Rebecca Neugin Trail Of Tears Sparknotes

Would you be able to walk 2,200 miles at the age of four? Rebecca Smith Neugin is the survivor in this story. She withstood the long journey called the “Trail of Tears”. This expedition started in Georgia and ended in Oklahoma. This event occurred because soldiers kicked her family, and herself out of their house. A few of the reasons she survived are because, her father hunted beside the wagon, she did not die of sickness, and her mother grabbed a few cooking utensils before leaving. I believed that Rebecca perceived the tenacious trait. She survived through a lot as a young girl, and not many young girls could survive and live as she did. Rebecca showed the trait of intelligence by solving problematic events that occurred throughout the

For instance, she survived through sickness while she dealt with little room on her family’s wagon on her extensive journey. “Many little children died of whooping cough.” Grant Foreman the author of an online source presents, the Indian Pioneer Histories. Remarkably, this article was made after Rebecca was interviewed by historian, Grant Foreman in 1932. Moreover, Rebecca withdrew the sickness while the emigrants surrounding her, could not. For instance, “there was much sickness among the emigrants.” Grant Foreman the author of an online source announces, Rebecca dealt with horrific sickness around her on her tragic exposition. Consequently, she was lucky enough to not die and survived through the arduous trip. Lastly, Rebecca was not one of the people that died during that dreadful time period. For instance, “After they arrived in Indian Territory more Cherokees succumbed to famine and disease” teaching history with historian, Ellen Holmes which whom reveals that the settlement was just as hard as the trail of tears. Thence, 12,000 of the Cherokee survived out of the 16,000 who were removed between 1836 and 1839. Rebecca Neugin was a tenacious person because she survived through her family’s sickness, withheld the sickness through the emigrants, and did not perish, unlike the 4,000 unlucky men, women, and

First off, her family and she made their own pots and bowls. “They took clay and formed it in the shape desired and turned those into bowls over the fire and smoked them” Poncy McLean family histories online article expresses, the dirty pots and dirt bowls were made from clay and when they were shaped, they would be placed over the fire and they would be used to hold food. Therefore, these utensils were a great utensil to the Cherokee families when they ate food. Secondly, Rebecca was creative when she learned how to make moccasins. “We had no shoes, and those that wore anything wore moccasins made of deer is, and the men wore leggings made of deer hide.” Poncy McLean Family History online article reports, she knew how to make these just in case her feet got cold. Therefore, her family taught her how to make her own shoes, which made her smart and creative. Last of all, she made her own cloth and jeans. “I learned to spin when I was a very little girl.” Poncy McLean Family Histories online article explains, the family never wore store bought clothes until after the civil war. They chose their color from the dyes they made. Therefore, the family chose what they got to wear and made their own clothing. Rebecca was a creative person and she showed this by knowing how to make her own shoes from deer hide, making her own pots and bowls, and by making herself some