Graves of Cherokees endured the Trail of Tears

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Why were these Cherokees freemasons?

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@@GiGiRenea Some of them became Freemason's thru the missionaries that were stationed among them, others in attempt to achieve peace and or acceptance for their tribe amidst the upheaval events of settler encroachment. Leadership and respectability played an important role. Sometimes however the Freemason's financed the burial. Also, Freemason provided protection from the criminal culture during the period of early settlement. This is my honest evaluation and conclusion, after much private research, there was not that "air" of Freemason's that is available for today.