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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: July 11, 2017
Caption:
Whitepath and Fly Smith | Additional Description: The Trail Goes On
But they stand at the end of their journey shivering in the cold
Shaking with sickness that no leader should endure
The Trail Goes On
But they stand upon this ground
One with head bowed in silent acceptance leading on his stick
the other with hand outstretched
asking the great spirit to help him know the reason
for the grieving and the suffering of his people
the women and children cry in their camp by the river
stung by the frost aching from the lack of food
they look to their chiefs for answers
and in their eyes see only expressionless despair
The Trail Goes On
But two chiefs lie here in the stillness
unable now to help their people
throw off the oppression of the white man and his manifest destiny
Their pain lives on in these figures silent not beneath the sun and starts
and the
The Trail Goes On
Thomas E.. Morris Jr.
December 17, 1989
Submitted: July 17, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p390139
File Size: 9.210 Megabytes
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