| In the winter time in 1838-1839 the
Cherokee (and other moved tribes)
were forced to move from their homeland in Georgia. The journey
was horrible because it was cold and rainy. They were forced
to move over 1,000 miles through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri
,
and Arkansas. Could you ever dream of walking that far?
It went on
for almost a hole year! They did not get enough food so they suffered from
hunger and diseases. If you did not have enough strength to walk
you were left behind in the cold to die. There were about 4,000 Indians
that died on
this trail. That is how the Trail of Tears got its name. |