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The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a forced removal of at least twenty thousand Cherokee Indians. In 1838, the US government moved the Indians from their homelands in the mountain valleys of Appalachian Georgia and the Carolinas to western Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee call this trail Nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi, meaning "The Place Where They Cried." Atleast 4000 people died while traveling through bad weather and without proper clothing. -
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Trail of Death
In 1838, Americans were moving west and wanted the fertile land of Northern Indiana.The problem was the Potawatomi Indians were in the way and owned the land by treaty. Through a series of shady deals and decisions, the government initiated the “removal” of nearly a thousand Potawatomi 660 miles to Kansas. It is called "The Trail of Death” because almost daily, as they crossed Indiana and Illinois, children and old folk died.