Talk:Trail of Tears/to do

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For those interested in this subject, several related articles need started:

  • Cherokee Phoenix/The Cherokee Phoenix -- the first American Indian newspaper
  • Samuel Worchester -- Missionary who helped start the newspaper, arrested by Georgia, case went to Supreme Court
  • Elizur Butler -- Doctor/missionary arrested by Georgia, went on the Trail and served in the camps as a doctor, provided the "4,000 deaths" estimates most often quoted.
  • Wilson Lumpkin -- Georgia politician, a driving force behind Cherokee removal [1]

Check the dates of the Reed Gold Rush in Mecklenburg/Cabarrus Co, NC, c. 1803.