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Senator Hugh White was a part of the Committee of Indian Affairs. He suggested a bill that would take state lands from the Native Americans and move them west of the Mississippi River.
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This committee was created to investigate the Native Americans.They issued their final report to Congress.
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The vote was 28 to 19.
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They passed the bill 102 to 97.
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President Andrew Jackson Signed the Indian Removal Act into law. This act relocates any Native Americans west of the Mississippi River. They will be relocated to the West.
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The Cherokee attempted to fight the Inian Removal Act. They made it to the Supreme Court in 1831 with Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia but they lost their case.
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The President outlines his plan to remove Native Americans. "It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provision made for their removal at the last session of Congress, and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the s
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George Tassel was convicted of Murdering another native. His defesne argued that since it happened inside Indian Territory, Georgia had no jurrisdiction. The Supreme Court agreeded but he was still hanged under the orders of President Jackson. This was when the Cherokee realized that they were a lost cause.
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This move was voluntary only in name. They made the dangerous trek between 1831 and 1833. They lost a quarter of their population.
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For the purpouses of relocation, the Semonole tribe was going to be forced to merge with their ancestoral enemies, the Creeks. The Creeks were slave owners and often owned Seminole slaves. This caused outrage and so the seminoles fought back until 1842.
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The creeks lost about 23% of thir population which had started at 15,000 people.
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Chief Osceola was the chief of the Seminoles. His capture marked the begining of their forced march. 1,000 stayed behind in the everglades and continued to fight for another five years.
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Of 18,000 people that started the thouand mile trek, 4,000 died from the harsh conditions. The U.S. military ignored the harships of the travelers and continued the forced march at bayonette point.
