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THE CROSSING by WILLIAM JAY SMITH

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First Line: THAT WINTER THE SOUTHERN LAND HAD ALL THE CONTOURS
Subject(s): CHEROKEE INDIANS; TRAIL OF TEARS (1838-39); NATIVE AMERICANS - REMOVAL;

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