If the Cherokees were driven west of the Mississippi, how

[raccoon]

Come there are still Cherokees living on the reservation in NC?

[DURHAM D]

1. Obviously it was difficult to find all of them.

jftr - They are called the Eastern Band of Cherokees. I once heard a member laugh and refer to herself as a "Free Range Cherokee". Meaning...we didn't get caught.

[SCantiGOP]

3. Exactly what I have read

The mountains of Appalachia were basically impenetrable to any organized force, so the Cherokee groups went into hiding and moved around and were able to be found and detained.

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. Read about the Cherokee leader named Tsali.

Many of the Cherokee fled to remote areas, including Tsali and his family. Federal troops led by General Winfield Scott tried to round the fugitives up but couldn't locate many. Scott saw this as a bad situation because if Tsali and the others succeeded in their escape many others would do the same.

A deal was struck whereby Tsali's family would surrender and those in hiding at that time would not be followed. This prevented a larger revolt but Tsali and many in his family were assassinated by Scott's troops during his surrender.

After the troops marched the majority of the tribe westward those in hiding emerged. They are the ancestors of the Cherokee population in western North Carolina today.

[SCantiGOP]

4. Interesting, however....

I must call "Fake News" on you, sir or madam, for your screen name. You are most certainly NOT the last Democrat in SC.

Like the Cherokee, I am part of a small band who have escaped capture and, with a small group including my wife, two children and assorted grandbabies, as well as some others from the Liberal tribe, are hiding out in the hostile territory known as Lexington County. We recently lost our right to vote (meaning, there are no Democratic races in our precinct for the June primary) but we plan to raid the voting booths in November for an all out assault on the Red State villain known as Lindsey the Little Shit, and his cohort, Joe YOULIE! Wilson. We also intend to wage war on the Great Orange Buffoon who resides in Washington DC.

[SeattleVet]

5. Also, a lot of them returned to their historical lands after a short time.

Some walked for years to make it back after they saw how barren and disconnected from the land they were in their new 'home'.

[wnylib]

6. For part of the Trail of Tears,

some of the Cherokee were put on barges on the Ohio River. Some literally jumped ship, hid out in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. A small group remained in that area, but others eventually made their way back to the N. Carolina and Tennessee area to join those who had remained behind in hiding.