Lynn Peppas

Trail of Tears (Crabtree Chrome) Lynn Peppas

In the 1800s, the U. S. goverment relocated Cherokee and other Native peoples from the southeastern part of the United States to a new Indian Territory. More land was needed for European settlers,but most Native people did not want to leave their homes. Removed by soldiers, they were forced on a march of hardship and death, called the Trail of Tears.