Perhaps the fullest and fairest account of what actually happened was written by a private in Scott's command, John Burnett. He wrote his Birthday Story of Private John G. read more
Perhaps the fullest and fairest account of what actually happened was written by a private in Scott's command, John Burnett. He wrote his Birthday Story of Private John G. Burnett, Captain Abraham McClellan’s Company, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Mounted Infantry, Cherokee Indian Removal, 1838-39 in 1890, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, for his children. read more
The Indian tribe was called the Cherokee and we call this event the Trail of Tears. As you will soon learn, it is one of the most brutal and racist events to happen in America. The Trail of Tears happened when Hernando De Soto took his adventures to America. read more