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Flint Knapper
Flint knapping demonstration at Frontier Day at the New Echota Historic Site.
This was late in the afternoon, and the guy left before I finished. After that I effectively became the demonstration. I continued painting in front of his empty booth, explaining to passers-by that I was sketching the man who wasn't there.
New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825 until the mid-1830s. It was an Anglo-American style town with a courthouse and a printshop where the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper was produced. At that time Indian tribes who had adopted "civilized" ways had been allowed to remain east of the Mississippi. But in 1828 gold was discovered in North Georgia, and white settlers coveted Cherokee territory for their own farms. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. leading to the forced emigration to Oklahoma known as the "Trail of Tears."
Near Calhoun, Georgia, USA
Flint Knapper
Flint knapping demonstration at Frontier Day at the New Echota Historic Site.
This was late in the afternoon, and the guy left before I finished. After that I effectively became the demonstration. I continued painting in front of his empty booth, explaining to passers-by that I was sketching the man who wasn't there.
New Echota was the capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825 until the mid-1830s. It was an Anglo-American style town with a courthouse and a printshop where the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper was produced. At that time Indian tribes who had adopted "civilized" ways had been allowed to remain east of the Mississippi. But in 1828 gold was discovered in North Georgia, and white settlers coveted Cherokee territory for their own farms. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. leading to the forced emigration to Oklahoma known as the "Trail of Tears."
Near Calhoun, Georgia, USA