Potawatomi Trail of death

  • The Indian Removal Act fostered by President Jackson passes Congress.The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek stipulates the removal of Choctaw Indians from Mississippi.

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  • The Choctaw tribe were removed

  • The Choctaw Nation begins removal from Mississippi to Indian Territory thus becoming the first of the Five Civilized tribes to be forcibly removed beginning a decade of trail of tears.

  • The Seminole tribe were removed

  • The Creek tribe were removed

  • The Chickasaw tribe were removed

  • The Cherokee tribe were removed

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  • he Quapaws of Arkansas conclude a treaty that removes the tribe to Indian Territory located in the extreme northeast corner bordering Kansas and Missouri.