The terrible journey forced upon the Cheorkee Indians is called the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee name for their forced journey west was the Trail of Tears.
This is called the Trail of Tears. Actually, there were several of these forced marches and not just one.
The Cherokee name for their forced journey west was the Trail of Tears.
1838
Cherokee, or Tsalagi or the Principal People, are a Native American tribe originally from Georgia or the Carolinas and were forced by Andrew Jackson from their home to Oklahoma and nearby areas on a journey called the Trail of Tears.
Trail of the tears
It was known as the "Trail of Tears" when the Cherokee nation was forced onto a reservation.
because the Cherokee were forced to leave their homes, and about 4000 died on the march.
The ''Trail of Tears'' goes from southeastern United States westward to Oklahoma.Starting in 1831, the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, and Choctaw Nations were forcibly resettled.It was a long terrible journey. In 1838, 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forced to move to what is now present day Oklahoma. During this event 4,000 Cherokees died.
The Cherokee tribe lived by the Mississippi river and Ohio river. The forced relocation of the Cherokee Indians which assisted them in crossing the bodies of water was called Trail of Tears.
'neverending journey'
Trail of Tears