After the signing of the Treaty of New Echota, internment camps to prepare for this event were set up in Tennessee by Winfield Scott.
One document that led to this event was denounced as illegitimate by John Ross, and many of its victims died under Mantle Rock while waiting for John Berry's overpriced ferry. The Supreme Court tried to prevent this event by its ruling in Worcester v. Georgia. After the signing of the Treaty of New Echota, internment camps to prepare for this event were set up in Tennessee by Winfield Scott. It caused over four thousand deaths during Martin Van Buren's presidency after its victims gave up all land east of the Mississippi. For 10 points, name this forced relocation of tribes such as the Cherokee to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.
One document that led to this event was denounced as illegitimate by John Ross, and many of its victims died under Mantle Rock while waiting for John Berry's overpriced ferry.
Trail of Tears [or Nunna daul Isunyi; or Nu-No-Du-Na-Tlo-Hi-Lu; or Trail Where They Cried; prompt "Indian removal," "removal of the Cherokees," or other less-specific answers]