Trail of Tears Time Line By schlake22 Oct 15, 1838 The Trail of Tears Began For most of the Cherokee. Period: Oct 15, 1838 to Oct 15, 1839 Trail of Tears Nov 12, 1838 13 conigents of Cherokee begin to cross the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois Dec 20, 1838 One of the conigents camps by what is now known as Trail of Trears Park Jan 13, 1839 First overland conigents arrive at Fort Gibson Mar 21, 1839 Last group reaches Oklahoma More than 3,000 Cherokee die on Trail of Tears. 1,600 die in sockades, 1,600 en route. 800 more die in Oklahoma. Apr 29, 1839 Cherokee build homes, clear land, and try to rebuild their nation May 12, 1839 Some of the Western Cherokee start to invite some new arrivals that meet to establish a new united Cherokee government Jul 12, 1839 The Cherokee Act of Union brings the Eastern and Western Cherokee nations together Aug 16, 1839 A man named Stand Watie pledged to take revenge of deaths of the party leaders. Sep 6, 1839 A Cherokee constitution adopted. Tanleqah established as the capitol of the Cherokee Nation