Thank you for the Cherokee alphabet info. The video stated that Ross, Ridge and Boudinot were all murdered at basically the same time in different fashions. Each betrayed the Cherokees. Carole Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:38 PM Subject: [OKGEN ] Re: OKGEN-D Video > In a message dated 1/13/2003 9:58:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Quite accidently my husband David checked out a video from our library. It > > was terrible story of the Georgia Cherokees. I had never heard of Major > > Ridge and 2 men. Was the story of how the Cherokees settled in NC/NW > > Georgia. They created a constitution. Someone created a written language > > for them. > > > > Then the fed govt forced them into what is now Oklahoma. Folks, I had > > never, never heard the story. It is abominable. It said that some > > Cherokees remained in Georgia. Video was particularly interesting to my > > husband as he had Cherokee ancestors. > > > > How The West Was Lost II > > Vol 2: The Trail of Tears > > Director: Chris Wheeler (c) 1995 > > Distributed Enterprises Group > > Major Ridge played a big part in the Cherokee Nation and was executed for > having sold land that he wasnt supposed to. (something like that). Sequoyah > AKA George Guess or Gist wrote the Cherokee Syllabary and taught it to the > Cherokee people.. > Rebecca Wa Chi. > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > OKGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/index.htm > PhotoGallery - http://marti.rootsweb.com/photogallery/index.htm > Have you visited OKBits? http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/ > >