USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. During the fall and winter of 1838 and 1839, the Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the United States government. Approximately 4, 000 Cherokees died on this forced march, which became known as the “Trail of Tears."

Detailed explanation-2: -President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott and 7, 000 soldiers to expedite the removal process. Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while his men looted their homes and belongings. Then, they marched the Indians more than 1, 200 miles to Indian Territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The removal, or forced emigration, of Cherokee Indians occurred in 1838, when the U.S. military and various state militias forced some 15, 000 Cherokees from their homes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee and moved them west to Indian Territory (now present-day Oklahoma).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Trail of Tears The treaty required the Cherokee Nation to exchange its national lands for a parcel in the “Indian Territory” and to relocate there within two years. This parcel, set aside by Congress in 1834, was located in what is now Oklahoma.