The U.S. government established gristmills and provided cottonseed, spinning wheels, and looms to the Cherokee. |
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The demand for grain was increasing and the gristmills were unable to keep up with the production. |
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Soon the gristmills were no longer needed except in occasional places where they were used to grind livestock feed. |
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Salt farms and gristmills dotted the coastline, their windmills tapping the sea breezes for energy. |
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