Old Fuss and Feathers, Brigadier General Winfield Scottwas appointed in 1838 by Vice President Martin Van Buren to remove the Cherokee indians.
Wilson Lumpkin has written: 'The removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, 1827-1841' -- subject(s): History, Politics and government, Cherokee Indians, Trail of Tears, 1838, Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 'The removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia' -- subject(s): History, Politics and government, Cherokee Indians, Trail of Tears, 1838, Trail of Tears, 1838-1839
No. The Cherokee were forced out by US soldiers after the government passed the Indian Removal Act in 1837.
President Andrew Jackson was the official who approved of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. There were five major tribes: the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole. The Cherokee challenged the Indian Removal Act in the courts of the United States. It made its way up to the Supreme Court where it went under the supervision of John Marshall. He ruled the favor to the Cherokee. Note the Supreme Court could make the ruling but cannot enforce it, only the executive branch (the president) has the power to do so. The president at that time, Andrew Jackson ignored the decision of the Supreme Court and stilled removed the Indians from their land.
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President Andrew Jackson with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 caused the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole Indians to be forcibly relocated to Oklahoma which lead to The Trail of Tears.
The Indian Removal Act was passed on May 28, 1830. It authorized the President to negotiate with Indian tribes in the south for their removal to federal territory in exchange for their homelands.
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