from the lands in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina to > eastern Oklahoma. This document is a report to the Senate of the US and is > finally issued to them on February 25, 1839 for review. The rosters are > very > interesting. The first roster is made up of the people the government paid > to > "escort" the Cherokees to Oklahoma....and a number of them are Cherokee > themselves. The second list is an accounting of monies owed or paid to > Cherokees who > were expatriated. The listings are extensive comprising of over a thousand > names of beneficiaries of payment for lost properties in the East. We have > no > evidence that these monies were ever paid, but we have evidence that they > were > listed and the amounts they were owed was listed with them. A fertile > ground > for geneology researchers. To our knowledge, this is the only copy of > this > document on the net, transcribed or otherwise. Release is given to use > these > documents as you see fit. Information is only powerful when it is in the > hands > of people. Copy them, download them, use them as you wish. Compliments of > Turtletown.org and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, where this document > now > resides in their archives. > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > Accidentally unsubscribed from the OKGenWeb list? Simply resubscribe. A > full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. > mailto:okgen-l-request@rootsweb.com > > >