The Santa Fe Trail: Three Centuries of Western History 

What the line of the trail was, was a place to establish Blacksmiths and Horseshoe Salesmen.

Atlantic Ocean, Savannah River to Fontana Lake, Little Tennessee, to Big Tennessee, to Mississippi, to Arkansas River. to and over Monarch Pass Colorado, to the Colorado River, thru the Grand Canyon and on to San Francisco California, Gold and The Pacific Ocean. Kitowa knew this trail before white men arrived. I'm a member of the Western Branch of The Cherokee's Norfork Arkansas, Kitowa.

Indian removal were Creeks there center was New Ehcota, people call them cherokees. Cherokees are Old Echota.

No I live in Wichita Kansas and the Wichita tribe and the Kansa tribe have always been here and the Cherokee have always done trade on the river with them. I learned that at a Pow Wow. Their Main Grounds were Great Bend Kansas.

It's Monarch Pass

The Santa Fe Trail goes from Savannah Georgia to San Francisco California, Highway 50, Been there before White Men came to America.

Look into the Cherokee treaty of 1817 I think it's 1817

They are all Kiowa

Andrew Jackson Dumped a bunch of Creek Indians all along the southern side of the Santa Fe to confuse the Comanche, while he built the Santa Fe Railroad. Had to be a Cherokee idea huh.

If White Man met Indian What would he ask about first ? where is the Gold. you got it, Pikes Peak. Monarch Pass, San Francisco.