[Happy2BMe]

"Disclaiming any intention to invade the Northern States, they sought only to repel the invaders from their own soil and to secure the right of governing themselves."

My great grandmother and grandfather came across the Trail of Tears from North Carolina into Oklahoma Territory.

My great grandfather then took the life of a white Union soldier who was harrassing his family and fled into the hills to keep from being hanged.

When Registration was ordered, my great grandfather (Parker) did not go into the reservation to register.

Had he done so, none of his descendents would be here now to tell the story.

[2banana]

My great grandmother and grandfather came across the Trail of Tears from North Carolina into Oklahoma Territory.

Was the Trail of Tears "payback" for the Cherokee Nation in supporting the Confederates?

[gopheraj]

Agree. My great grandfather and family didn't register either. I am doing research now on the Cherokee and reading a book by John Ehle. There was a bounty on Cherokee scalps of $35 by the whites. Didnt' matter whether it was man, woman or child either.

[lentulusgracchus]

When Registration was ordered, my great grandfather (Parker) did not go into the reservation to register. Had he done so, none of his descendents would be here now to tell the story.

As a general proposition, registration demands are almost always an official announcement that the government intends to screw you. Consider the draft and (for better reasons) sex offenders.

No wonder gun owners are so goosey about the idea of firearms registration.