Trail of Tears climate

Answer 1

for six long, bitter months in the winter of 1838-39 the 1,200 miles know Trail of Tears were cold which killed many of the Cherokee Indians marching across it.

Also a lot of Cherokee Indians were dead, so the Indians were walking to the destination and Whites kept the land so the Indians do not get their land back!

Answer 2

To quote the governor of Illinois, "This is the worst winter I have ever seen in my life, ice 12 feet thick." IE: It was VERY cold.