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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6037698" data-attributes="member: 24302">I&#039;ve been reading history most of my life.&nbsp; When I was twelve I could name every major Southern general in the Civil War.&nbsp; My family on both sides arrived in the 1790&#039;s.&nbsp; As well as I had native family already here.&nbsp; Want a kick in the head?&nbsp; The Cherokees had largely assimilated into white culture.&nbsp; Thousands of them married whites, wore white clothing, lived in white style houses, accepted Christianity.&nbsp; Gold was discovered in northern Georgia and Andrew Jackson said the Cherokees had to go.&nbsp; None of the above mattered.&nbsp; They sued in court and eventually the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.&nbsp; Jackson ignored the Court, sent in the Army, and marched them to Oklahoma.&nbsp; There&#039;s a resort now on what used to be my ancestor&#039;s property near Chattanooga.&nbsp; My ancestor was a half white Cherokee chief who was one of six who signed a treaty with the U.S.As I was saying, the winners aren&#039;t always the good guys.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6037698, member: 24302"] I've been reading history most of my life. When I was twelve I could name every major Southern general in the Civil War. My family on both sides arrived in the 1790's. As well as I had native family already here. Want a kick in the head? The Cherokees had largely assimilated into white culture. Thousands of them married whites, wore white clothing, lived in white style houses, accepted Christianity. Gold was discovered in northern Georgia and Andrew Jackson said the Cherokees had to go. None of the above mattered. They sued in court and eventually the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. Jackson ignored the Court, sent in the Army, and marched them to Oklahoma. There's a resort now on what used to be my ancestor's property near Chattanooga. My ancestor was a half white Cherokee chief who was one of six who signed a treaty with the U.S. As I was saying, the winners aren't always the good guys. [/QUOTE]

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