Why Did Cherokees Move West?: And Other Questions about the Trail of Tears (Six Questions of American History)

Judith P. Josephson

ISBN 10: 1580136680 ISBN 13: 9781580136686

Publisher: Lerner Publications ™, 2010

Synopsis

On May 26, 1838, U.S. soldiers surrounded Cherokee villages across Georgia. The soldiers came to force Cherokee families to move to a new territory in Oklahoma. The Cherokees had little time to gather their belongings before being herded into camps. From there, 13,000 were forced on the thousand-mile journey to Oklahoma. They had little food and no shelter from the weather. Many―especially children―grew sick and died. The forced march became known as nunna-dual-tsuny―the Trail of Tears.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1580136680
• ISBN 13: 9781580136686
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48