European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from Page 10 Wisconsin Minnesota and North a k�0n e of the greatest Indian chiefs Toner to enemy a by before that the great resettle. Aero Aroma they were the Vanguard o 60 000 of the so called five civilized tribes resettled in Oklahoma Between a and 1846 the five tribes Werneth chs Kees chickasaws choctaws creeks and seminoles. The . Government forced the migration of these great tribes from the Southeast to the Barren Prairie of in . The brutal March of the cherokees from North Alona Oklahoma brought the name Trail or tears to the route they followed. For siding with the confederacy during the civil War the indians m Oklahoma lost the Western part of the holdings to the reconstruction govern trading posts and rights of Way for roads connecting them came drives and railroads All encroached on the Indian lands. Then in 1889 the government purchased two million acres from the creeks and seminoles and opened them to homesteading. Of the 30 million acres originally allotted to the indians in Oklahoma Only about 1.6 million remain in the hands of indians today. The late will Rogers famed Ameri can humorist who was half Cherokee Indian and born in Claremore okla was once asked by a Blue blooded Eastern woman whether his ancestors had come to America on the May Flower As hers had. Rogers replied no a am but my folks were Here to say Howdy when yours up Florida s seminoles have largely stayed with the old ways sign modern modes of living. P 16 Thi stars and stripes even when adopting the White Man s ways Indian life remain a somewhat primitive thing As Arizona navajos Here show sunday
