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1838-1839 Trail of Tears
In 1838 the Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokee Indians to move from Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma aproximately 4000 Cherokee died. -
Trail of Death
The March began on September 4 1838. The Potowamonee Indians were forcebly removed from northern Indian to reservations in the great plains. The name trail of death is misleading because not nearly as many died on the trail of death as the trail of tears.