Are you saying that you have never heard of "The Trail of Tears?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Beth Arnette" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: [OKGEN ] Disturbing Video > 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 > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html > Oklahoma Census Records - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/census.htm > >

Yes, I had "heard" of the Trail of Tears. Even in hs US and college history don't remember learning much if anything abt it. But didn't know much if anything about it. According to this so many Cherokees died of sickness. Horrible treatment. Carole Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Millard New" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] Disturbing Video > Are you saying that you have never heard of "The Trail of Tears?" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Beth Arnette" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:58 AM > Subject: [OKGEN ] Disturbing Video > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > > Oklahoma Vital Records Information - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/vital/vital.html > > Oklahoma Census Records - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/census.htm > > > > > > > > ==== OKGEN Mailing List ==== > OKGenWeb - The Place To Start Your Oklahoma Search > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/index.htm > >