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The Trail of Tears
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Cherokee Indians
In one of the saddest episodes
of our brief history, Native American men, women and chrilden were taken
from their land and forced to march to an "Indian Reservation". They
had little food and water.
Under the U.S. army commanders,
there was much loss of life for the first groups of Cherokee. John Rose
made an agreement to appeal to General Scott requesting that the General
allow the people to migrate to the west.
General Scott agreed. Then Ross
organized the Cherokee Indians into smaller groups and let them move separately
through the wilderness. Ross left in the early fall and he arrived in the
state of Oklahoma during the winter of 1838-1839.
He reduced the loss
of life among his people. About 400 Cherokee people died as a result of
the forced march. The route that the Cherokee Indians took was called the
"" or "The Trail
Where They Cried." The Cherokee murdered Major Ridge and Elis Boudinot
for signing the treaty of New Echota.
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