Some four thousand died on what became known as the Trail of Tears. During the treaty’s unveiling at the museum, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker pointed out that this chapter of ...

Under these treaties, the Indians were to give up their ... Then began the march known as the Trail of Tears, in which 4,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger, and disease on their way to ...

The Cherokees’ forced journey between those two destinations became known as the Trail of Tears. Ridge saw the treaty as the only way to gain replacement land but he is said to have recognized ...

Ridge along with his father, Major Ridge, signed the Treaty of New Echota. John Ridge lived in the home known as Running ...

Though 16,000 Cherokees—a vast majority of the tribe—signed a petition objecting to the Treaty of New Echota ... “All went through their own versions of the Trail of Tears,” said Norris. Each summer, ...