The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 ...

His book about a Mexican bandit was the basis ... is considered the start of the actual Cherokee journey along the Trail of Tears. New Echota, which has 12 buildings, including two original ...

This allowed Jackson to orchestrate one of the greatest ethnic cleansings in US history, the Trail of Tears. From roughly 1830 to 1850, an estimated 60,000 people of the Cherokee, Chickasaw ...

Some four thousand died on what became known as the Trail of Tears. During the treaty’s unveiling at the museum, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker pointed out that this chapter of ...

The removal, which became known as the Trail of Tears, was a nightmare for the Cherokees, a peaceful tribe that had adopted many white ways. Their homes were burned and many of their possessions ...