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Farewell to our native land
at the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park on Shadden Rd., Birchwood,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 24' 25.38",
-85° 0' 22.979988"
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Tennessee State Historical Marker |
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In addition to losing their land to the American government, many Cherokees fell prey to robbers and thieves who operated near the camps and along the roads leading west.
We are now about to take our final leave and kind farewell to our native land the country that the Great Spirit gave our Fathers, we are on the eve of leaving that Country that gave us birth...we know that it is a laborious undertaking, but with firm resolutions we think we will be able to accomplish it, if the white citizens will permit us, but since we have been on our march many of us have been stopped and our horses taken from our Teams for the payment of unjust and just Demands.... Our property has been stolen from us by white men and no means given us to pay our debts... - George Hicks [Ninth Detachment], Mouse Creek, November 4, 1838
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Farewell to our native land Historical Marker Location Map, Birchwood, Tennessee Map
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