ARTIST DEPICTS COMPASSION AMID TRAGEDY

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Sunday, May 19, 1991

JACKSON -- The artist who painted a mural of the Cherokee Indians as they crossed the Mississippi River into Missouri on the "Trail of Tears" says the painting depicts the unique compassion, love, and care shown to the Indians by Cape Girardeau County residents.

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