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indian removal act is signed by Andrew Jackson
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The treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek is signed
This leads to over half of the Choctaw tribe being forced from their homes -
Seminole tribes are told to settle with the Creek tribes
the Seminole refuse as the Creeks see the Seminoles as deserters -
The Dade Massacre
a group of African-Americans joined the Seminoles for an attack against a marching column of American soldiers. -
The Treaty of New Echota is signed
giving Native Americans two years to leave their territory. They were supposed to been given five million dollars and a reservation on the new land, but
they never received any of the money. -
Chickasaw tribes pays the Choctaw
The Chickasaw tribe pays the Choctaws 530,000 for part of their new land in the west and proceeds to journey along the trail to merge with them in the new territory. -
The last of the Cherokee and the Native Americans, take to the trail to Oklahoma
The last of the Cherokee and the Native Americans, take to the trail to Oklahoma. It was a brutal trip, and they were mistreated and abused along the entire way. -
Cherokee held in camps
The Cherokee were rounded up and held in camps with horrible conditions. There, many of them were sold as slaves. The ones that were not, were forced to move west to the new land. -
The Cherokee begin to protest the Treaty of New Echota
The Cherokee begin to protest the Treaty of New Echota and talk to Congress about repealing it. However, Congress was dead set on the removal and tells the troops to begin rounding up the Native Americans -
The Cherokee people begin their long dangerous trip
The Cherokee people begin their long dangerous trip to the new territory in Oklahoma. While on the trail, over 5,000 Cherokee would die. -
The Ross Party
The first of the Cherokee groups to set out arrives with Chief Ross. He is among the many sick and injured who had to be brought along the final part of the trip in a riverboat. -
The final group of Native Americans arrive at the new territory.
They must begin building their new lives at the end of a brutal trip while many are still weak. Later that year, the EEastern and Western Indian nations are combined by the Cherokee Act of Union