Summary On Journal: Your Experiences On The Trail

Between 1830 and 1850, the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their ancestral land relocated farther west. It was called the trail of tears because the Indians didn’t want to leave their ancestral home they cried the entire way. 4,000 Cherokee died on a journey later called the trail of tears. Men working in Felds were arrested and driven to the stockades. Women’s were dragged from their homes by soldier whose language the women could not understand. Children were often separated from their parents. Often the old and injured were prodded with bayonets to hasten them to the stockades.

Having little knowledge of the Cherokee removal and the history that took place in this moment in America’s past, the book Trail of Tears: Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation by John Ehle, offers an insight to the politics, social dynamics and class struggles the Cherokee Nation faced in the late 1830s. The book was very comprehensive and the scope of the book covers nearly 100 years of Native American History. Ehle captures the history of the Native American people by showing the readers what led to the events infamously known as the Trail of Tears. The author uses real military orders, journals, and letters which aid in creating a book that keeps

The Trail of Tears was the absolute worst time in history for the Native Americans, particularly the Cherokees. The Cherokees had the largest tribe in America. Their tribe was all over central U.S. They were forced off of their land by the

Imagine your mother, father and other siblings having to be forced by the government nevertheless to move away from the only home you have ever known. This is not fiction, but actually what happened to many Native Americans in the United States. The Trail of Tears had a huge impact on Native Americans all across the South, moreover their journey often hard with many cruelties, but they persevered and eventually settled in new places.

The Trail of tears is something that very well embodies the injustices that native americans have long faced in our country. They have often been treated as less than or as though they are not worthy of the same rights that many. We have systematically pushed under the proverbial rug the injustices that this people group has faced for many generations. It is not hard to see what these injustices are if you just take a moment to take a deeper look at the history of a people rich with culture and often times despair. The goal of this paper is to take the reader on a journey to see one of the most horrible and unfair things that a group of people has ever faced.

The trail of tears was a terrible tragedy for the Native Americans. The trail of tears was when the government of the United States forced the Natives to evacuate from their homelands. Andrew Jackson was one of the many to cause this tragedy. The Choctaw tribe was the first tribe to be removed, the third was the Creek tribe. The fifth tribe to be removed from their homelands was the Cherokee, in total 5 tribes had to evacuate their place. Therefore, since the native Americans were forced to leave, they had to March about 1,000 miles across the mountains and wilderness terrains to get to Oklahoma. During the March, thousands of Cherokee died from many reasons. The trail of tears was one of the most tragic events in history for the native Americans.

Trusting, amicable, and helpful outcomes in life are not always expected, but almost always exceeded. This relates much with the storyline of this saddening era in our history - which can be represented with segments from this story. The Trail of Tears refers to the forceful relocation and eventual movement of the Native American ancestral communities, from the South Eastern regions of the U.S, as a result of the enactment of the Indian Removal Act in the year 1830. In the year 1838, in line with Andrew Jackson’s policy of the Indians’ removal, the Cherokee community was forced to surrender its land to the east of Mississippi River and migrate to the present day Oklahoma. This journey was referred to as the ‘Trail of Tears,’ mainly due to its devastating effects it had to the Indian people. The migrants faced extreme hunger, diseases and fatigue due to the forced march while more than 4,000 people died. John G. Burnett, a young, staunch, sagacious soldier during the Trail of Tears, helps throughout traumatic and emotional experiences at just the age of 18. It was horrendous. His actions, however, were the complete opposite. In the story “A Soldier Recalls: The Trail of Tears,” the theme can be looked at as: ‘Trusting, amicable, and helpful outcomes in life are not always expected, but are almost always exceeded.’ due to the outstanding first person, emotive storyline that is represented by this proposed theme.

The Trail of Tears was a challenge since it was both a dramatic change (by losing each tribe’s traditional land, plants, and animals, as well as their horses being confiscated or killed [to prevent escape] and their cattle being seized in order to discourage the temptation of absconding to live independently) and a traumatic exploit (many tribes lost over half of their population). I picked this topic because I have always wondered what exactly happened during this trek, how far they travelled (where they came from and where they ended up), and how they were treated. The Indians, numbering about 16,000, were forced off their lands when Georgia citizens and the president of the US ignored the decision from Worcester v. Georgia. Almost 4,000 Indians died on the trail (including those victims who died in the stockades awaiting forced transportation), in order to empty their tribal lands and make them available for new white settlers.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be Native American during the European invasion? In American history Native Americans were treated unfairly. The American government mistreated the Natives by lying to them and treating them as foreigners. After years of fighting for freedom the Natives did not achieve their goal for freedom. The Trail of Tears, being the most tragic event in American history, was due to the Removal Act in the 1830s, the misguidance of President Andrew Jackson, the discovery of gold, and the false promises made to the Native Americans.

By the end of our trip between the bears, the tram, and rafting I could not have felt ever more enjoyed by the feeling of being one with nature. As our vacation days came to an end the following morning I heard my mom whisper "Johnny, get your stuff it’s time to leave," as it was time to make the road trip back home. The great memories and stories I have from this trip are one of the greatest things I have ever experienced. I hope to one day go back and create more amazing stories and

My tribe the Cherokee Indians lived in Nashville, Tennessee in 1838 (Perdue). It is from this area that I was forced from my home along with my family. The white man known as the government were the ones forcing my tribe from our sacred land. The white man marched my family and tribe by foot from Tennessee to Oklahoma. On this march many of my people died. The pain I faced along with the other thousands of my people is the reason many Indians call the march from Tennessee to Oklahoma the Trail of Tears. Here is my story, about the heartache I felt along this Trail of Tears.

We put on a lot of warm clothes like long johns and overalls, so we wouldn’t get cold out there while we were hunting and we headed out. It wasn’t that long of a

Have you ever wondered how it feels to be on the trail of tears? Well it's horrible. Being on the trail of tears is like going to war. Before the trail of tears it was amazing, during the trail of tears it was abominable, and then after it was even worse. I was sent on the trail of tears. Before the trail of tears my family and I were happy and my fellow cherokee had their land in Georgia. We were very organized and civilized, meaning that we had our own Constitution, we had Christianity, we have agriculture, and we wore european clothing. We also knew how to farm! There were so many pluses to living on the land in Georgia.

Summary: The article “Cherokee Trail of Tears” describes the suffering and pain that people went through while on the trail. With little food and supplies, men, women, and children were forced to leave the land they have had for years. Cherokee people had to separate into smaller groups so that finding food would be easier. “The Trail Where They Cried” is a translation from Cherokee. The mothers of the Cherokee prayed that they would find the strength to care for their children. Every time a tear from a mother fell to the ground, a Cherokee Rose grew. This rose gave them hope to continue the long and painful journey west.

The Trail of Tears refers to the forceful relocation and eventual movement of the Native American communities from the South Eastern regions of the U.S. as a result of the enactment of the Indian Removal Act in the year 1830. In the year 1838, in line with Andrew Jackson’s policy of the Indians’ removal, the Cherokee community was forced to surrender its land to the east of Mississippi River and migrate to the present day Oklahoma. This journey was referred to as the “Trail of Tears” mainly due to its devastating effects it had to the Indian people. The migrants faced extreme hunger, diseases and exhaustion due to the forced march while more than 50,000 people died (Cave, 2003). The Trail of Tears resulted in a devastating effect for the Indians such as extreme hunger, diseases and exhaustion due to long walk and massive injustices and abuse of fundamental human rights.