Time to get some exposure to history that I did not get in school – suspect that the teachers just ran out of time but on the other hand this history does give me pause. Ft Smith was established to keep peace between two Indian tribes – the indigenous and the relocated; was used to dispense supplies to more relocated Indian tribes, then served as a federal court as the white population grew to supplant the Indians. So I need to add some non-fiction to my reading list on Trail of Tears and settlement of Indian Territory because this was just a (bitter) taste.
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