Name ______pd. ____ Ch.12 Sec.3 Trail of Tears Primary Sources

Interpretwhat the Trail of Tears was like from different perspectives

Writeyour own Primary Source from a given prompt

In the chart below in the LEFThand column listwords to describe what the Trail of Tears may have looked like. In the RIGHT hand column list what it may have sounded like

Visuals / Sounds

1.Put yourself in John Ross’s shoes, it is the day before YOUand the rest of the Cherokee Nation are to be forcibly movedoff your land. What are your thoughts of the eventsthat have led up to this day and how do you see the Cherokee Nation moving forward?(3-5 Sentences)

Complete the Prompt Activity:On the reverse side the following are excerpts from Primary Sources of the Trail of Tears. complete the following quotes by adding __sentences at the end of the pro

Kate Rackleff, Age 10 when she was forced to march on the Trail of Tears reflects on the experience
“In those days there were no roads and few trails and very few bridges. Progress of travelers was slow and often times they would have to wait many days for the streams to run down before they could cross. Each family did its own cooking on the road.” . . .
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Private John G. Burnett, Member of U.S. Military First hand witness of events
“Being acquainted with many of the Indians and able to fluently speak their language, I was sent as interpreter into the Smoky Mountain Country in May 1838 . . .
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Elizabeth Watts, told the story of her grandparents who were forced to march
“The road they traveled, history calls the "Trail of Tears". This trail was more than tears. It was death, sorrow, hunger, exposure, and humiliation to a civilized people as were the Cherokees
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Lt. R.H.K. Whiteley, Member of U.S. Military first hand witness of events
“The weather was extremely hot, a drought had prevailed for months, water was scarce. Three, four, and five deaths occurred each day . . .
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Account of a Traveler who signed himself, “A Native of Maine” The New York Observer-
“On Tuesday evening we fell into a group of the poor Cherokee Indians, about eleven hundred...We found them in the forest camped for the night….
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