The Trail of Tears

On September 15, 1830, at Little Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation and representatives of the U.S. met to discuss the impact of a bill recently passed by the Congress of the U.S. This bill, with all the same good purposes of those today who believe they know better on how to carry out the Indians' lives, allowed for the removal of all Indian peoples to the West of the Mississippi River.
It had been made clear to the Cherokees, that the Whites in Washington cared little for their situation, that either they willingly moved, or by military force they would be moved. The Indians were not ignorant savages, but hard-working farmers, merchants, and businessmen of all types. They were educated people, many were Christians. They had an organized system of government and a body of law.
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