THE JOURNAL OF JESSE SMOKE

A DEAR AMERICA BOOK

BACKGROUND

• THE STORY IS TOLD FROM JESSE SMOKES POINT OF VIEW• JESSE HAS TWO SISTERS AND A MOTHER• HE HAS ATTENDED A MISSION SCHOOL BUT DECIDED TO STAY WITH HIS FAMILY.

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STORY PLOT

• JESSE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE ON A FARM• THE FAMILY MAKES THERE LIVING OFF OF THE FARM RAISING

ANIMALS• THEY ARE FORCED TO LIVE LIKE WHITE PEOPLE ALTHOUGH THEY

KEEP THEIR NATIVE TRADITIONS

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STORY PLOT

• BEFORE THE MIGRATION THE WHITE MEN CONFISCATED ALL GUNS FROM THE INDIANS.• THE WHITE MEN BEGAN TO FORCE INDIANS WEST.• DURING THE INITIAL MOVE THEY WOULD BURN HOUSES OR

HAVE THE WHITE MEN MOVE IN THE HOUSES BEFORE THE NATIVES WERE MOVED OUT.

THE TRAIL OF TEARS

• DURING THE MOVE TO THE CAMPS THEY WERE NOT GIVEN PROPER SUPPLIES.• THEY WERE CHARGED AT TOLL GATES THROUGHOUT THE TRIP.• EACH DAY THEY TRAVELED A DIFFERENT DISTANCE.• EVERY MORNING ANOTHER PERSON WAS BURIED ON THE

ROADSIDE.

TRAIL OF TEARS

• DURING THE TRIP JESSE MET WHITE WILL, HE GAVE JESSE A KNIFE FOR THE TRIP.• WHITE WILL WAS A YOUNG SOLDIER• HE WOULD FIND JESSE THROUGHOUT THE TRIP AND HELP HIM

OUT.• ALTHOUGH THE TRIP WAS EXTREMELY HARD JESSE’S FAMILY

MANAGED TO STAY HEALTHY AND SURVIVE.

TRAIL OF TEARS

• ALONG THE TRAIL THEY STOPPED AT 6 DIFFERENT CAMPS • THESE CAMPS WERE IN HARSH CONDITIONS AND THEY WERE

CRAMMED IN THEM.• THE TRIBE HAD HUNTERS GO AHEAD OF THEM AND HAVE FOOD

WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

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TRAIL OF TEARS

• APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PEOPLE DIED ON THE TRIP.• JESSE SMOKE AND HIS TRIBE ENDED UP IN WHAT IS NOW

OKLAHOMA.• THE ENTIRE TRIP WAS 800 TO 1,200 MILES LONG.• THEY MADE THE TRIP IN ABOUT 80 DAYS.

MY CONNECTION

• I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHEROKEE INDIAN IN ME.• I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF STORIES FROM THE PAST.

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