Did you know there is a rose called the Cherokee Rose???
It has only seven petals...each representing one of the seven clans of the Ani-yun-wiya...
It is rumored to only grow along the trails used during the removal...Legend has that it was sprouted by the tears of the Ani-yun-wiya....
“Did you know there is a rose called the Cherokee Rose???”
Are you sure you haven’t read my book? lol I guess we’ve just lived that history, eh? ( my family is Deer Clan, by the way)
” “Did you ever hear about the Legend of the Cherokee Rose, young lady?” Daisy asked.
“No, Ma’am, but I’d like to hear it, if you’d like to tell me”.
“Well, they say wild, pure white, single petal roses grow all along de sides of de roads all dat long way from the old territory to this ‘un. Lots of unmarked graves on that road, too. The army wouldn’t stop long enough for proper buryin’. Dat rose has a bright gold center, said to be the gold taken from the Cherokees in the nation. The Cherokees grew dat flower so much it was named the Georgia state flower. Dey brought the seeds with ‘em and planted ‘em on the way to the new territory and watered ‘em with the tears dat all dem young girls cried. Now dat Cherokee Rose is all over this country too. So when you see beautiful white roses with a gold middle climbing high early in the spring, you know where it came from.”