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To: C19fan; Unknowing; All

I say we put Brigadier General Stand Waite on the 20 to replace Jackson. He was a Cherokee who served honorably in the Confederacy. That should keep nearly everyone happy, except of course for the usual suspects. It will be fun to watch them squirm as they try to publicly condemn a Cherokee.


77 posted on 03/05/2014 1:39:42 PM PST by Jed Eckert (Wolverines!!)
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To: Jed Eckert

The Indian removal caused some problems people look over.

The Indians WERE going to be removed, so the rich ones took their goods and slaves by ship and steamboat to the Indian Territories. No trail of tears for them.

Those left behind, were divided. Tribal spokesman John Ross was going to the treaty negotiations to get a better deal when he was kidnapped by Cherokees opposed to his policies. They then sent their own delegates who signed over the Indian lands, realizing they were signing their own death warrants, and moved west on the Trail of Tears.

Once in Oklahoma, a mini civil war broke out between the two factions in which many Indians slaughtered each other.

This split lasted clear to the US Civil War in which John Ross sided with the Union and the opposition (Stand Watie faction) sided with the South.

After the Civil War was over, Watie being the last Confederate to cease hostilities, all the Cherokees lost more than they had gained.


79 posted on 03/05/2014 5:08:52 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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