Cherokee Rose Oklahoma Cherokee Legend of the Cherokee Rose This version of the Cherokee Rose legend comes from the Oklahoma Cherokees. During the Trail of Tears, a long forced march by the Cherokee from the southeast to Indian Territory in Oklahoma, infants and children were the first to die from starvation and cold. Each time a mother cried for her dead baby, the elders would pray for a sign from God that would help the mother in her time of sadness. Each place the mothers tears would drop, a white rose would begin to grow. It was named the Cherokee Rose. It has seven pedals, one for each of the seven clans in the Cherokee Tribe. The rose still grows along the route of the Trail of Tears.
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