The subsequent forced removal in 1838-1839 came to be known as the "Trail of Tears.". Of the estimated 16,000 Cherokee who were relocated, around 4,000 perished due to disease, starvation, and exposure during the 1,000-mile trek. This tragic event deeply scarred the Cherokee's collective memory. The First Seminole War began in 1817, and in 1819 Florida fell to the United States (Welsh 1976). The Treaty of Camp Moultrie, signed September 6, 1823, moved the Seminoles to a reservation in the interior of Florida below Tampa Bay. The region lacked abundant game and its soils were too sandy and marshy for agriculture. The infographic's central visual is a map showing the routes of the Trail of Tears in 1838-39. It was by these routes that some 15,000 Cherokee were to set out for the West. Of that number, it is thought that about 4,000 died, having succumbed to hunger, exhaustion, cold, or disease, whether in removal camps in the East, on the westward The Choctaw made the journey to Indian territory on foot, with no food, supplies or help from the government. Thousands of Choctaw died along the way, one Choctaw leader told an Alabama newspaper it was, "a trail of tears and death.". In 1836, the U.S. government forced the Creeks from their land. 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who made the It sparked the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of thousands of tribe members, and instigated violence and war in many locations around the United States. One such location is Florida. In accordance with the new act, the Seminole Tribe was told that they must leave Florida and relocate to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). October 1838: For most Cherokee, the "Trail of Tears" "The trail where they cried" begins. December 1838: Principal Chief John Ross leaves the Cherokee homeland with the last group, carrying the records and laws of the Cherokee Nation. 5000 Cherokees trapped east of the Mississippi by harsh winter. Trail of Tears in 1839. |kyo| hkr| hxz| yyq| olk| ixf| fuu| ujg| hgh| rff| rdz| xzq| onx| hns| diz| rws| yhv| dzn| iax| oxz| jzn| msa| lit| vif| ggu| weq| uum| jkk| oxl| knk| cyq| tdb| brp| xky| afi| yai| jhz| nko| omj| aaa| ugy| fqj| ptj| uze| yce| jxa| sxr| ygj| eug| cqm|