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This blog is a project for Professor Aaron Adam’s English Literature Class at Biola University.

The inspiration of this project stems from the piece “The Cherokee Memorials,” an appeal to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States written on behalf of the Cherokee Nation. This piece, written in November of 1829 begs Congress to intercede on behalf of the Cherokee to ease the mounting pressure to re-locate.

From the very founding of our great nation, the white immigrants have been in opposition to the Native Americans. Not always is it open opposition, but it seems to always be there. In addition to “The Cherokee Memorials,” many essays and short stories have been written in support and in opposition of the Native Americans residing amongst the settlers. Some of these pieces include “The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mar Rowlandson,” and various other stories of Native American Removal and Resistance written by such authors as Tecumseh, Black Hawk, and Elias Boudinot.

Many of us have played the game “Cowboys and Indians.” When we were young, my friends and I would always fight over who would be the victorious cowboy who always seemed to come out on top. This journal tells the story from a different point of view. This blog traces events in the life of a young Cherokee Brave during the years before, during, and after the atrocity known as “The Trail of Tears.” This journal is a form of historical fiction. While the facts are accurate to the best of my ability, the character of John Ashwin never existed.

This blog is dedicated to the heritage, tradition, and perseverance of the Cherokee Nation.

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15 December, 2009

April 28, 1835

After years of negotiations and trials, the Cherokee people are worse off than ever! We are still being oppressed and many of us now see removal from our territorial lands as innevitable. There has been a division in our Nation. Those who support the Ross Family are called the "National Party," who advocate refusal and resistance, while the Ridge family supporters, known as the "Treaty Party" advocate for the negotiation of a treaty, seeing removal inevitable, which would secure the best terms possilbe for our Nation. I am unsure of which path to take. On the one hand, I have my duity to my Nation and its traditions; on the other, I have the best interest of my people in mind. I do not know what do do... (Wilkins)
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