What Life On the Trail of Tears Was Like
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Date: 2022-12-29
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WeChallenge
My Great Great Grandfater was a trail of tears baby, he got sick, and was near death as they were being marched west and crossed into Arkansas. Luckily, a Doctors wife saw the baby and had enough compassion to take the baby from his mother and try to save him from dying. The mother realizing the baby would almost certainly die if he were carried on westward, gave him to the Doctors wife, as she was forced to walk om without her baby, nor ever knowingv his fate afrer handing him off to a steanger, but a woman who was showing compassion to the mothers sick son. The baby was cared for, and brought back to health, then raised by the Doctor and his wife, as their own.
So, yes there were a few compassionate people back then, and some showed compassion for tribal people enough to risk prosecution by the government to take on the challenge of caring for a sick and possibly dying baby, knowing if found out they could be jailed for interfering with the governments actions by harboring a Native American who was supposed ro be walking to Oklahoma
and then raising him from infant to Adulthood just because it was the right thing to do, considering the other option would have resulted in the baby dying. which happened to many others who were not so lucky to cross Dr and Mrs Breedloves path, or others willing to risk their own comfort and easy way of living, and freedom, to give someone else that same chance, to live, be free, and do good to others, something my family have instilled in each generation since the Dr and his wife did so, for my Native America ancestor.
Peace.
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My Great Great Grandfater was a trail of tears baby, he got sick, and was near death as they were being marched west and crossed into Arkansas. Luckily, a Doctors wife saw the baby and had enough compassion to take the baby from his mother and try to save him from dying. The mother realizing the baby would almost certainly die if he were carried on westward, gave him to the Doctors wife, as she was forced to walk om without her baby, nor ever knowingv his fate afrer handing him off to a steanger, but a woman who was showing compassion to the mothers sick son. The baby was cared for, and brought back to health, then raised by the Doctor and his wife, as their own.
So, yes there were a few compassionate people back then, and some showed compassion for tribal people enough to risk prosecution by the government to take on the challenge of caring for a sick and possibly dying baby, knowing if found out they could be jailed for interfering with the governments actions by harboring a Native American who was supposed ro be walking to Oklahoma
and then raising him from infant to Adulthood just because it was the right thing to do, considering the other option would have resulted in the baby dying. which happened to many others who were not so lucky to cross Dr and Mrs Breedloves path, or others willing to risk their own comfort and easy way of living, and freedom, to give someone else that same chance, to live, be free, and do good to others, something my family have instilled in each generation since the Dr and his wife did so, for my Native America ancestor.
Peace.
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Jenny
Great resource for my Pakistani online students who are doing an IELTS reading passage about the Trail of Tears! I learnt some gory things here that were not in the reading passage or history books I have previously read, like their having to make the walk barefoot during the wintertime with spectators staring at them! I grew up in the North Georgia mountains, and my high school research paper (100 pages, still in the Foxfire archives) was on Cherokee mythology and religion. went to the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina to do interviews for it. The American indigenous people were treated so much more brutally as compared to the hilltribe people here in Northern Thailand where I live now, and so, not surprisingly, are very different from the Thailand hilltribe people in their attitude toward showing their culture to tourists and outsiders.
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Great resource for my Pakistani online students who are doing an IELTS reading passage about the Trail of Tears! I learnt some gory things here that were not in the reading passage or history books I have previously read, like their having to make the walk barefoot during the wintertime with spectators staring at them! I grew up in the North Georgia mountains, and my high school research paper (100 pages, still in the Foxfire archives) was on Cherokee mythology and religion. went to the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina to do interviews for it. The American indigenous people were treated so much more brutally as compared to the hilltribe people here in Northern Thailand where I live now, and so, not surprisingly, are very different from the Thailand hilltribe people in their attitude toward showing their culture to tourists and outsiders.
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Sunny
I have always felt a special connection with this planet. The more this planet is depleted and consumed, the sadder I become. My great grandmother was Cherokee. Although I never got to meet her, I know Cherokee blood runs through my veins. This is the tribe I relate to the most. We are visitors here. We are responsible for this planet. This planet was meant to flourish. I beg you to be more conscious of what you consume, from products to music and media. Be more conscious of whom you are supporting. Help one another, when you can. Lift one another. Strengthen your bond with The Source or God. Pray and meditate. Be the change you want to see. Start a garden. Plant a tree. Revisit nature because nature needs you. We need you.
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I have always felt a special connection with this planet. The more this planet is depleted and consumed, the sadder I become. My great grandmother was Cherokee. Although I never got to meet her, I know Cherokee blood runs through my veins. This is the tribe I relate to the most. We are visitors here. We are responsible for this planet. This planet was meant to flourish. I beg you to be more conscious of what you consume, from products to music and media. Be more conscious of whom you are supporting. Help one another, when you can. Lift one another. Strengthen your bond with The Source or God. Pray and meditate. Be the change you want to see. Start a garden. Plant a tree. Revisit nature because nature needs you. We need you.
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Gunjan's
America
The brooding darkness of these woods
Fed upon the native blood
In the twisted tangle of the fallen wood
The spirit of the fallen Indian stood
O brothers your identity a mistake
Those who oceans crossed did make
The greed for gold and land
Laid waste the spirit of wisdom and grace
The children of those, who by murder did take
Are taintless of their forefathers mistake
But those who lived, fed upon the milk of courage and pride
Stand as spirits of defeat and shame
O the murdered and the murderous
Embrace me, let me set your spirits to rest
Probably that momentthe encounter with this beingis the
sadhguru jaggi vasudev
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America
The brooding darkness of these woods
Fed upon the native blood
In the twisted tangle of the fallen wood
The spirit of the fallen Indian stood
O brothers your identity a mistake
Those who oceans crossed did make
The greed for gold and land
Laid waste the spirit of wisdom and grace
The children of those, who by murder did take
Are taintless of their forefathers mistake
But those who lived, fed upon the milk of courage and pride
Stand as spirits of defeat and shame
O the murdered and the murderous
Embrace me, let me set your spirits to rest
Probably that momentthe encounter with this beingis the
sadhguru jaggi vasudev
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SaintGreen86
In georgia the rendezvous point for removing the Cherokee to Chattanooga was a town called new echota. Also the birthplace of Sequoia. I live in Cherokee county Georgia, named for the removed tribe. This story runs deep in my blood. My grandmother was as red skinned as it gets and always told that when her ancestors were removed they broke away at some point and came back. Taking the name Strickland to help blend in along the way back. They managed to make it into the smoky mountains and stayed there until after the civil war when they returned to Georgia. I couldn't be more proud of those roots and to have that story as part of my family history
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In georgia the rendezvous point for removing the Cherokee to Chattanooga was a town called new echota. Also the birthplace of Sequoia. I live in Cherokee county Georgia, named for the removed tribe. This story runs deep in my blood. My grandmother was as red skinned as it gets and always told that when her ancestors were removed they broke away at some point and came back. Taking the name Strickland to help blend in along the way back. They managed to make it into the smoky mountains and stayed there until after the civil war when they returned to Georgia. I couldn't be more proud of those roots and to have that story as part of my family history
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Elba
So the white people to land made them move and still charge to pass.
See immigration should have been very strict and should have had back ground check
Native:
Oh I see you did a lot of damage in Asian and Africa
I see her murder over A little bit of genocide here oh and slavery. And we have to changer out believe.
No no this isnt going to work try again next year lol.
I think we will pass but thanks.
Thats why hood things happen to good people we are to trust worthy.
SMH
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So the white people to land made them move and still charge to pass.
See immigration should have been very strict and should have had back ground check
Native:
Oh I see you did a lot of damage in Asian and Africa
I see her murder over A little bit of genocide here oh and slavery. And we have to changer out believe.
No no this isnt going to work try again next year lol.
I think we will pass but thanks.
Thats why hood things happen to good people we are to trust worthy.
SMH
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LastChance
A lot of information is left out of these stories. First, the indians were offered tracts of land and money and supplies to relocate. Many Indians were mixed race married to white men who made the trip with them. These cherokee had been living near and with whites for a long time, taking up the white man's ways. Many of these Indians had money. Note the video claims they took lots of wagons and supplies, and slaves, perhaps not enough supplies. Not the same as you see in the movies.
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A lot of information is left out of these stories. First, the indians were offered tracts of land and money and supplies to relocate. Many Indians were mixed race married to white men who made the trip with them. These cherokee had been living near and with whites for a long time, taking up the white man's ways. Many of these Indians had money. Note the video claims they took lots of wagons and supplies, and slaves, perhaps not enough supplies. Not the same as you see in the movies.
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Mark
I agree that it was sad what happened to the Indians. But, they didn't help themselves by over two hundred years of brutal torture and sadistic massacre of thousands of unsuspecting white pioneer farmers, families, kids; sometimes just for sport. If you read some of the facts; you would know that is why they had to walk around certain populations centers that hated them. They didn't get called 'barbarians' for nothing. Sorry to put doubt into your CRT/PC narrative though.
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I agree that it was sad what happened to the Indians. But, they didn't help themselves by over two hundred years of brutal torture and sadistic massacre of thousands of unsuspecting white pioneer farmers, families, kids; sometimes just for sport. If you read some of the facts; you would know that is why they had to walk around certain populations centers that hated them. They didn't get called 'barbarians' for nothing. Sorry to put doubt into your CRT/PC narrative though.
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Sammy
My 3rd great grandmother was full blooded Choctaw. Not everyone left. She was part of the Jena tribe and was born in the 1830s. My grandfather married her in the 1870s. There is still a bald spot on our family land where they danced on a hill. I have pottery and arrowheads I've found in the creek at the bottom of this hill. The oldest graves in our family cemetery are a Choctaw woman and baby that died at birth from 1890. My great great grandfathers brothers wife.
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My 3rd great grandmother was full blooded Choctaw. Not everyone left. She was part of the Jena tribe and was born in the 1830s. My grandfather married her in the 1870s. There is still a bald spot on our family land where they danced on a hill. I have pottery and arrowheads I've found in the creek at the bottom of this hill. The oldest graves in our family cemetery are a Choctaw woman and baby that died at birth from 1890. My great great grandfathers brothers wife.
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Rachael
Does this mean anyone can learn a native american language? I have native american roots in my tree and would like to learn more about them, my family is originally from the altamaha river area of georgia but apparently their was still alot of racial prejudice against native americans back when my grandfathers mother and father got together so she never told anyone until later on and I only got to see her once in my life but I could see it in them.
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Does this mean anyone can learn a native american language? I have native american roots in my tree and would like to learn more about them, my family is originally from the altamaha river area of georgia but apparently their was still alot of racial prejudice against native americans back when my grandfathers mother and father got together so she never told anyone until later on and I only got to see her once in my life but I could see it in them.
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Ashley
Just want to say we are not indigenous American
My tribe is not American / never was.
Im mixed & have forgiven or it hurts my body but just wanted to say. We are in a land renamed America. I know its hard to know what to say with changing preferred terms (which I sometimes think is really dumb) but its a good bet to assume we arent / dont consider selves American. This is called America. We are indigenous to turtle island. Much love
Xx
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Just want to say we are not indigenous American
My tribe is not American / never was.
Im mixed & have forgiven or it hurts my body but just wanted to say. We are in a land renamed America. I know its hard to know what to say with changing preferred terms (which I sometimes think is really dumb) but its a good bet to assume we arent / dont consider selves American. This is called America. We are indigenous to turtle island. Much love
Xx
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Etnemelc
How disappointing with the White European the so called Americans. The real owners of the United States are the Native Indians Americans. Those white europeans settlers are the outsiders. Well, there will be a day of reckoning. And to think how racist those white european so called American.
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How disappointing with the White European the so called Americans. The real owners of the United States are the Native Indians Americans. Those white europeans settlers are the outsiders. Well, there will be a day of reckoning. And to think how racist those white european so called American.
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TheLochs
Andrew Jackson was a horrible person. His Indian exclusion act came after many tribes followed the White mans laws and assimilated, only to be pushed out by jealous whites who only wanted their land. It was disgusting. He was the catalyst of the slaughter of so many innocents.
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Andrew Jackson was a horrible person. His Indian exclusion act came after many tribes followed the White mans laws and assimilated, only to be pushed out by jealous whites who only wanted their land. It was disgusting. He was the catalyst of the slaughter of so many innocents.
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Diane
When I was a child my Great Grandmother talked about her grandparents coming on the Trail of Tears from Tennessee and Arkansas into Oklahoma. She called it homesteading. She told me about how they almost starved on the way and of the walking. She is descended from Tipping Canoe
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When I was a child my Great Grandmother talked about her grandparents coming on the Trail of Tears from Tennessee and Arkansas into Oklahoma. She called it homesteading. She told me about how they almost starved on the way and of the walking. She is descended from Tipping Canoe
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Zeva
My ancestor, Haley (English name because he was in a residential school) has born on the trail of tears. There are stories that were passed down within my family that his mother gave birth to him in the back of a wagon. He was 2ish when he finally reached Indian Territory.
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My ancestor, Haley (English name because he was in a residential school) has born on the trail of tears. There are stories that were passed down within my family that his mother gave birth to him in the back of a wagon. He was 2ish when he finally reached Indian Territory.
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Naomi
The more I learn about our country the more sick I become. Freedom is a word thrown around but it was only for some. Not for most. Freedom for white people but only the men. But not the Irish. Or the Italians. Or the Portugese. Only some of the white race. Disgusting
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The more I learn about our country the more sick I become. Freedom is a word thrown around but it was only for some. Not for most. Freedom for white people but only the men. But not the Irish. Or the Italians. Or the Portugese. Only some of the white race. Disgusting
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Alen
These people in these photographs are not us that's why they only show you drawings these are not our ancestors these $5 Indians were brought in to replace us so we wouldn't have any connection to the land wow back to the study very interesting
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These people in these photographs are not us that's why they only show you drawings these are not our ancestors these $5 Indians were brought in to replace us so we wouldn't have any connection to the land wow back to the study very interesting
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ZetaN7
My father's mother's side. Her 3x great grandfather came from the Choctaw reservation. Who had moved back to Alabama to resettled there. My grandmother and my father were told of this orally. But Ancestry confirmed this for me. Though.
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My father's mother's side. Her 3x great grandfather came from the Choctaw reservation. Who had moved back to Alabama to resettled there. My grandmother and my father were told of this orally. But Ancestry confirmed this for me. Though.
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soulonindigo
Hi - can you make a video on indigenous black people in what is now know as the U. S. Also, a video on the black maroon colonies of the early U. S. Also, a video on why freedmen never received their 40 acres and a mule. Thanks
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Hi - can you make a video on indigenous black people in what is now know as the U. S. Also, a video on the black maroon colonies of the early U. S. Also, a video on why freedmen never received their 40 acres and a mule. Thanks
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Parker
Can you talk about some of these things? I would love it!
Great depression ( About the good things about it, etc)
WW2 ( Everyday life in concentration camps)
Also, my grandma and I love your videos! Were history freaks
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Can you talk about some of these things? I would love it!
Great depression ( About the good things about it, etc)
WW2 ( Everyday life in concentration camps)
Also, my grandma and I love your videos! Were history freaks
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