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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 23. maj 1849 / Time Line May 23, 1849
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U.S. General Winfield Scott began the forced removal of the
Cherokee Indians from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Tennessee, and their detention in forts built for that purpose. He
was implementing the Treaty of New Echota, signed by a few members
of the tribe relinquishing their lands for a payment of $5 million,
under orders from Pres. Martin VanBuren.
16,000 Cherokee were then driven on foot to “Indian
Territory” (what is now Oklahoma). Of those who set out on
the forced march known as the “The Trail of Tears,”
nearly one-quarter died along the way or as a result of the
relocation, writes This week in Peace History.
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