And I cry each day for those poor militia men who were forced to march right along with them. If the Indians had an ounce of decency they would have left sooner like the richer Indians did when they took ships to New Orleans and steam boats up river to Ft Smith.
Only the slackers had to walk overland, and when they got to Oklahoma a mini civil war broke out between the groups causing hundreds of deaths.
Oh, that makes all the difference in the world. All the suffering they went through was their fault,,,lazy no count, slackers. sarc/
I was wondering when someone would try to justify the Trail of Tears. Didn’t have to wait long.
***All the suffering they went through was their fault,,,lazy no count, slackers. sarc/***-
I have somewhere a picture of a painting by Brummet Ecohawk (Pawnee) of the trail of tears in winter showing the soldiers freezing along with the Cherokees.
I will say they Cherokees suffered more than the Navajos when they went on their Long Walk to Bosque Rendondo.
***I was wondering when someone would try to justify the Trail of Tears.***
If you read some of the history of the Trail of Tears you will find that many of the Tennessee Militia were opposed to the Indian removal but were also aware that Andrew Jackson also was not slack to shoot soldiers who disobeyed.