Cherokee Indians Western Migration Presented By Alyssa Galloway

Cherokee Indians Western Migration Presented By: Alyssa Galloway, Sarah Hampton, & Anexus Ayala

About The Cherokee § Cherokee-A powerful tribe of the “Iroquoian” family, with land stretching from the region of the southern Alleghenies, in southwest Virginia, to the west of North and South Carolina, and also in northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even as far as the Ohio River. The Cherokee’s migration was called the

Being Removed • Soon gold was discovered in Georgia, in the Cherokee territory. • In 1830, Congress passed the “Indian Removal Act” forcing the Cherokee to migrate somewhere else. • Although the Cherokee attempted to fight against the law by establishing themselves as an independent nation, it was a battle they would not win.

Migration For the Cherokee o Initially over 800 Cherokee men, women, and children o o were forced from their land their homes, and began the difficult journey west during the fall of 1838. They left behind their homes, their schools, and their churches, starting out with only a few covered wagons, as they traveled out into the unknown. Although they did have food, it was only what the “white people” had given them. With very little food and facilities, the Cherokee were forced to march over a thousand miles in the middle the brutal winter of 1838 -1839. Uniting together with 4 other wagon trails, the Cherokee now had a total of over 15, 000 people among them.

The Trail of Tears o The loss of life during the early migrations was enormous. o Facing hunger, disease and exhaustion, over 4000 Cherokee died during this migration. o The Cherokee migration became known as “The Trail of Tears”, which in Cherokee means “The trail where they cried”. o Those that survived the journey settled into what is now known as Oklahoma.

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Credits l Thanks to Alyssa’s Mom l Thanks to Mrs. Purcell Presented by: ALYSSA CAITLYN GALLOWAY, SARAH ELIZABETH HAMPTON, AND ANEXUS JORDAN AYALA