The cherokees were forced to go on it.
Being forced to leave their homes in Georgia
The Kickapoo were not part of the resettlement plan that is known as the "Trail of Tears". According to Wikipedia the "Trail of Tears" refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
The Cherokee tribe was forced to march the "Trail of Tears."
CHEROKEE
The Cherokee Nation, the Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Seminole Nation, the Creek Nation, and the Chickasaw Nation.
The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole
The Kickapoo were not part of the resettlement plan that is known as the "Trail of Tears". According to Wikipedia the "Trail of Tears" refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma in 1838.
The Cherokee tribe was forced to march the "Trail of Tears."
The cherokee tribe, because they went on it.
CHEROKEE
The Cherokee Indians
The Cherokee Nation, the Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Seminole Nation, the Creek Nation, and the Chickasaw Nation.
The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole
Most of them got relocated into what is now known as Oklahoma.
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.
The Cherokee Indians walked the Trail of Tears and about 4,000 of them died
The Seminole tribe were the furthest from Oklahoma, and were the most distant tribe. A great portion of their journey was done by ship however, and the Cherokee were the furthest eastern tribe forced to walk the entire distance.
The purpose was total ethnic cleansing of the Cherokee tribe from east of the Mississippi River. Unfortunately, it succeeded.