THE TRAIL OF TEARS

The Trail Of Tears

The Trail Of Tears

In the jump of 1838, the U.S. Army compelled more than 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their homelands in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia (Perdue & Green, 1). They were compelled to journey over 1,000 miles to what is now Oklahoma (Gilbert, 2). Many walked the whole trip without footwear or much clothing. Food was scarce; the little amount of food they did obtain had gone awful and made numerous ill, killing thousands. Many more along the way died as a outcome of awful illnesses. The bodies were interred in silent graves ...