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Trail of Tears Senate Report - 1839

Trail of Tears Senate Report - 1839

Compliments of Turtletown.org
Submitted by: Angela Loy


The trail of tears is the watershed event in tribal-american history. One fact is irrefutable, the native americans were moved from where they lived to a place that was decided for them. The largest body of the Cherokee people were moved from the lands in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and North Carolina to eastern Oklahoma. This document is a report to the Senate of the US and is finally issued to them on February 25, 1839 for review. The rosters are very interesting. The first roster is made up of the people the government paid to "escort" the Cherokees to Oklahoma....and a number of them are Cherokee themselves. The second list is an accounting of monies owed or paid to Cherokees who were expatriated. The listings are extensive comprising of over a thousand names of beneficiaries of payment for lost properties in the East. We have no evidence that these monies were ever paid, but we have evidence that they were listed and the amounts they were owed was listed with them. A fertile ground for geneology researchers. To our knowledge, this is the only copy of this document on the net, transcribed or otherwise. Release is given to use these documents as you see fit. Information is only powerful when it is in the hands of people. Copy them, download them, use them as you wish. Compliments of Turtletown.org and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, where this document now resides in their archives.
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