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Principal Chief John Ross also shares a portion of blame for this unspeakable tragedy. He continued his defiance even after the deadline for removal had passed. He encouraged his people to keep up their resistance, despite every sign that no appreciable help would be forthcoming from the American people or anyone else; and he watched as they suffered the awful consequences of his intransigence.

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Despite the obscene treatment accorded the Cherokees by the government, the tribe not only survived but endured. As Jackson predicted, they escaped the fate of many extinct eastern tribes. Cherokees today have their tribal identity, a living language, and at least three governmental bodies to provide for their needs. Would that the Yemassee, Mohegans, Pequots, Delawares, Narragansetts, and other such tribes could say the same.


Excerpted from Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars by Robert V. Remini. Copyright Robert V. Remini, 2001. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc. The excerpt was originally published in August 2001 issue of American History Magazine. For more great articles, subscribe to American History magazine today!

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  7. History revisionists have tried to make Andrew Jackson the scapegoat for the removal of the Cherokees. He did not come up with the idea on his own. The congress of the United States did after all pass this treaty. Jackson was out of office when the treaty was enforced.
    According to the article, Jackson urged Van Buren to enforce the treaty. The article stated that when the treaty was enforced, the Cherokee were forcibly removed. Looters came in and took what was left.
    That speaks volumes about the thugs the United States hires to do its dirty work. Case in point, the Cuban refugee boy that lesbian attorney general that worked for Clinton sent back to Cuba with a machine gun pointed at him.
    I am sure that is not the way that cousin Andy, I am 5th cousin related through his father’s sister Tabatha Jackson, wanted the situation to turn out.
    There were clashes amongst the settlers and the Cherokee. Jackson did not want them to be wiped out. The Whites were flowing in. The Cherokees were outnumbered. Look what those thugs did to the Cherokee. Jackson wanted to avoid that. He offered money and support and new land. Ross, who was not a full blooded Cherokee and lived like a white man with slaves, convinced the tribe to hold out even though the situation was untendable.
    I saw a movie one time, I belive it was Charlie Sheen that was supposed to go undercover and bust a lot of outlaw bikers. During one scene in the movie, he was locked up in jail with an Indian fellow. They were talking about what a lone Indian was supposed to do when surrounded by 100 whites with guns. The Indian said
    ” give the f up”.
    2000 Cherokee listened to Jackson and left for Oklahoma right away.
    I think the Indian in the movie had the right idea.

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