Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
Contents:
The trail where they cried -- Cultures in contact -- A new nation -- Land exchange -- A swift removal -- A matter for the courts -- Leaving the land -- Living in the West.
Summary:
Profiles the "Trail of Tears," the forced removal of five Southeastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River during the winter of 1838 and 1839.
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