The Cherokee name for their forced journey west was the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee name for their forced journey west was the Trail of Tears.
Trail of Tears
This is called the Trail of Tears. Actually, there were several of these forced marches and not just one.
in 1838.
The U. S. forced the Cherokee tribe to move west over the mountains in the winter to Washington state.
General Winfield Scott led federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears.
General Winfield Scott led federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears.
General Winfield Scott led federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee were not actually forced south, other than from crowding with settlers, they were forced west on the Trail of Tears.
General Winfield Scott led federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears.
General Winfield Scott led federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the Trail of Tears.
Jackson ordered the Cherokee to be driven from their homes in the SE United States, and forced to walk to Oklahoma. Known as the Trail of Tears, this forced movement killed about 1/3rd of all the Cherokee people. This was contrary to treaty, and to orders from the Supreme Court.