I witnessed the the execution of the most brutal order in the history of American warfare. I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades. And in the chill of a drizzling rain on an October morning I saw them loaded like cattle or sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons and headed for the West.Read also the eyewitness account by Lucy Ames Butler, whose husband was a missionary with the Cherokee. He was later an instructor at the Cherokee Female Seminary in Tallequah, Okla. Now known as Northeastern State University, it is the oldest college in Oklahoma and one of the first institutions of higher education established west of the Mississippi River.
At the same time as the Trail of Tears, the Potawatami Indians of northern Indiana were removed by the U.S. Army to what is now Kansas. Be sure to read a letter from Father Benjamin Marie Petit, the Indians' parish priest, describing the march; and a diary kept by Jesse C. Douglas, enrolling agent under Gen. John Tipton, who conducted the forced removal. Follow the links to find out what the newspapers in Springfield and Quincy had to say about the march. (The Sangamo Journal, which is one of the papers you will read, is where the "Journal" in the State Journal-Register's name comes from, by the way.) The documents were compiled by "Mr. Foley" (whose first name I was unable to find), a middle school teacher in Urbana.
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the news paper didnot tell how bad the trail was for the indians.
the Sagamo news paper was afraid to send a reporter to get the side of the story from the indians because of the government.
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What was going on as the Indians came through in 1838? What did the SJR say about the indians moving west? Why were they talking about the Cherokee? Why didn't they send a reporter out to talk to the Indians? What does that tell you about the attitudes toward Indian removal?
When the Indians came through in 1838, people were fighting over and trying to steal their land. The Potawatami Indians were being removed by the US army at the same time, also. At this time they passed the Indian Removal Act, which made it possible for Andrew Jackson "to make treaties with Native Americans in the East who traded their land for new territory" (usd116.org. The government also talked to Potawatami Indians into signing away their lands, even though they weren't sure if the men who signed the papers were actual leaders of the tribe, for just $8,000. The Sangamon Journal said that they thought the Indians were going to "strike upon the frontier", which is probably why they didn't interview them. They were probably afraid of "terrorist attacks". I think taht this says that they knew that they had done something wrong, and treated the Indians in a wrong way.
1. What did Sangamo Journal say about the Indians moving west? Why were they talking about the Cherokee?
It is saying that the Indians will just get angry and retaliate in some way. It is saying that the Cherokees already have a large population in the area that the Pottowatomie are walking to. They believe they will band together and strike the frontier.
2. What does that tell you about the attitudes toward Indian removal right here in Springfield?
Springfield was not especially fond of the idea. They thought that there would be a forceful strike on the frontier if you put all the Indians in one area.
In the article in the Sangamo Journal, it wrote that they were not very happy that the Indians had passed through their towns. Everyone is worried that once the Indians pass through the towns they will begin to take over the towns. I believe that they did not send out a reporter to talk to them because they were somewhat scared of the Indians. Nobody wanted to talk to them because they did not want the people of the town to think they were associated with the Indians.
Jesse C. Douglas, he writes about the path the Indians took on the trail. He writes everything that happened while the Indians were on the trail. He even writes about the people that died while on the trail.
There was not great coverage of the incident. No one really wanted to know how bad it was or what was really going on. We just kind of swept it under the rug.
It is horrible how bad our government was to these tribes. Making them march from one place to another, it is not right. In my opinion, this reminds me of the Holocaust. They both have "DEATH MARCHES" and people did die from starvation and Typhod Fever. I can't believe that people could do this to other people. That was a DARK PERIOD in our countries history.
The peaceful indians were really not doing anythings wrong before they were forced to leave their homelands. They were forced to leave and travel during harsh conditions with terrible rations. The reports are far and few about this occurence of relocating these indians. The government executed their plans to remove the indians sparring no cruelty to these poor indians. Many indians died along the way and no proper medical care was there to help treat those injured along the way. The reporters who would normally report stories knew better then to go there whether it be that the governtment told them not to report on the matter or the reporters knew the suffering and sadness which was occuring would be to extreme to report and write about.
The Sangamo newspaper didn't say much on the fact that the Indians were forced to travel through the town at gun point. It was very clear that people did not care or did not feel like what was going on was wrong in any way.They didn't send any reporters for the fact that they were scared of the Indians, because they knew nothing about them or their hardships. It was very clear that the people of Springfield and other cities as well did not understand what was going on and didn't care to learn about it either.
The Sangamo Journal wrote how they were not really thrilled to have the indians passing through their town.
The indians will probaly want to fight since they have done nothing but get moved from one place to another with battle after battle.
Many of the attitudes toward the indians were not especially positive. The indians seemed to be just trying to pick a fight with anyone who cam einto their territory.
1.The article in the SJR said that the people were not excited that the indians were to move west. the people were worried that while passing through their towns, the indians would take over.
2.People were not thrilled of the removal in their town because they feared violence.
What did the Sangamon Journal say about the indians moving west?
The journal is basically saying that this group of indians will join a group of Cherokee's already in the area that they are marching too and they will join forces and strike the frontier.
Why didn't they send a reporter and what does this tell you about the attitudes toward indian removal?
They probably didn't send a reporter because of the fear of the indians, and the people in the Springfield area were obviously scared of these Indians and what they might do in big numbers
The Sangamo Journal stated in their article from 1838, that what they were calling "The Trail of Tears" made 1000 Potawatami Indians leave their homes, and their loved ones behind making their journey a bold, but at the same time a bloody one. However, when they came through Springfield they made the Indians get cleaned up so that they didn't look badly abused.
However, by the time this awful thing was being demonstrated by Andrew Jackson, and the United States government passed the Indian Removal Act, which made stated that all indians must move west.
The attitudes of people living in Springfield, Illinois toward the Indians being forced to move west made the people irriate in Springfield.
The Sangamon Journal talked about the possibility of the Indians taking over towns in anger of being forced from their land.They were talking about the Cherokee because of the tribe's large population and the chance that they could indeed rise up and overtake the frontier.
I believe that the Journal didn't go and speak with the Indians on the trail probably because of fear. The fact that the Journal didn't go and talk with the Indians tells me that their attitude towards the Indians was very negative and they certainly didn't think of them as an equal people. They believed them to be savages which is shown by their beliefs that they were capable of an attack.
1838 Indian came through; many people were fighting trying to steel their land. Indians were also being removed by the U.S. army at the same time all this was going on. The Cherokee had a very large population, they could possible plan to stick together can try to go on strike against this removal. The news paper did not want to tell the Indian how bad things really were for them. The Sangamon new paper didn’t want to send a reporter to talk to the Indian because they though they could get in trouble by the government. Springfield attitude towards the Indian removal was, they didn’t like this idea at all. They though that this could start a war between them, if they tried to put the Indians all in one area.
1. What did the Sangamo Journal say about the Indians moving west? 2. Why were they talking about the Cherokee? 3. Why didn't they send a reporter out to talk to the Indians? 4. What were the attitudes toward Indian removal right here in Springfield?
1. Somehow the Indians would find a way to get even.
2. The Potawatami Indians were headed towards the Cherokee. Since the Cherokee had a large population already, it was figured that the 2 tribes would come together to make one.
3. A repoter probably wasn't sent out to talk to the Indians because they were arfraid of the government.
4. Springfield didn't like the idea to well. They felt that too many Indians in one place can't be good.
1.)What was goig on when these Indians came through town in September?
When the Indians came through town they were supposed to look clean and presentable. If they did this they were promised tobacco.
2.)What did the State Journal Register say about it?
It wrote that the people did not like the fact that the Indians were passing through there town. I think they thought the Indians might try to take their land because they were all together. I dont think they sent a reporter to talk to them because they were scared to approach the Indians.
3.) What does that tell you about attitudes toward Inidan Removal?
I dont think anyone really thought the Indian Removal was bad. They kind of acted as if nothing was really happening. The people just wanted the Indians out of their towns.
1)When the Indians came through town, if they presented a good appearance, they were promised tobacco after going through Springfield. Through September many Indians were sick.
2)State Journal Register basically said that they were not very happy about the Indians coming through town.
3)Many had negative attitudes toward the Indians, and they did not want the Indians moving through their towns.
the article in the Sangamo basically says that they weren't impressed that the Indians were passing through. The sangamo newspaper didn’t want to send a reporter to talk to the Indian s because they thought they could get in trouble by the government.Springfield, I don't think wanted the Indians because they might be aggressive.
People were trying to take the land from the indians.During this, the Indian Removal Act was passed, which made it possible for Andrew Jackson to take land, or "trade" the land to get what he wanted, whether the indians liked it or not. The Sangamo Journal said that they thought the Indians were going to "strike upon the frontier" or attack anyone that tried to bother them anymore than what was already happening, which is probably why no one interviewed them. I believe that they did not send out a reporter to talk to them because they were scared of the Indians and what they might do to them. They were also scared what the government might do to them as well. It seemed as though the people didn't care what was going on and that nothing was wrong with what was happening to the indians. Springfield was promised tobacco if the town was neat and presentable at which time the indians were forced through town.
The Sangmo Journal claimed that the Indians were not pleasant when passing through, however I don't think I'd be in the best of mood considering I was forced from everything I had been familiar with. The people around this area were not happy when they heard the news that the Indians would be traveling through their area. We did not have a positive outlook on the Indians at that time.
In the sangamo journal, basically people are nervous about the Indians. They are worried that if they come into contact with them, they will eventually overtake their towns. This shows what type of people they think the indians are.
In Springfield, Indians weren't really around, so the only access people had to them were through newspapers. So, they didn't care much about what was going on.
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