1 Research Source on Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears mainly refers to the time when the Cherokee Indians were forced off their native lands in Georgia and told to move west of the Mississippi River.  Upon arrival, they were promised $5,000,000.00.  The US Government never granted them this money however.  Nearly 15,000 Cherokees were detained in concentration camps and sent West.  By the time they crossed the Mississippi, 8,000 of them had perished.  Years before, the US government had forced other Indians West with the Indian Removal Act of 1830.  Nearly 100,000 Indians from the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes were forced West as well.

Rolo, Mark.  "Trail of Tears Was Trail of Betrayal."  SIRS Knowledge Source.  23 May 2008.   McClatchy Newspapers.  15 March 2009.  < http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-16&artno=0000277514&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=trail%20of%20tears&title=Trail%20of%20Tears%20Was%20Trail%20of%20Betrayal&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=Y >.