Wyldflower's Garden

The flower pictured above is a Cherokee Rose
It is the most beautiful blossom in my garden.

THE LEGEND OF THE CHEROKEE ROSE
No better symbol exists of the pain and suffering
of the "Place Where They Cried
("Known today as "The Trail of Tears") than the Cherokee Rose.
The mothers of the Cherokee grieved so much that the chiefs prayed for a sign to lift the mother's spirits and give them strength to care for their children.
From that day forward, a beautiful new flower, a rose, grew wherever a mother's tear fell to the ground.
The rose is white, for the mother's tears.
It has a gold center, for the gold taken from the Cherokee lands.
Seven leaves on each stem that represent the seven Cherokee clans that made the sad journey.
To this day, the Cherokee Rose prospers along the route of the "Trail of Tears".

A Nation is not conquered until the
hearts of it's women are on the ground.
Then it is done
No matter how brave it's warriors or how
strong it's weapons.

This page is dedicated with a humble heart to
those who walked this trail.

We are about to take our leave and kind farewell
to our native land, the country that the Great Spirit
gave our Fathers
. We are on the eve of leaving the country that gave
us birth it is with sorrow. we are forced by the white
man to quit the scenes of our childhood
We bid farewell to it and all we hold dear.
Charles Hicks
Tsalagi
Vice Chief
On The Trail Of Tears

He Walked With Us and Called Many Names

The owl is a symbol of death to the Cherokee.
Death called over 4,000 Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.
Most walked and endured indescribable suffering
including poor transportation and food, bad roads,
storms, sickness, and broken hearts.
"We draw our strength from the very dispair

in which we have been forced to live.
We shall endure"
This page is also in honor of my people

TSI KA MA GI TSALAGI
THE CHICKAMAUGA CHEROKEE
CHILDREN OF THE LIGHTNING
THE THUNDERBOLT WARRIORS
The Tsi ka ma gi walked and ruled the
Cumberland Plateau in Southeast and central
Kentucky
I am a direct descendent of
Flower Blossom of the Corn
Selu-Sa-tah
daughter of Kentucky Tsi ka ma gi War Chief
Doublehead
Blood relative to Dragging Canoe and brother to Wurth, mother
of Sequoyah, author of the Cherokee
Alphabet
Cornblossom was the great grand-daughter of Moytoy.
Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
and he the son of Amatoya
She was beloved by both the white Peace Chiefs and
the red War Chiefs
She carried the colors of red and white
as she led the Thunderbolt Warriors
She died defending 110 women and children
at the Ywahoo Falls Massacre
August 10,1810
Mother of many generations to come.

SELU- SA-TAH
E LI SI, I HONOR YOU
WITH GREAT PRIDE
WITH ALL RESPECT
WITH MUCH LOVE
AYA

Music is "Survivor"