Bibliograph

Voices from the Trail of Tears, edited by Vicki Rozema

Type

Label

Voices from the Trail of Tears, edited by Vicki Rozema

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Voices from the Trail of Tears

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50730793

Responsibility statement

edited by Vicki Rozema

Series statement

Real voices, real history series

Summary

Provides a collection of letters, military records, journal excerpts, and other firsthand accounts documenting the fate of the Cherokee Indians after the Indian Removal Act of 1830

Table Of Contents

Epigraph -- I Hope My Bones Will Not Be Deserted by You--1821 and 1829 -- First Blood Shed by the Georgians--February 1830 -- The Enemies of Georgia--1831 -- That Paper Called a Treaty--March 1836 -- Your Fate Is Decided--March 1837 -- The Talk--August 1837 -- Too Sick to Travel--October-December 1837 -- A Distance Short of 800 Miles--January 1838 -- Under Weigh at Daylight--June 1838 -- Feelings of Discontent--June-September 1838 -- Until the Sickly Season Should Pass Away--July 1838 -- For the Comfort and Well-being of This People--Summer 1838 -- The Sadness of the Heart--August 1838 -- A Year of Spiritual Darkness--June and December 1838 -- Hail, Rain, Wind and Thunder--March 1839 -- One Old Man Named Tsali--November-December 1838 -- Murdered from an Ambush--June 1839 -- A Citizen of the State of North Carolina--1847 and 1858 -- If Not Rejoicing, at Least in Comfort--1864 -- Appendix 1: Guide to Cherokee Detachments, 1837-39 -- Appendix 2 : General Winfield Scott's Removal Order No. 25 -- Appendix 3 : General Winfield Scott's Removal Order No. 62 -- Appendix 4 : General Winfield Scott's Circular to Cherokee Conductors -- Appendix 5 : General John E. Wool's General Order No. 74

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