Analysis Of The Trail Of Tears

When Americans first arrived on the East Coast, the Natives helped them survive in the land. But the Americans kept pushing for more territory, causing some Natives to fight to protect their land. Then as the War of 1812 rolls by, the British begin to arm the Natives, encouraging them to rebel. But with the British backing away from the states after the war, the Natives lost some fighting power. The Americans still pushed and pushed for more land, especially in the great harvesting lands in Georgia, and some Natives fought back and back. Although the Natives being there first and had many treaties with the States, ensuring that their land would remain theirs. Andrew Jackson still pushed the Indian Removal Act even though congress was against it, and causing a harsh relocation event of Native Tribes in around Georgia, to Oklahoma, otherwise known as the Trail of Tears. …show more content…
A piece of the soldier’s account said, “Many of these helpless people did not have blankets and many of them had been driven from home barefooted.” and also said, “the sufferings of the Cherokees were awful. The trail of the exiles was a trail of death.” Then later said, “And I have known as many as twenty-two of them to die in one night of pneumonia due to ill treatment, cold, and exposure.” The three quotations can show a few different perspectives of the Trail of Tears. All from a soldier’s account who was relocating them. They show that many of Natives weren’t prepared or given supplies to help them on the journey, having to go the entire distance without necessities such as footwear or even a cover to keep warm. Then going on to talk about how the trail really was for the many going along it. Also proves just how many were being lead to pain or death, with a death count in one night of