Could you tell me where the grist mill is located? I have looked for many years for it. No one had a knowledge of it until you mentioned it. wyly1@juno.com wrote: > Hi, > Will finish now. Anywhere the Indians were removed to, they either found > other rovings who considerred them as intruders . In Arkansas it was the > Intermarrieds like Will Roger's family and John Jolly, Sam Houston's > friend and the Blackburns who built the War Eagle River grist mill, > still running, who had taken the best land. which had been promised to > the ones forced on the Trail of Tears later, > > It was not unusual for Indians to be given blankets infested with > smallpox, which they could not resist . > Jesse Bushyhead, grandson of Capt. John Stuart and ancestor of Tahlequah > Wylys was a well educated Baptist minister and translater and worked from > the Baptist missions office . > > He and Cousin John Foreman were held all summer in Camp Hetzel, Georgia. > They built plle bleachers and had daily Bible studies and hymn singing. > When the first norther hit, they were started on foot with mounted > soldiers around them on the way to Oklahoma on a forced march- no stops > if one passed oput or died- his froends would grab him and drag him until > the night stop and hastily butry him. About half of his party got to > Bushyhead Mountain in Arkansas alive. For some tribes the Trails of Tears > did not end until after the Civil War. Caddoees and Cherokees who could > be identified from Anglos were sent to Oklahoma about 1850 by R.E.B. > Baylor and his " Central Texas Rangers" . Many returned to Texas living , > dressing, and looking like Anglos- many never left the same way. They > refused to sign Tribal rolls as the broken pronioses on land and > mistreatment was not worth the discrimination it would bring their > families. Many took Anglo names just as slaves took the name of someone > they respected. > Take care, > > Charles A. Wyly > On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 19:19:26 -0500 skm <flintlock@kcnet.com> writes: > > The "Trail of Tears" was what? 1829-1830. The native americans > > started leaving > > the areas long before they were forced to- simply because they could > > find no > > peace. > > Then it was one of Americas Favorite Heroes-wasn't it- that helped > > them move > > along at a little faster pace? Could you be more specific on the > > date? It might > > help > > us to help you. > > > > LULU23285@aol.com wrote: > > > > > The Cherokee in North Carolina intermarried with many white > > traders. I am > > > interested in finding out about Jennie Arrowood who married > > William Howard an > > > Englishman. They would have traveled from Virginia to SC and on > > into NC > > > before the trail of tears. Have any of you ran across these names > > in your > > > travels. > > > > > > Linda Gossett Cochran > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the > > #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2