The Never Ending Trail

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<bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="painting_by_robert_lindneux_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>The Never Ending Trail</b></I></FONT></div> <div> <B>by Del "Abe" Jones</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                <B>We whites honor the "Hermitage" </b></div> <div> <B>               And the man who once lived there - </b></div> <div> <B>               But, that leader of our Nation </b></div> <div> <B>               Was cruel, unjust, unfair - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               He ordered the removal </b></div> <div> <B>               Of the Cherokee from their land </b></div> <div> <B>               And forced them on a trek </b></div> <div> <B>               That the Devil must have planned - </b></div> <bR> <div>                <B>One thousand miles of misery - </b></div> <div> <B>               Of pain and suffering - </b></div> <div> <B>               Because greed of the white man </b></div> <div> <B>               Could not even wait till spring - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               We should bow our heads in shame </b></div> <div> <B>               Even unto this day </b></div> <div> <B>               About "The Trail Of Tears" </b></div> <div> <B>               And those who died along the way. </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               It was October, eighteen thirty-eight </b></div> <div> <B>               When seven thousand troops in blue </b></div> <div> <B>               Began the story of the "Trail" </b></div> <div> <B>               Which, so sadly, is so true - </b></div> <bR> <div>                <B>Jackson ordered General Scott </b></div> <div> <B>               To rout the Indian from their home - </b></div> <div> <B>               The "Center Of The World" they loved - </b></div> <div> <B>               The only one they'd known - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               The Braves working in the fields </b></div> <div> <B>               Arrested, placed in a stockade - </b></div> <div> <B>               Women and children dragged from home </b></div> <div> <B>               In the bluecoats shameful raid - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Some were prodded with bayonets </b></div> <div> <B>               When, they were deemed to move too slow </b></div> <div> <B>               To where the Sky was their blanket </b></div> <div> <B>               And the cold Earth, their pillow - </b></div> <div> <B>                    </b></div> <div> <B>               In one home a Babe had died </b></div> <div> <B>               Sometime in the night before - </b></div> <div> <B>               And women mourning, planning burial </b></div> <div> <B>               Were cruelly herded out the door - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               In another, a frail Mother - </b></div> <div> <B>               Papoose on back and two in tow </b></div> <div> <B>               Was told she must leave her home </b></div> <div> <B>               Was told that she must go - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               She uttered a quiet prayer - </b></div> <div> <B>               Told the old family dog good-bye - </b></div> <div> <B>               Then, her broken heart gave out </b></div> <div> <B>               And she sank slowly down to die - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Chief Junaluska witnessed this - </b></div> <div> <B>               Tears streaming down his face - </b></div> <div> <B>               Said if he could have known this </b></div> <div> <B>               It would have never taken place - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               For, at the battle of Horse Shoe </b></div> <div> <B>               With five hundred Warriors, his best - </b></div> <div> <B>               Helped Andrew Jackson win that battle </b></div> <div> <B>               And lay thirty-three Braves to rest - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               And the Chief drove his tomahawk </b></div> <div> <B>               Through a Creek Warrior's head </b></div> <div> <B>               Who was about to kill Jackson - </b></div> <div> <B>               But whose life was saved, instead - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Chief John Ross knew this story </b></div> <div> <B>               And once sent Junaluska to plead - </b></div> <div> <B>               Thinking Jackson would listen to </b></div> <div> <B>               This Chief who did that deed - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               But, Jackson was cold, indifferent </b></div> <div> <B>               To the one he owed his life to </b></div> <div> <B>               Said, "The Cherokee's fate is sealed - </b></div> <div> <B>               There's nothing, I can do." </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Washington, D.C. had decreed </b></div> <div> <B>               They must be moved Westward -</b></div> <div> <B>               And all their pleas and protests </b></div> <div> <B>               To this day still go unheard. </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               On November, the seventeenth </b></div> <div> <B>               Old Man Winter reared his head - </b></div> <div> <B>               And freezing cold, sleet and snow </b></div> <div> <B>               Littered that trail with the dead </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               On one night, at least twenty-two </b></div> <div> <B>               Were released from their torment </b></div> <div> <B>               To join that Great Spirit in the Sky </b></div> <div> <B>               Where all good souls are sent - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Many humane, heroic stories </b></div> <div> <B>               Were written 'long the way - </b></div> <div> <B>               A monument, for one of them - </b></div> <div> <B>               Still stands until this day - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               It seems one noble woman </b></div> <div> <B>               It was Chief Ross' wife - </b></div> <div> <B>               Gave her blanket to a sick child </b></div> <div> <B>               And in so doing, gave her life - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               She is buried in an unmarked grave- </b></div> <div> <B>               Dug shallow near the "Trail" - </b></div> <div> <B>               Just one more tragic ending </b></div> <div> <B>               In this tragic, shameful tale - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Mother Nature showed no mercy </b></div> <div> <B>               Till they reached the end of the line </b></div> <div> <B>               When that fateful journey ended </b></div> <div> <B>               On March twenty-sixth, eighteen thirty-nine. </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               Each mile of this infamous "Trail" </b></div> <div> <B>               Marks the graves of four who died - </b></div> <div> <B>               Four thousand poor souls in all </b></div> <div> <B>               Marks the shame we try to hide - </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>               You still can hear them crying </b></div> <div> <B>               Along "The Trail Of Tears" </b></div> <div> <B>               If you listen with your heart </b></div> <div> <B>               And not with just your ears. </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Never Ending Trail</b></I><B> was written by Del "Abe" Jones and appears in his book, </b><I><B>The World, War, Freedom, and More</b></I><B>. Used with permission of the author. To purchase the book (US9.95), or to give the author your comments, please contact him at: </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:abeabe@rworldnet.att.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:abeabe@rworldnet.att.net"><U><B>abeabe@worldnet.att.net</b></U></A></FONT><B>.  Also, visit Abe's website at </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://mywebpage.netscape.com/delabejones/instant/memorial.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://mywebpage.netscape.com/delabejone"><U><B>http://mywebpage.netscape.com/delablejones/instant/memorial.html</b></U></A><B> </b></FONT><B>, you won't regret it.</b></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>For further information on the Trail of Tears go to:</b></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rosecity.net/tears" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rosecity.net/tears"><U><B>The Cherokee Trail of Tears - 1838-1839 </b></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://ngeorgia.com/history/trailoftearsmap.html " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ngeorgia.com/history/trailoftears"><U><B>Trail of Tears Map</b></U></A><B> </b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#painting_by_robert_lindneux_" TITLE="The Never Ending Trail"><U><B>TOP OF PAGE</b></U></A><B>      </b><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Index"><U><B>SITE CONTENTS</b></U></A><B>      </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NAPA NEWS"><U><B>HOME</b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-295/indig_1_.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <bR> <div>                     </div> </td> </tr></table></body>