 | Family Stories from the Trail of Tears (taken from the Indian-Pioneer
History Collection, Grant Foreman, editor) |  |
37. Wynn, Lizzie
November 29, 1937
Grace Kelley, Investigator
An Interview with Lizzie Wynn; Dustin, Oklahoma
Uncle Willie Benson used to tell me about how they came to this country. When they started out they were afoot and were driven like cattle. At first they had something to eat but that gave out and they were starving. If they had had guns or string they could have gotten game or fish but were not allowed to have them. They came to a slippery elm tree and ate the bark of that until they could get something else. When they would give out they would camp for two or three days to rest up a very little bit, then come on again. Lots took sick and died, so there were not so many when they got here. Big boats were used to haul them across the streams and lakes. When they got to Arkansas they were unable to walk farther so wagons were provided for the rest of the trip. I don't know just where they located first but they were Muskogee Indians under Opuithli Yahola.
| Family Stories from the Trail of Tears (taken from the Indian-Pioneer
History Collection, Grant Foreman, editor) | |