What was the Trail of blood?

Answer 1

Do you mean the Trail of Tears? As the trans-Appalachian West became settled by whites in the early 1800s, conflict with the large Indian tribes in the area escalated. Both Presidents Monroe and Adams, as well as Congress, favored removing the Indians to “Indian Territory” west of the Mississippi River. The Cherokee Nation had adapted to American society and government, developing a government of their own, creating a society that could live in peace with the whites. Some Cherokee had intermarried with American settlers in the area and were considered by many as “civilized.” But the desire for more of the Indian’s land, and the discovery of gold in Georgia in the early 1800s caused more conflict between the two sides. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson authorized the Indian Removal Act and ordered the tribes to move west of the Mississippi. The Cherokee Nation argued their case in the courts and two Supreme Court decisions, Cherokee Nation vs Georgia, 1831, and Worcester vs Georgia, 1832, seemed to challenge the constitutionality of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Chief Justice John Marshall's decision regarding the Cherokee Indians in Georgia seemed to settle the matter in favor of the Indian tribe. But the state of Georgia gambled that President Jackson would not enforce the Supreme Court's decision. Georgia defied the decision, engaged in some fraudulent agreements with Cherokees who could be bribed, and began to forcible remove the tribe. Georgia gambled and won. President Jackson (a known Indian fighter and hater) was quoted as saying, "John Marshall has made his decision. Let him enforce it." The Supreme Court has not enforcement power. Ignoring the Court’s decisions and yielding to the pressure from Americans in the area, President Jackson ordered the army to round up the Indians in the area and move them to the Indian Territories in the west. During the winter of 1838-39, 14,000 Indians were marched through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. About 4,000 died along the route, from hunger, disease, and exposure. Some Indians avoided being rounded up and hid in the mountains of North Carolina. Their descendants made up today’s Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee remembered the march as the “trail where they cried,” referring to Cherokee and other tribe members who suffered on the march. History has recorded the event as The Trail of Tears.