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Why did the Cherokee Indians take the route they did in the Trail of Tears?
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∙ 12y ago
They believed if they didn't move peacefully, they would be moved by force.
Nasir Sipes
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∙ 11y agoAre not American Indians indigenous to that part of the world ? Have they not always been there since prehistoric times ?
The most common supported date for "indians" (Native Americans) to have came to those lands is between 20,000 and 650,000 years ago.
Another viewpoint:The Cherokees are said to come from the "Old Red Land". Recently, it was discovered through research that every Cherokee Indian has a DNA link from the Ashkenazi Jews. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that the Cherokees come from Israel. The only book in existence that talks about when they came to the Americas is the Book of Mormon. Footnotes suggest that they came sometime around 589 B.C.
However, there were other tribes in existence in the Americas before the arrival of the Cherokees.
ANSWER:
The Cherokee Elders,have said we have always been here..
The Cherokee, as we know them today, did not migrate to the Americas. Their ancestors came into the Americas thousands of years ago. The Cherokee came into existence (split from the Coosa Chiefdom) sometime during the 17th and 18th centuries (only a couple hundred years ago). There is no evidence supporting the above claim about the supposed DNA link to Jews. There is however, some current finds that may suggest that some of the more eastern Native Americans may have come from Europe and not East Asia. But nothing is conclusive as of yet. Also, the above claim of 650,00 years ago is way too far in the past, the oldest dates that have any evidence to support them are approximately 50,000 years ago.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoAnswer 1:
They never came to America, America came to them with some "tyrant" (quoting spanish courts) named Columbus.
Answer 2:
They came to Turtle Island around 18,000 to 650,000 years ago, and no one remembers why.
Answer 3:
They were escaping a corrupt political and religious system being implemented in European nations for the sole purpose of slavery and control - oh, wait, that was the American colonists, who in their own turn implemented the exact same system here.
NOTE: several false claims have been made that the Cherokee are descended from a lost tribe of Israel (circa 500 BC) this information is based on unconfirmed or disputed DNA testing. A DNA report confirmed in 2009 that the supposed Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA that links the Cherokee to the Israelite is divergent; approximately 30,000 years ago - negating such claims. See link:
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∙ 12y agoIt was a forced march signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. My only guess is that the circuitous, northern route and back down southerly route during the winter to the Oklahoma Territory was to kill off as many of the Cherokees as they could.
My mother came from Oklahoma and I am a descendant of the survivors that made that march.
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∙ 12y agoThe Iroquois lived in North America for as long as they had had the Iroquois identity. There was no coming to North America for them.
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What route was taken by the Cherokee Indians during the trial of tears?
There were several routes taken by the army soldiers when They forced The Cherokee, Chickowa
Is it still called the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee people lived in the Southeastern US. They were forced to walk from NC to OK where they were placed on a reservation. About 1/3 of all the Cherokee People in the world died on that march. The route that they followed became known as the Trail of Tears.Another Answer:There are two separate questions that answer both of the included questions here (see linked questions). The Arkansas Gazette quoted Thomas Harkins (A Choctaw) as saying "[it was] a trail of tears and death" it was most likely this quote that eventually lead to naming the act of removing the Indians.As to what the Trail of Tears was, and the tribes involved; it is better if you read the other explanation as it is long (even in its brief form).
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Go to the junction of route 25 and route 404 and turn right.
Were The Cherokee Indians forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears?
yes they were apart of the trail of tears
What is the route Cherokee Indians took after being forced to leave Oklahoma in 1838?
It has been referred to as the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee Indians who lived in the southeastern part of the US were forced to move to Oklahoma in 1838. What is the name of the route they took to get to their new land?
It was the Trail of Tears. Let's be clear about this. They were forced to march and they died on the trip.
The Cherokee were forced to leave their homeland and go to a Western Reservation Along What Route?
Trail of Tears
Why the Trail of Tears start?
President Andrew Jackson ordered all Cherokee Indians to be relocated from their home lands in Georgia, Alabama and Florida to a new reservation in Oklahoma. They were force marched there by the US Army. Many of them died along the route, "The Trail of Tears."
What route was taken by the Cherokee Indians during the trial of tears?
There were several routes taken by the army soldiers when They forced The Cherokee, Chickowa
In the Trail of Tears which route was longer the northern route or the water route?
I wish i knew
What is the name of the route that they took to get to their new land?
the Trail of Tears
What is the name of the route that they took to get their new land?
the Trail of Tears
Why did the Indians name their trip fom Georgia the trail of tears?
The Cherokee had already "refused" to move but they were forcefully moved to Oklahoma. Jackson was already out of presidency but he is held responsible for starting the further intentions for this trail of tears.
How did the prospectors get to the mines in the Trail of Tears?
You have two points in history confused. There were no prospectors or mines in relationship with the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears refers to the route followed by 15,000 Cherokee during their removal in 1838 when they were forced to march from GA to Oklahoma. In 1791 a US treaty recognized Cherokee territory in GA as independent and the Cherokee people had a written constitution. The Cherokee were forced to abandon their property, livestock, and ancestral burial grounds to move to camps in Tennessee. From there they were forced in the middle of winter to march another 800 miles to Indian Territory. An estimated 4,000 people ( over 25% of the Cherokee Nation) died on the march. In 1987 the Trail of Tears became a national monument serving as a symbol for the wrongs suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of the U S government.
What did the Trail of Tears refer to?
The trail of tears was the journey of 20,000 Cherokee Indians west of the Mississippi. They were forced out of their home land in present day Georgia by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Supreme Court had ruled it illegal and allowed the Cherokees to preserve the land of their ancestors. However, President Andew Jackson ignored the Supreme Courts decision and encouraged Georgia in eliminating the large Indian population. After an 850 mile trek that took about five months, only a mere two thousand survived the treacherous journey. They traveled in harsh December weather, barefoot. The Cherokee did re-populate eventually. Since the climate and land was similar to Georgia they were comfortable in their new home. But, soon after the Civil War the Cherokees were forced to move again. They were not as lucky the second time around.
