Welcome to Great Warriors Path

I love history.  For most of my life I've focused on European history or American history as told from the Euro-centric point of view.  Recently, I've begun to take a deeper look at a time period in our history that bears scrutiny, the systematic eradication of thousands of men, women and children from the Eastern United States beginning in 1622, two years after the Pilgrims landed near Plymouth Rock, to 1858, the end of the Second Seminole war.  I want to drill down on the period between the beginning of the Seven Years War in 1755, through the end of the Second Seminole War, in 1842, when much of this anguish and injustice was taking place. 

One of my grandmothers was on the Cherokee Trail of Tears, so I can't promise a completely unbiased treatment.  But this is not an academic study.  This blog and the pages that accompany it are not grand historical narratives, but rather human snapshots.  I want to focus on the people, Native and European, who lived and struggled through this time.  Battles and dates don't make history, human beings do.  Human beings make the decisions, suffer the consequences, and survive as best they can.  Nobility and heroism, as well as greed and duplicity, existed on all sides.  I want to get to the bottom of both.  While I will focus on the battles and leaders, I also want to examine the lives of both Natives and Settlers, and to give the Native side of the story more attention than it receives in most history books. 

Please comment, ask questions or suggest ideas for future posts and pages.  I would love to hear from you.