... People started showing up from all over the country, moving the Cherokees even further West. John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation rushed to Washington to fight what was going on in his lands. He proposed a compromise that it would give the United States lands in Georgia if the ... the Cherokees were not very sanitary and many of them died because of the poor condition and lack of food. To make things worse, summer turned out to be the hottest and driest summer in United States recorded history. "Long afterward one of the Georgia militiamen who participated in the roundup said: ... ...

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... move itself, which wouldn't have been a problem if the Treasury weren't bare (Niven 427). Three groups left in the summer of 1838 traveling by rail, boat, and wagon. By November 1838 twelve groups of 1,000 people each crossed 800 miles overland to the west. By March 1839 every survivor had arrived west. It is estimated that one fifth of the Cherokee population ... died during the removal ("Many Days Pass And People Die Very Much"). Van Buren wanted to move the Indians as far West as possible to protect them from the white explorers of the time. When Spain ceded Florida to the United Sta...

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... The Indians walked bare foot during the harsh climate weathers like the coldest days of December or the hot scorching days of summer. Some walked carrying their dead children or even walked besides an elder that slipped and died. These Native Americans were kicked out of ... civilized tribes that were forcibly removed from their lands by order of newly sworn-in president Andrew Jackson and his militia troops. Jackson wanted to expand economic growth westward and have power over the many tribes that existed in the United States. White people disliked the Indians; they ... raped the Indian...

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... upon certain races of people. At the trail of tears native Americans were persecuted against heavily. Until 1828 the federal government had Cherokee rights to their land and in that same year Andrew Jackson was elected president and this all ended. On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit ... the Americans in Washington cared little for the situation. They wanted the Choctaw moved on their own, or by military force. The Indians were believed to be ignorant savages, but they were industrious farmers, merchants, and businessmen of all types. Some were educated people, many were Chri...

• Word Count: 1433
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• Grade Level: High School