The most a 14 year old boy should have to worry about in 1838 is what chores he has that night, and how long each is going take him so that he can get back to whatever reckless things he feels like doing that day. But, not this time. Andrew Jackson the white president for the next 4 years decided he wants what is ours. He has started sweeping everyone and everything east of the Mississippi river, just because he wanted the land, and if we wouldn’t willingly walk away from what’s ours, he will make us at gunpoint. In this time, families got split up and people died. I was one of the lucky ones. My father heard the news before they got to us, so for 23 days we’ve been living place to place, anyway to not have to leave what’s ours, remain safe, and alive. Before this time, everyone was so …show more content…
Days went by and it had felt like months, all we could think about was my brother. We had to get him back. Suddenly my dad did what any father would do and realized that he had to put himself on the line for his son, he was going to make himself bate. We followed in the direction that the Americans went for hours, and when we finally caught them dad laid out the game plan. When we saw fox, my father would be seen as a distraction, then would run. We would make sure fox escaped, and if my father returned, well. That was up to him. The time came for when we found fox, he looked rough, like he hadn’t eaten in days. He probably hadn’t though. It was game time. My father jumped out of nowhere and ran so fast, I don’t think the Americans could have caught him if they were on horses, so far that my mother and I lost him. We yelled foxes name, and he heard us and ran as fast as he could to us, he was home. We went back to our grounds from previously, and while we had my brother back, we felt just as empty without my father