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 >