In 1838 the United States forced Cherokees to march on foot covering several states, and an estimated 4,000 tribe members died from cold and exhaustion.
The Cherokee nation was forced to leave its territories east of the Mississippi River in 1838 and 1839 as a result of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal strategy, and to relocate to a region in modern-day Oklahoma. Due to its tragic results, the Cherokee people gave this trek the nickname "Trail of Tears."
On the forced march, the migrants had to contend with starvation, illness, and exhaustion. Out of the 15,000 Cherokees, at over 4,000 perished. The ferocious "removal" that became known as the Trail of Tears elicited a range of reactions from both the general public and the literary community.
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