The Promise
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In the bitter cold of 1848, 16,000 Cherokee were forced to walk 900 miles to Indian Territory resulting in the deaths of over 4,000 people. Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe in Washington state said "they made us many promises, more than we can remember. They never kept but one, they promised to take our land and so they took it."Try it!