... , aided by Return J. Meigs, adopted many "white man's ways." With the introduction of the loom and spinning wheels into the Cherokee culture, the role of women gradually became confined to the home and that of making cloth and clothing. Men then gave up their hunting roles and were expected to work in the fields. Moreover, the Cherokee children eventually started attending missionary boarding schools where they learned to read and write ... had to be brought into the state to restore the peace. But what was most detrimental to the fate of the Cherokee nation was the election of Andrew Ja...

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... and white settlement continued to encroach into Native American land. In 1835, a treaty made with a minority faction of Cherokees ceded Cherokee land to the government for $5 million and a reservation west of the Mississippi River. Most Cherokees did not recognize the treaty and refused to leave Georgia. Jackson then sent an army to drive them west. Some fled to North Carolina but most were forced on a long ... trek to Oklahoma (Indian Territory). The journey began in the winter and was on foot. Everyone walked form the elderly women and tiny children, all carrying packs and ... ...

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