The passage uses a first-person perspective. The use of "I" indicates that the narrator is sharing personal experiences and thoughts.
The Trail of Tears
by Tim Tingle Alejandro
There is a mound called Nanih Waiya, just north of Philadelphia, Mississippi. Choctaws call it the Mother Mound. A simple wooden staircase leads to the summit of that mound. At the foot of the steps is a carved wooden sign that marks this as the origin site of the Choctaw people.
Beneath that sign grow blackberry vines. I know because I planted them years ago. I used to go back several times a year and with water from a nearby creek water those vines. But they do not need my watering any more. Their roots, you see, go very deep.
"The Trail of Tears." Excerpt from Walking the Choctaw Road. Text copyright © 2003 by Tim Tingle. Permission arranged with Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of LEE &
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