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Trail of Tears Timeline
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Trail of Tears Timeline
April, 1839
May, 1839
Work Cited
- http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-of-tears
- http://www.cherokee.org/AboutTheNation/History/TrailofTears.aspx
- historyfacts.com
Western Cherokee invite new arrivals to meet to establish a united Cherokee government.
Cherokee community must start rebuilding as soon as they arrive to assure their culture and people will survive and trive.
January, 1839
December, 1838
First overland contingents arrives at Fort Gibson. Ross party of sick and infirm travel from Kentucky by riverboat.
The Cherokees endured a harsh winter and many die.
November, 1838
September, 1838
Thirteen contingents of Cherokees cross Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois. First groups reach the Mississippi River, where there crossing is held up by river ice flows.
Drought breaks: Cherokee prepare to embark on forced exodus to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Ross wins additional funds for food and clothing
July, 1838
May 23, 1838
At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land
The Cherokee round up begins, the southeast suffers the worst drought in recorded history.
Over 13,000 Cherokees imprisoned in military stockades awaiting break in drought. Approximately 1500 die in confinement
February 1838
15,665 people of the Cherokee Nation memorialize congress protesting the Treaty of New Echola.