BRIEF HISTORY THE TRAIL OF TEARS CHEROKEE NATION FIRST CONTACT EUROPEAN EXPLORERS THE CHEROKEE NATION AS ONE PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES CULTURE DEVELOPED ALMOST THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA PARTS KENTUCKY TRADITIONAL MARKED THE BEGINNING OF TRADE WHITE INFLUENCE CHANGES SWIFT PERIOD FRONTIER CONTACT EXPANSION CESSION LANDS COLONIES EXCHANGE CHEROKEES ACQUIRED THE WHITE NEIGHBORS WHOM SOON GOVERNMENT SOCIETY MATCHED MIGRATION THE ORIGINAL THE EARLY ENCROACHMENT WEST SETTLED AREAS VAST RESENTMENT BUILDING NEEDS SEEN THE DESIRE GOLD DISCOVERED BESIEGED GOLD FEVER THIRST COMMUNITIES TURNED ON INDIAN LEAVE BEHIND GROUP SETTLERS WAY OF LIFE FORCED ONCE ALLY PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON AUTHORIZED INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 RECOMMENDATION PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE ADDRESS CONGRESS JACKSON ATTITUDE MANY YEARS THOMAS THE GREAT LAW PEACE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY THE MODEL INDIAN REMOVAL DISPLACEMENT NATIVE PEOPLE ELOQUENT DANIEL WEBSTER HENRY CLAY SPOKE REVEREND SAMUEL WORCESTER MISSIONARY ATTEMPT INDIAN TITLE WINNING THE CASE SUPREME WORCESTER DECISIONS OPINIONS CONSTITUTIONALITY PRECEDENT DEFIANT THE TREATY NEW ECHOTA JUSTIFY SIGNED EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INDIAN TERRITORY THE PROMISE PROVISIONS LEADERS DEATH NATIONAL COUNCIL THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANYONE GIVE UP TRIBAL LAND BITTER DEATHS PARTY OPPOSITION TO CHIEF SCOTTISH THE ROSS NEW ECHOTA TREATY GEORGIA JUSTIFICATION FORCE ALMOST ALL SOUTHEASTERN ORDERS PRESIDENT JACKSON ARMY IN THE SUMMER LOADED ONTO BOATS TRAVELED ARKANSAS RIVERS IN PRISON CAMPS AWAITING WINTER MILES DIED EXPOSURE THE JOURNEY ETERNAL MEMORY TODAY REMEMBERED ABLE HIDE THE MOUNTAINS NORTH CAROLINA CITIZENSHIP EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS THE DESCENDANTS THE SURVIVORS OF MEMBERSHIP FRONT PAGE COPYRIGHT CULTURAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON POWERSOURCE