tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post2342601013259484229..comments2024-03-15T09:29:02.240-04:00Comments on Recollections of a Vagabonde: Staying at the Cherokee Indian ReservationVagabondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-87102924682754809152010-09-23T01:37:20.536-04:002010-09-23T01:37:20.536-04:00Thank you for your comments on my 'Travelogue ...Thank you for your comments on my '<a href="http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.com/2010/09/temple-which-is-not-temple-palace-of.html" rel="nofollow">Travelogue of An Armchair Traveller</a>' which brought me to your blog, wherein I found this great post about the infamous and tragic 'Trail of Tears’. <br /><br />A few months back I had also made a post about memorial to a native American girl named 'Te-lah-nay’ who at the young age of just 14 years was evicted from her homeland along with her Yuchi Indian tribe and forcibly driven from Lauderdale County. After a short stay in her new environment she slipped away from the camp at Oklahoma and walked back to her home in Lauderdale County about 450 miles away, facing many dangers and hurdles. <br /><br />Her great great grand son Tom Hendrix has single-handedly built a 3 miles long stone wall as memorial for all those who suffered in this tragic relocation and has also written a book entitled "If The Legends Fade" describing her to and fro journey and her ordeals. <br /><br />I have added today a link about this post in my blog '<a href="http://armchairtravelogue.blogspot.com/2010/06/wichahpi-stone-wall-unique-memorial-to.html" rel="nofollow">Wichahpi Stone Wall - A Unique Memorial to A Native American Woman</a>' so that my readers also get an opportunity to read your great post.CuriousJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388678733234451057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-53066727096533504242010-04-05T00:18:06.854-04:002010-04-05T00:18:06.854-04:00What a very sad period in history!! I have read mu...What a very sad period in history!! I have read much on what the Eurpoeans did in this period and I get cold at the thought of all the cruelty. If you ever find a book called "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee" read it and you will know what lead up to Custers death. A tragic story. <br /><br />This is a fantastic post. I love the pictures and the history. Thank you for sharing.SAPhotographs (Joan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15993474141491808257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-84313164060311975112009-08-02T14:51:47.988-04:002009-08-02T14:51:47.988-04:00Me back with another reply! Afraid that link didn&...Me back with another reply! Afraid that link didn't like my computer - or vice versa. The You Tube doofer obliterated the explanation of the rhyme scheme, as well as the poem on the post. Then it got stuck, and I couldn't escape the music- I object to my ears being assailed in this way. :) I may Google Pindaric Ode as an alternative approach. I have revelled in playing with many poetic forms, and have blogged about my obsession before. :)Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-47664103494626711172009-08-02T03:14:46.338-04:002009-08-02T03:14:46.338-04:00Wanted to say thank you for the poem by Victor Hug...Wanted to say thank you for the poem by Victor Hugo! I've not come across it before. I don't think it would ever be possible to rhyme the same words once translated. I agree, a basic knowledge of a language gives the reader an understanding which no translation will capture, but I do think the 'soul', as I called it, can be given an approximation in the other language, if translation is done sensitively. Sorry I had to answer on your blogpost (which I've just enjoyed, by the way) but you don't seem to have an email. Mine is available as a button on my 'view complete profile page'if you have any more beautiful poetry to share!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-8053199120954806182009-08-01T09:28:05.644-04:002009-08-01T09:28:05.644-04:00To all – I really appreciate that you have taken t...To all – I really appreciate that you have taken the time to read my post and written a comment. It is really an impetus to write more posts to have friends coming and visit my blog.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-52165307835195301292009-07-31T15:30:44.082-04:002009-07-31T15:30:44.082-04:00Wow! You really packed a good deal of information...Wow! You really packed a good deal of information in this post, and all of it important history. Thanks for visiting my blog today.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-39332447538912633712009-07-31T08:54:38.091-04:002009-07-31T08:54:38.091-04:00This is a post with a familiar story. This is what...This is a post with a familiar story. This is what has happened across the continent from the far north to S. USA. <br /><br />Thank you for visiting <a href="http://mymuskoka.blogspot.com/2009/07/summer-activities.html" rel="nofollow">My Muskoka</a>. <br />Muskoka is a region - 'cottage country', north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-66279634524273869682009-07-31T02:12:10.300-04:002009-07-31T02:12:10.300-04:00«Louis» thanks you for your visit today to San Fra...«Louis» thanks you for your visit today to <a href="http://bayphoto.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Bay Daily Photo</a>.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-14777363605180160012009-07-29T05:28:55.679-04:002009-07-29T05:28:55.679-04:00Hello, Vagabonde! beautiful post, merci! I found y...Hello, Vagabonde! beautiful post, merci! I found your site through Celeste Maia. You would call yourself a Micmac? as the Tibetans say, no such thing as a coincidence! then perhaps you were once Mik’Maq, indeed? I feel a bond for them, as well. Hello, Sister!bowspritehttp://bowsprite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-68969246714581806802009-07-29T03:24:03.522-04:002009-07-29T03:24:03.522-04:00Il faut bien le dire, ce qu'ont fait les blanc...Il faut bien le dire, ce qu'ont fait les blancs avec les indiens, cela s'appelle un génocide. C'est la honte de l'Amérique que d'avoir mis ses indiens de toute tribu dans des réserves.<br />Lorsque je suis allée en Utah, pour la première fois, en 1985, Les Indiens y vivaient encore libres (Utah était à ce moment là le seul état à préser ver ses . Ils avaient leur maison et leurs deux véhicules, comme les blancs et 10 plus tard ils étaient en réserve. On appelle cela des réserves, mais en réalité ce sont des camps de concentration, à part qu'on y meur pas de mort violente ou de faim.<br />C'est un très beau post et un bel hommage à ceux qui ont été spoiliés de tout, mais de leur vie.claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356955828590617751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-5864753302388463982009-07-29T02:10:07.309-04:002009-07-29T02:10:07.309-04:00What a well written and informative post and pictu...What a well written and informative post and pictures. I watched a PBS documentary on the Trail of Tears and it was heart braking and it has been done to all indigeneous people around the world. <br />I live among the Haida and their numbers went from 15,000 to 380 after contact with the European just from small pox and other disease and the assimilation tactics of the Canadian Government of sending children to residental school and banning all of their cermonies and language.<br />I get physically ill when I read what we have done to our neighbours who have more respect for this earth than we ever will.<br />Thank you for your provocative post,<br />Blessings and smiles<br />CarolynCarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725941662453444918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-67911636595682773482009-07-28T13:00:27.134-04:002009-07-28T13:00:27.134-04:00Good for you, Vagabonde!
A wonderful post detailin...Good for you, Vagabonde!<br />A wonderful post detailing the cruelty of the white man, as you say, the good Christian, towards men without guns, who welcomed the incomers; little did they know that they were to be annihilated, have their lands stolen and that once proud nations were to be reduced to the to status of beggars.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-46994894867842313762009-07-28T11:44:57.518-04:002009-07-28T11:44:57.518-04:00I deeply appreciate the time and effort you have p...I deeply appreciate the time and effort you have put into bringing this important issue to light. Too many Americans who want to call this a Christian Nation conveniently forget and try to bury the early history of what the so-called Christians did (and are still doing) to their fellow man. <br /><br />My grandmother on my father's side was said to be 1/4 Cherokee Indian. I have not researched this and cannot verify it, but she did have the facial features of a Native American and was a very quiet and peaceful woman; a trait shared by most Cherokees.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-28812633550615723002009-07-28T03:38:32.947-04:002009-07-28T03:38:32.947-04:00IL faut que je passe à la traduction google. Pas l...IL faut que je passe à la traduction google. Pas le temps ce matin, Je repasse cet après-midi.<br />J'ai compris que tu jouais au cow boys et aux Indiens à Paris.<br />A plus tard.claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356955828590617751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-14171644823316782072009-07-27T09:28:48.696-04:002009-07-27T09:28:48.696-04:00VB, this is why your posts are so incredible to re...VB, this is why your posts are so incredible to read: they are well researched, highly readable, and your pictures add so much to the journey.<br /><br />I knew about the Trail of Tears, I know what my ancestors did to this proud people. I am ashamed to be their progeny. And sometimes I am ashamed to be a human, as I watch the desecration we wreak across the planet. <br /><br />Education and knowledge is the only weapon I know of that has any chance of changing things. Thanks so much for this well thought out post.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-71860344969188944812009-07-27T06:06:17.352-04:002009-07-27T06:06:17.352-04:00I wrote Buffalo and Indians about the slaughter of...I wrote Buffalo and Indians about the slaughter of the buffalo and the research in that opened my eyes to the slaughter of Native Americans by European terrorists. This country was a paradise where a squirrel could climb a tree on the east coast and travel west to the Mississippi River without ever having to get down for food. The settlers paid their property taxes with squirrel scalps and later with wolf ears or feet. Men, women and children were slaughtered by the terrorists who came to this country under a Christian banner.<br /><br />I know this story, you posted about, very well. One of my great grandmothers was thrown in with a group of horses to seal a deal. She was "I'll throw in the squaw" to seal the deal. <br /><br />Be part of history. Become a Follower or leave a comment. Tell you friends. Link up. <a href="http://pickapeckofpixels.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Pick a Peck of Pixels </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-74130084628383609592009-07-27T04:04:13.334-04:002009-07-27T04:04:13.334-04:00Very interesting posting with great images. The st...Very interesting posting with great images. The story of the Indians is a tragic one. At the beginning of this year we spent 6 weeks driving down Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. I read all I could find on the indians tribes there as today there are no full blooded descendants. Those proud hunters had no chance of survival from the europeans and their guns or died from the diseases brought. At the beginning of the XX century there were a few hundres left, and then the missionaries imprisoned them in their missions, clothed them and made them learn arts and crafts. They all died of "tristesse" and boredom.<br />Your sotry playing Indian girl to the other kids cowboys is a good one.Celeste Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683512170853367791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-75633543647191611522009-07-27T02:37:18.470-04:002009-07-27T02:37:18.470-04:00Beautiful photos and narrative. It is very sad ho...Beautiful photos and narrative. It is very sad how the Cherokee were treated and indeed all of the Native American tribes. Human history is full of too many terrible stories like this.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801967071649685995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-50861170807002541982009-07-27T00:08:07.593-04:002009-07-27T00:08:07.593-04:00In answer to your question at San Francisco Bay Da...In answer to your question at <a href="http://bayphoto.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Bay Daily Photo</a>, <i>Oui, c'est la vue du balcon Chez la Vache!</i>Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-77044715551454882132009-07-27T00:05:35.621-04:002009-07-27T00:05:35.621-04:00Very interesting post and insight into one of our ...Very interesting post and insight into one of our less than glorious moments of history. «Louis» liked your Paris connection to the story as well.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.com