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"Hi a ni" Ellen Drowning Bear was born 1814 in Old Cherokee Nation East, North Carolina, United States to Yonaguska Drowning Bear (1759-1839) and Li-si Downing Bear (1780-) and died 10 August 1896 Oklahoma, United States of unspecified causes. She married Alex Scott (1810-1869) 1832 in North Carolina, United States. She married John Adair Bell (1806-1860) 1844 in Oklahoma, United States.

Trail of Tears

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Trail of Tears painting by Robert Lindneux

The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native American peoples from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west (usually west of the Mississippi River) that had been designated as Indian Territory. The forced relocations were carried out by government authorities following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The relocated peoples suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation while en route to their new designated reserve, and many died before reaching their destinations. The forced removals included members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Ponca nations. The phrase "Trail of Tears" originates from a description of the removal of many Native American tribes, including the infamous Cherokee Nation relocation in 1838.

Between 1830 and 1850, the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee people (including mixed-race and black slaves who lived among them) were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the Southeastern United States, and relocated farther west. Those Native Americans who were relocated were forced to march to their destinations by state and local militias. The Cherokee removal in 1838 (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) was brought on by the discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia in 1828, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush. Approximately 2,000–8,000 of the 16,543 relocated Cherokee perished along the way.




Children



Offspring of John Adair Bell (1806-1860) and "Hi a ni" Ellen Drowning Bear
Name Birth Death Joined with
Nancy Elizabeth Bell (1845-1905)



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See Also

  • Ellen Drowning Bear
  • Drowning Bear Family
  • Drowning Bear in North Carolina
  • Bell in Adair County, Oklahoma



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