USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the fall and winter of 1838-39, the Cherokees were forcibly moved from their homes to the Indian Territory-some having to walk as many as 1, 000 miles over a four-month period. Approximately 4, 000 of 16, 000 Cherokees died along the way. This sad chapter in our history is known as the “Trail of Tears."

Detailed explanation-2: -The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward.

Detailed explanation-3: -Choctaw and Cherokee Indians fight for General Andrew Jackson to defeat the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Alabama.